32 Celebrities With Stage Names Reveal Their Real Names

If you're wondering if these celebrities use their real name or a stage name, then you've come to the right place.

Daphnie

• Published in Film & TV
• April 14, 2022

Celebrities are very popular people who are considered "well known" but honestly that phrase can be used loosely because they aren't actually well known. In a lot of cases, these celebrities seem to actually keep some of their life a bit private or just simply haven't talked about certain things.

One thing that a lot of celebrities, actors, and other well-known stars have in common is that they typically use a stage name or some other name that isn't technically on their birth certificate. In a lot of these cases people who have stage names only use that name for basically what they write on their work, plus it's what the fans call them.

In real life though, these celebrities are called by different names and they're known by something different. A lot of times celebrities do this for privacy reasons, or just simply to separate their work from their home life and in their line of work, which can be difficult at times.

We're going to go through 32 different celebrities who have stage names and we're going to see what their real name is. Some of these might be super surprising and some might not be as much of a shock, but all of them are definitely interesting.

1. Jason Sudeikis

Jason confirmed that his real name is actually Daniel Jason Sudeikis, after his father, but following some confusion his mother started calling him by his middle name which is Jason.

2. Shania Twain

Shania Twain is just a stage name used for Shania's real name which is Eilleen Regina Edwards. Later she became Eilleen Regina Twain once she was adopted and that;'s where her famous "Twain" last name came from.

3. Cardi B

Cardi B is a famous name that we know, but her real legal name is Belcalis Almanzar. She took on the name Bacardi from friends and family which is where Cardi B came from.

4. Gigi Hadid

Gigi Hadid's real name is actually Jelena Noura Hadid. She got her stage name from school when her teacher would confuse her with someone named Helena and her mom calls her "Gigi" as a nickname.

5. Vin Diesel

Mark Vincent is Vin Diesel's real name, which kind of makes sense.

6. Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, does not go by the name Meghan usually. Before becoming Duchess her name was Rachel Meghan Markle.

7. Miley Cyrus

A lot of us might actually know this one, but Miley's real name is Destiny Hope Cyrus. Her nickname came from her smile and she was called "Smiley" which eventually became Miley.

8. Bruno Mars

His dad started calling him Bruno, but his real name is actually Peter Gene Hernandez.

9. Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is definitely a stage name and many of us knew that. However, what a lot of us didn't know is that her real name is Stefani Germanotta.

10. Reese Witherspoon

11. Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey is actually what she calls her "alter ego" while her real name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant.

12. Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean is a known singer, but his real name is Christopher Edwin Breaux. However, in 2014 he legally changed his name to Frank Ocean.

13. Tina Fey

The comedian Tina Fey is actually named Elizabeth Stamatina Fey.

14. Snoop Dogg

15. Lorde

16. Ricky Martin

17. Iggy Azalea

Iggy Azalea was born Amethyst Kelly, which is actually a beautiful name.

18. Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris is actually not an obvious stage name so a lot of people had no idea this wasn't his real name. His legal name is actually Adam Richard Wiles and he says he chose the stage name because he wanted it to be a bit more "racially ambiguous."

19. Jennifer Aniston

20. Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys' name its her musical profession, but her real name is actually Alicia Augello Cook.

21. Tom Cruise

Basically, before Tom Cruise became Tom Cruise, he was known as Thomas Mapother IV.

22. Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman's real name isn't far off from what we all know her as. She goes by Natalie Hershlag.

23. Portia De Rossi

Portia De Rossi, who is married to Ellen DeGeneres, is actually known as Amanda Lee Rogers.

24. Elton John

Elton John's real name is Reginald Dwight, but he felt like this name wouldn't be a hit for the audience.

25. Nicole Richie

Nicole Richie isn't a Richie after all. Her legal name is actually Nicole Camilla Escovedo.

26. Bono

This one is kind of a given that it's a stage name. Bono's real name is actually Paul Hewson and Bono was a high school nickname.

27. Carmen Electra

Carmen's real name is Tara Patrick, but we can all agree that Carmen sounds much more bada*s.

28. Jamie Foxx

Many people might not even know that Jamie Foxx's name is a stage name, but his real name is Eric Bishop. I'd say he looks both like a Jamie and an Eric.

29. Demi Moore

Demi Moore came up with this name once she was in the public eye of Hollywood, but her actual name is Demetria Gene Guynes. I wonder where she got Demi Moore from.

30. Jay-Z

Many people know that Jay-Z's name isn't actually Jay-Z and it is in fact Shawn Carter, which is why their family is the Carter family.

31. Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson's name definitely did the trick for giving a stage name type of persona. This famous singer's name is actually Brian Warner though.

32. Tiger Woods

This has really proved that a lot of people probably go by stage names even if the name we know them by doesn't seem like a stage name. A lot of these celebrities have really different names from what we know them as.

This definitely proves that we don't know celebrities as well as we think we do.

Daphnie