stage name

noun

plural stage names
: an assumed name by which a performer (such as an actor or musician) is known professionally
Plenty of aspiring actors and singers choose a stage name before heading to Hollywood. When they finally make it big, that's the name they'll see in lights instead of the one they were born with.Kristen Harris
Before they were rock stars with one-word stage names, Flea and Slash knew each other as teenagers growing up in Los Angeles in the late 1970s.Mikael Wood

Word History

First Known Use

1727, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stage name was in 1727

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“Stage name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20name. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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