Check out this amazing list of celebrities who don’t actually use their real names! (7 of 8)

Drake

Birth name: Aubrey Drake Graham

This famous actor-turned-rapper was actually known as Aubrey Graham on the Canadian high school TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation. However, he finally decided to change his name to Drake when he decided to be a rapper.

Ashton Kutcher

Birth name: Christopher Ashton Kutcher

This Two and a half men star confessed at the 2013 edition of the Teen Choice Awards that he actually feels like an old guy and his name isn’t really Ashton, but Christopher. Ashton is his middle name and he decided to forego his first name when he started working in the industry.

Demi Moore

Birth name: Deme Gene Guynes

Demi Moore wasn’t actually this star’s real name. She married the famous rock musician Freddy Moore way back when she was only seventeen years old, and thus, took his last name. Even though she divorced him after five years, she decided to let her surname be Moore, and she continues to use the same stage name even today.

Bruno Mars

Birth name: Peter Gene Hernandez

This singer, in an interview with a leading magazine, revealed his real name to the reporters. Although he was given Peter Hernandez as his birth name, he was nicknamed Bruno because of his striking similarity to the wrestler by the same name, Bruno Sammartino. However, when the singer found that Bruno Hernandez wasn’t really working for him in the industry, he decided to go with the stage name Bruno Mars.

Nicki Minaj

Birth name: Onika Tanya Maraj

This leading female rapper revealed in an interview with The Guardian that she didn’t even get to pick her own stage name, and it was chosen by someone else for her! She revealed how a person at the production house convinced her to go with the name Minaj and she gave in. However, she conceded that her family and friends still call her Onika, and when she is performing, her fans call her Nicki Minaj.