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

George, a Martinez resident, is a rapper who uses the stage name Lil T1mmy . —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025

Simone is a musician Simone is a singer and musician who goes by the stage name sahn. —Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 20 Nov. 2025

Following an energetic performance of some of the hip hop trio’s greatest hits, Cheryl James, known by her stage name Salt, told the crowd that the women were currently in a battle for ownership of their music. —Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2025

Sean Haywood created his stage name, Atlus, as a recognition of the pressures that accompany the tough periods in life. —Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025

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