Your Name Was What?
Did you know that today, April 9th, is Name Yourself Day? It’s your chance to give yourself whatever name you’d like … for a day.
In honor of Name Yourself Day, we decided to check out the names that some well-known musicians chose for themselves, along with the real life names that were chosen for them before they were famous.
See how many you know:
— Alice Cooper – born Vincent Damon Furnier
— Alicia Keys – born Alicia Augello Cook
— Beck – born Bek David Campbell
— Billy Idol – born William Michael Albert Broad
— Bobby Darin – born Walden Robert Cassotto
— Bob Dylan – born Robert Zimmerman
— Bono – born Paul Hewson
— Bruno Mars – born Peter Gene Hernandez
— Cher – born Cherilyn Sarkisian
— David Bowie – born David Robert Jones
— Elton John – born Reginald Kenneth Dwight
— Elvis Costello – born Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus
— Eminem – born Marshall Mathers III
— Engelbert Humperdinck – born Arnold Dorsey
— Frankie Valli – born Francis Castelluccio
— Freddie Mercury – born Faroukh Bulsara
— Gene Simmons – born Chaim Witz
— Jay Z – born Shawn Corey Carter
— John Denver – born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.
— Lada Gaga – born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
— LL Cool J – born James Todd Smith
— Lorde – born Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O’Connor
— Macklemore – born Ben Haggerty
— Mariah Carey – born Maria Nuez
— Meat Loaf – born Marvin Lee Aday
— Pink – born Alecia Moore
— Prince – born Prince Rogers Nelson
— Queen Latifah – born Dana Owens
— Rihanna – born Robyn Rihanna Fenty
— Seal – born Sealhenry Samuel
— Shakira – born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
— Stevie Wonder – born Steveland Morris
— Sting – born Gordon Sumner
— Tina Turner – born Anna Mae Bullock
— Tony Bennett – born Anthony Dominick Benedetto
— 50Cent – born Curtis Jackson