Over the course of the early years in their career, Girl's Tyme changed their name to Somethin' Fresh, Cliché, The Dolls, and to Destiny. The group signed with Elektra Records with the name Destiny, but were dropped several months later before they could release an album. The pursuit of a record deal affected the Knowles family: in 1995, Mathew Knowles resigned from his job as a medical-equipment salesman, a move that reduced Knowles' family's income by half, and her parents briefly separated due to the pressure. In 1996, they changed their name to Destiny's Child. Group members have claimed that the name was taken from a passage in the Bible: "We got the word destiny out of the Bible, but we couldn't trademark the name, so we added child, which is like a rebirth of destiny," said Knowles. The word Destiny was stated to have been chosen from the Book of Isaiah, by Tina Knowles.
over the course of the early years in their career girl's tyme changed their name to somethin' fresh cliché the dolls and to destiny the group signed with elektra records with the name destiny but were dropped several months later before they could release an album the pursuit of a record deal affected the knowles family in 1995 mathew knowles resigned from his job as a medical-equipment salesman a move that reduced knowles' family's income by half and her parents briefly separated due to the pressure in 1996 they changed their name to destiny's child group members have claimed that the name was taken from a passage in the bible "we got the word destiny out of the bible but we couldn't trademark the name so we added child which is like a rebirth of destiny" said knowles the word destiny was stated to have been chosen from the book of isaiah by tina knowles