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

Unflirt is the stage name of the London singer-songwriter Christine Senorin, whose voice has a sweetness that makes language feel secondary to the pleasures of sound—which isn’t to say that the lyrics to her songs are skippable. —Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025

In a nod to Amani Buckles’ stage name — which is a nod to her time as a biology student in college — the playful campaign features the singer in a science lab whipping up Tube Job. —Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 15 Dec. 2025

An ex-Marine, Sally became a bodybuilder in the late 1980s, quickly earning her stage name. —Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025

Point guard Percy Miller, better known by his stage name, Lil’ Romeo, played two seasons on the USC basketball team. —David K. Li, NBC news, 2 Dec. 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