Celebrity stage names vs. real names

Aubrey Drake Graham  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Ella Yelich-O’Connor, better known as Lorde, performs at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles last week.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Sean Carter. The rapper also dropped the hyphen from Jay-Z in recent years. He’s also referred to as Jigga and Hova. His wife Beyonce’s full name is Beyonce Knowles-Carter.  (Mason Poole / Invision for Parkwood Entertainment / AP)

Prince Rogers Nelson. The musician also went by the custom “love symbol” that we are unable to share here, “The Artist” and “The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.”  (Peter Kramer / Getty Images)

Reginald Kenneth Dwight  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. The Long Beach rapper’s stage name is actually a shortened version of Snoop Doggy Dogg. He briefly went by Snoop Lion as well.

Amethyst Amelia Kelly  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Cameron Jibril Thomaz. The rapper was married to model Amber Rose, whose real name is actually Amber Levonchuk.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

The British singer’s full name is Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O’Malley Armstrong.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Stevens changed his name to Yusuf upon converting to Islam in 1977. His birth name is Steven Georgiou.  (Charles Sykes / Invision / AP)

Curtis James Jackson III   (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Cherilyn Sarkisian  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Sean Combs. The music mogul also went by P. Diddy, Puffy and Puff Daddy.  (Ronald Martinez / Getty Images)

Marshall Mathers  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Onika Tanya Maraj  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Ben Haggerty. The rapper also went by Professor Macklemore.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)