United Kingdom, Feb. 5 -- Ariana Grande used her full name for 'Wicked' because it felt like a "homecoming" to her young self.

The 31-year-old actress - who plays Glinda the Good Witch in Jon M. Chu's big screen adaptation of the iconic Broadway musical - is listed as Ariana Grande-Butera in the credits, and she had a heartfelt reason for doing so.

She told The Hollywood Reporter's 'Awards Chatter' podcast: "It's my birth name, and that was my name when I first saw 'Wicked' when I was a young girl.

"And I feel like this experience was such a homecoming to myself, my young me, that maybe little pieces of her got lost along the way."

She saw the credits as a way to include her "full" self in the experience.

She added: "It felt like a h...