Dylan Efron Reveals His Real Name Isn’t ‘Dylan,’ Here’s What It Actually Is

Dylan Efron isn’t actually Dylan Efron.

The reality television star and influencer, 33, revealed that his name is not “Dylan,” but really Nicholas Dylan Harrison Efron.

Efron made the revelation during an appearance on E!’s Hot Goss on Dec. 11, when he and former The Traitors costar Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano were asked to state the other’s middle name. (The pair have a new YouTube series, Everything’s a Competition.)

As Efron said, “He’s gonna get this wrong,” Mariano, 49, listed “Nicholas” and “Dylan,” but left out “Harrison.”

“Nicholas is axed off,” Efron explained, adding, “That’s my first name, and everything gets bumped up.”

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Efron began his career behind the camera, previously working as a production coordinator and as a producer for his older brother Zac Efron’s Netflix series, Down to Earth with Zac Efron.

After winning season 3 of The Traitors earlier this year, Efron went on to compete on the latest iteration of Dancing with the Stars, where he placed fourth after Jordan Chiles, Alix Earle and winner Robert Irwin.

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Efron — who is also a brother to two other siblings, Olivia and Henry — told PEOPLE exclusively that after a whirlwind 2025, he is “continuing to challenge” himself.

“I want to just keep pushing myself. If I’ve learned anything over this last year, it’s just stepping into whatever feels uncomfortable and seeing if I can grow that way,” he said. “I have to prove myself wrong all the time and just keep telling myself, like, ‘Look, there’s a little bit of fear from doing this type of thing because I’ve never been good at it, but let’s change that.’ ”

As for something he’d like to explore more in 2026, Efron said, “I would really like to try acting. Acting would be on that bucket list of things that I never thought I would do, but I’ve always loved movies.”