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

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

Alicia Andrews is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Charles Jones, who utilized the stage name Julio Foolio. —Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025

Born Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth on June 6, 1932, Scales took her mother’s maiden name as her stage name. —Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025

However, before assuming the stage name, Stone tried out another one with very limited success! —Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 23 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