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

Reno Goldie Fiapoto, 26, who raps under the stage name Tear It Off Greezy, has been charged with murder and a gang conspiracy in the March 16, 2021 killing of 21-year-old Derrick McDougal. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026

The two participants are named as Amazon and Achillia, the female form of Achilles; both are obviously stage names, and so neither are from an elite background (elites tended to use their real name; their status was part of the attraction). —Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026

Her stage name is derived from a variation of the surname of Ron Slater. —Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026

Under her stage name Lady Los, Miller is one of the top R&B singers in Colorado. —Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 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