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Names -> Music Performer Pseudonyms -> Latest Entries

This is a list of names of famous people, who have changed their real name. I'm only looking for music performers, not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.

Latest Entries

The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 4240 Music Performer Pseudonyms entries on the site.

Pseudonym		Original Name		Description		Submitted by:
Lizzo		Melissa Viviane Jefferson				Sheila Oh
Dick Dickson with Jay Randell and his Orchestra		Dick Dixon		Singer who also doubled on vocal and guitar with Irving Aaronson and his Commanders.		Carole of the curves, or Lombard of the legs?
Meg Myers		Janice Sue Meghan Myers				Sheila Oh
deadmau5		Joel Zimmerman		Canadian DJ/producer known for wearing a cartoonish mouse helmet onstage		Nat
Katia		Katia Zuccarelli		She uses only her first name. It might be because her full name might be too hard for English-speaking people to say or it sounds too much like zucchini, which she might think isn't a good association for her.		Brionna Secret
Adriana Caselotti		Adriana Elena Loreta Caselotti		As what appears on the Snow White voice actress's passport and legal documents.		Maryellen Larkin
XXXTentacion		Jahseh Onfroy				Lola
Sophie		Sophie Xeon				Lola
Cleve Francis		Cleveland Francis				Sundog
The Chemical Brothers		Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons		They are not actually brothers		All-Starr
Zakk Wylde		Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt		Correct spelling of his surname		PeartNeal
Cozy Powell		Colin Trevor Flooks		The stage name "Cozy" was borrowed from the jazz drummer Cozy Cole.		PeartNeal
Paul Di'Anno		Paul Andrews		He adopted this pseudonym when hired by Iron Maiden as a singer and kept it till now (2020).		PeartNeal
Grimes		Claire Elise Boucher		Canadian singer of synth pop currently dating Elon Musk.		Opie M.
Cee-Lo Green		Thomas DeCarlo Callaway				Joe
Roddy Ricch		Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr.				Yvette Bristle
Nipsey Hussle		Ermias Joseph Asghedom		Another rapper tragically murdered (in April, 2019). Often spelled like Nipsey Hu$$le.		Reggie Pillbox
Jake Zyrus		Charice		Jake, whose birth name was Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco and previously went by the stage name Charice Pempengco and later just Charice, adopted the name "Jake Zyrus" when he transitioned to a male in 2017.		Maryellen Larkin
St. Vincent		Anne Erin Clark		She also goes by Annie Clark.		Sheila Oh
Scatman John		John Larkin				mads.

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