Our names significantly contribute to our personality and when you’re a celebrity, you have to make sure your name stands out from the rest of them.
Stage names are a common phenomenon and a lot of celebrities around the world don’t use their real names. Here are some of them.
PewDiePie — Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg

CarryMinati — Ajey Nagar

Cardi B — Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar

Avicii — Tim Bergling
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Nicki Minaj — Onika Tanya Maraj

Yo Yo Honey Singh — Hirdesh Singh

Badshah — Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia
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Bruno Mars — Peter Gene Hernandez

Kit Harington — Christopher Catesby Harington

Calvin Harris — Adam Richard Wiles
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Rihanna — Robyn Rihanna Fenty

Akon — Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam

Miley Cyrus — Destiny Hope Cyrus
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Snoop Dogg — Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.

Raftaar — Dilin Nair

Divine — Vivian Fernandes
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Lady GaGa — Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta

Gigi Hadid — Jelena Noura Hadid

The Weeknd — Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
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Maisie Williams — Margaret Constance Williams

Sunny Deol — Ajay Singh Deol

Naezy — Naved Shaikh
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Hard Kaur — Taran Kaur Dhillon

Kim Kardashian — Kimberly Noel Kardashian

Baba Sehgal — Harjeet Singh Sehgal
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Vidya Vox — Vidya Iyer

Bhuvan Bam — Bhuvaneshwar Bam

Mallika Sherawat — Reema Lamba
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Kiara Advani — Aalia Advani

Shilpa Shetty — Ashwini Shetty

Katrina Kaif — Kate Turquotte
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Saif Ali Khan — Sajid Ali Khan

Sunny Leone — Karanjit Kaur Vohra

Sridevi — Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan
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Prabhas — Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju Uppalapati

Tiger Shroff — Jai Hemant Shroff

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