stage name
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- noun
- /steɪdʒ neɪm/
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nombre artístico
- The Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" inspired her stage name: "I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called 'Radio Gaga.'"
- goes by the stage name
- adopted a stage name
- uses a stage name
His He was known by his stage name, Evel Knievel.
- His He was known by his stage name, Evel Knievel.
- And so Kanye convinced him to change his stage name to John Legend.
- She's a girl, but her on stage name is Ears.
- So the first is what was your stage name?
- And that's how Snow Raven became my spiritual and stage name here in Western culture.
- If I were a drag queen, what would my stage name be?
- And I'm very grateful because it's a good stage name as well.
- So I used my e-mail recovery password as my stage name and my dog's name is Iggy and I grew up on Azalea Street so that is how I got his name.
- Damn, Do people still do stage name or is that an old thing?
- Most strippers got like a real name that's a fake name, a stage name, an alternate name, and the name she used to strip under in her whole city.
- It is not it is not OK that is it your stage name It it is it's like my nom de plume or whatever.
Examples
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William Henry Pratt, better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was an English actor.
Blog text (13) -
What's that, a stage name or something?
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You wanna help me pick a new stage name?
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That was her stage name back in the day.
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Thinking about using that for my stage name.
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It's just under her stage name.
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Well, it's her stage name.
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My real name and my stage name.
Fiction book (1996) -
So Bob Dylan is the stage name of a guy who was born Robert Zimmerman.
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I'm Joanne, but I go by the stage name of Cheyenne.
Synonyms
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A name a person uses instead of their real name to hide identity
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A name a writer or singer uses instead of their real name
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A name someone uses instead of their real name to hide who they are
A familiar name used instead of someone's real name
How Official
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- Slang
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a name used by an actor or entertainer' is directly derivable from combining 'stage' (performance setting) with 'name' (an identifier); it literally denotes the name used on stage. This compositional pattern is common across languages (e.g. French nom de scène, Spanish nombre artístico), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would very likely understand it.
Etymology
The phrase stage name comes from the simple image of an actor, singer, or other performer going on the stage and using a different name for the show to keep their private life separate. So, it means 'a different name used by a performer instead of their real name'.