There are many things you need to know about this American actress and singer. One of them is that she wasn’t always called Dove Cameron. She was born like Chloe, Chloe Hosterman
Her name change from Chloe to Dove has to do with her father. We learned this when a fan asked the actress how she came up with the name Dove. In response, she revealed that her father, Philip Alan Hosterman, always called her Dove or Dovey before he killed himself. As such, she decided to formalize the name in order to pay homage to him.
“My dad always called me Dove. He committed suicide at 15, I couldn’t say goodbye to him, so I changed it in honor of him,” she tweeted.
my father always called me dove. he killed himself when i was 15 i couldn’t say goodbye to him so i changed it in honor of him https://t.co/jYa69Sboeo
— Dove Cameron (@DoveCameron) September 22, 2017
We came to learn that the actress had a very special relationship with her father. In 2016, she paid a tribute to him on Instagram to mark his 5th death anniversary. She described him as the most handsome man she had ever known and her best friend.