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
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“Stage name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20name. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.
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