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

Award-winning Korean actors Youn Yuh-jung and Song Kang-ho will also star alongside William Fichtner, Mikaela Hoover, Matthew Kim, known by his K-pop stage name, BM. —Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026

Jason Elvie Ty was widely known by their stage name Misua. —Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026

Today's listen In February, 8-year-old Aura V and her dad, Harold Simmons II, who uses the stage name Fyütch, made history. —Brittney Melton, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026

Qabli, known by the stage name L7assal, was arrested earlier this month and remained in custody until the court delivered its verdict. —ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026

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