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

Examples of stage name in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His sound is not totally unlike the freewheeling, stream-of-consciousness rap of Lil B the Basedgod, from whom Xavier gets his stage name. —Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026

The defendants were initially identified by their stage names until Atlanta police aided Oakland investigators with their government names. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026

Chase Infiniti is not a stage name The actress, a 2018 North Central High School graduate, was born Chase Infiniti Payne, daughter of Keith and Kim Payne. —Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 Mar. 2026

Part of his stage name stems from a former Instagram username and part of it is a nod to writer Mark Twain. —Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1727, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stage name

• aspartame
• counterclaim
• overcame
• underframe
• username
• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame