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
Kristen HarrisBefore 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
Mikael WoodExamples of stage name in a Sentence
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There’s a connection between Cat Stevens’ stage name and his first major girlfriend.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Galbraith was identified by police from his Instagram account, which is associated with his stage name as a rapper, YWN Juski.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
His real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio; his stage name, as fans later learned, was inspired by a childhood photograph that captured him, scowling, in a rabbit costume.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
More than 100 comics entered the contest across the whole summer, said comedian Jesse the Shrink (a stage name alluding to his real-life day job as a therapist), who produces the summer contest and hosts the year-round weekly open mic at Gambit.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Galbraith was identified by police from his Instagram account, which is associated with his stage name as a rapper, YWN Juski.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
His real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio; his stage name, as fans later learned, was inspired by a childhood photograph that captured him, scowling, in a rabbit costume.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
More than 100 comics entered the contest across the whole summer, said comedian Jesse the Shrink (a stage name alluding to his real-life day job as a therapist), who produces the summer contest and hosts the year-round weekly open mic at Gambit.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stage name
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“Stage name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20name. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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