Many celebrities change their names for various reasons, such as to sound better or not match someone else’s. Let’s remember the real names of your favorite stars!
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Under this name, the model was born in the city of Yemanzhelinsk, Chelyabinsk region. The surname was shortened after winning the Chelyabinsk competition “Supermodel-2004”, after which she left to work in Europe. But on the door of his New York apartment is still written in full!
In his profession he uses a middle name, but when flirting with women he often introduces himself as William. Everyone pretends not to know!
Her name was Gigi since childhood, but only at home: “My mother called her mother that, and she decided to call me that.” Another Elena came to the class, and the teacher asked the mother of the future model what her name could be. Since then, the nickname has stuck forever.
The singer took her pseudonym from the song Queen Radio Ga Ga. The short name soon became used for all her projects.
The singer did not invent anything and simply left the second name from her passport name. It turns out that friends and family call him Robin, especially if they want to get his attention: “They always tell me – Rihanna, Rihanna, Rihanna…And if I hear another name, I always answer.”
The singer was called Fate Hope, but since childhood she was first called Smiley “(” smiling “), then shortened by one letter. Since 2008, she is Miley and according to the documents.
The story of his pseudonym is very unusual! The name of the singer’s younger sister is Hennessy Carolina, and since childhood she herself has been called another alcoholic drink – Bacardi. Over time, this name was shortened to Cardi.
In fact, Reese is her mother’s maiden name, but the actress really likes how the two names sound side by side.
The actress was called a traditional Jewish name. But after moving to the United States in 1984, the family changed their last name to Portman, their grandmother’s maiden name, and Neta-Li became Natalie.
The actor had been called Keith since childhood, and it wasn’t until he was 11 that he found out his real name was Christopher! “My brother has always been called Jack, and according to the documents his name is John,” the actor said.
The singer chose a more harmonious name for herself at the age of 25.
The actress took another surname in honor of writer Oscar Wilde. At school, she played Gwendolyn in a production of her play The Importance of Being Earnest.
She took another name from the name… “fart pillows”! In English, this funny thing is called whoopee cushion. This is what she said: “I played in small theaters and sometimes suffered from flatulence. I had to hide in a corner, but colleagues soon noticed. And I started calling myself that.
The surname went to the actress from her first husband, Freddie Moore, whom she married when she was 17.
The singer said she didn’t choose a pseudonym for herself: “In one of the first contracts, they called me Minaj and I kicked that guy’s teeth. He convinced me, but I don’t like it.” Her last name is Onika: “When I’m with them, I’m not Nicki Minaj at all.”
The British actress was born in the suburbs of London to a Russian father, Vasily Mironov, and an English mother, Kathleen Rogers. In the early 1950s, the father changed the names of himself and his daughter to English. The actress always remembers that she is half Russian.
The actress had to take a pseudonym, because Julie Smith and Julie Ann Smith were already part of the Screen Actors Guild: “My father’s name was Peter Moore, my mother’s name was Anna Smith, so I made them happy both.”
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