Rihanna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty)

The singer and beauty entrepreneur still goes by Robyn with her friends and family.

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Adele (Adele Laurie Blue Adkins)

Adele does not like to use her surname as it might just simply be too long.

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Emma Stone (Emily Stone)

Emma didn't change her name too drastically, as she was actually born Emily Jean Stone.

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Katy Perry (Katheryn Hudson)

The singer took her mother’s last name to avoid being confused with actress Kate Hudson.

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Meghan Markle (Rachel Meghan Markle)

There’s no real explaination on why she doesn’t use this name, however her biographers have concluded that perhaps she did not like how it sounded.

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Miley Cyrus (Destiny Hope Cyrus)

She was born Destiny Hope, but she legally changed her name to Miley based on childhood nickname.

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Natalie Portman (Neta-Lee Hershlag)

Portman is her grandmother’s maiden name.

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Olivia Wilde (Olivia Cockburn)

After hailing from a family of journalists, the actress took inspiration from the novelist Oscar Wilde.

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Doja Cat (Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini)

As a teenager in 2012, Doja Cat gained her stage name from one of her cats.

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Reese Witherspoon (Laura Jeanne Resse Witherspoon)

Reese's reasoning for choosing that over Laura was because it sounded more "Hollywood".

Find out the real names of these 11 celebrities

A stage name has the power to make or break a career. Over the years, A-listers have gone with the trend and adopted a name different to their birth name for reason of convenience and in order to avoid something too complicated for their fans to pronounce without any hassle. While the decision might not […]

Find out the real names of these 11 celebrities

A stage name has the power to make or break a career. Over the years, A-listers have gone with the trend and adopted a name different to their birth name for reason of convenience and in order to avoid something too complicated for their fans to pronounce without any hassle. While the decision might not […]