So just how did Lizzo wind up with her unique name, given that her birth name is Melissa?  As it turns out, it was bestowed on her when she was 14, after she established her first rap group. "I got the nickname Lizzo around the time I was in the Cornrow Clique," she told Interview magazine. "I'm from Houston, so naturally, everyone dropped the second syllable of your name and just put an 'O' there." So it's a regional thing, apparently.

For a while, her friends were calling her Mio, which she said she didn't like as it just didn't feel like the right fit. "Then they started calling me Lisso for a while but that just eventually turned into Lizzo, when you say it more swaggy, and it just kind of stuck with me," she continued. Thus, her legendary moniker was born.

According to The Cut, her name was also influenced by the Jay-Z song "Izzo," which was a hit song at the time. Mystery solved, you guys!