If you are aspiring to become famous, you might consider changing your name, or would you?
Here are some celebrities who decided to make the change, some for sentimental reasons, others for a more glamorous touch.
Dove Cameron
The American singer and actress was first born as Chloe Celeste Hoffman.
She legally changed her name to Dove as a tribute to her late father.
She posted a tweet that she accepts both names and her friends and family still call her Chloe to this day.
Vin Diesel
Before driving rapid cars and settling scores with his fast family, he was a bouncer in New York City under his real alias Mark Sinclair.
His screen name odes its origin he got from his friends for his boundless energy.
Calvin Harris
When he is not spinning a saucy new record, Calvin Harris goes by the name of Adam Richard Wiles.
The Scottish musician decided to change his name in order to make the most of a racially ambiguous stage name.
Bruno Mars
The 15-time Grammy Award-winning American singer was born as Peter Gene Hernandez.
He said that his father nicknamed him Bruno during his toddler years after the professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino.
Audrey Hepburn
When it comes to the eternal fashion icon and actress, one does not need to wonder why she changed her name.
Edda Van Heemstra Hepburn Ruston is simply impossible to pronounce.
Her Dutch Baroness mother decided to change her name to hide her father’s British origins during the second world war.
After the war, she kept and used her stage name for the rest of her life.
Alicia Keys
To express and look back on her love in music, Alecia Aguello Cook opted Alicia Keys as her stage name.
Then there are a few others who stuck to their gun and remained true to their names.
Harrison Ford
Indiana Jones and Han Solo himself was offered to change his name at the very first stage of his career.
When signing his maiden contract at a studio, he refused to use Kurt Affair as a stage name.
He did not select it as he found it too snobbish.
Jimin and Jungkook
The 2 BTS singers were the only ones in the K Pop boy band of 6 who kept their birth names.
Jimin refused to use Baby G as he found it very weird.
Jungkook on the other hand was offered Seagull.
He rejected it due to the pronunciation of the word in English as he was raised in a coastal city.
Saoirse Ronan
The Irish-born actress considered changing her name when she was still a child.
She did not find her name normal but changed her mind when she got older
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