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

Shaq — who, in 2023, arguably gave the worst performance in the long and distinguished history of the Outside Lands music festival — will once again be performing under the stage name DJ Diesel. —Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, who goes by the stage name Bad Bunny, recently garnered the attention of over 100 million live viewers during his Super Bowl Halftime Show. —Charles Singh, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026

Richard Maurice Colbert, better known by his stage name iHeartMemphis or iLoveMemphis, has over 700,000 followers on Instagram. —Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, is a Puerto Rican rapper and singer known by his stage name Bad Bunny. —Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Feb. 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