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 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

Sting Steve Borden, known by his stage name Sting, is a retired professional wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer. —Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025

Mike Sardina, whose stage name was Lightning, died in 2006 due to a head injury, and Claire Sardina lost part of her leg after being struck by a car. —Piet Levy, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025

Charlie, born Carlos Estevez, is the only sibling to take on his father's stage name professionally. —Nicole Briese, People.com, 10 Sep. 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