Adele’s full name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins. (Photo: Archive)
Drake’s full name is Aubrey Drake Graham. (Photo: Archive)
Bono’s full name is Paul David Hewson. (Photo: Archive)
Enya’s full name is Eithne Ní Bhraonáin. (Photo: Archive)
Flea’s full name is Michael Peter Balzary. (Photo: Archive)
Gotye’s full name is Wouter “Wally” De Backer. (Photo: Archive)
MC Hammer’s full name is Stanley Kirk Burrell. (Photo: Archive)
Ice-T’s full name is Tracy Marrow. (Photo: Archive)
Jay-Z’s full name is Shawn Corey Carter. (Photo: Archive)
Ke$ha’s full name is Kesha Rose Sebert. (Photo: Archive)
Ludacris’ full name is Christopher Brian Bridges. (Photo: Archive)
Nenê’s full name is Maybyner Rodney Hilário. (Photo: Archive)
Oprah’s full name is Oprah Gail Winfrey. (Photo: Archive)
Pink’s full name is Alecia Beth Moore. (Photo: Archive)
Skrillex’s full name is Sonny John Moore. (Photo: Archive)
Twiggy’s full name is Lesley Lawson (née Hornby)
Prince’s full name is Prince Rogers Nelson. (Photo: Instagram, @)
Usher’s full name is Usher Terry Raymond IV. (Photo: Archive)
Charo’s full name is Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza. (Photo: Archive)
Will.i.am’s full name is William James Adams, Jr. (Photo: Archive)
Zucchero’s full name is Adelmo Fornacirari. (Photo: Archive)
Anastacia’s full name is Anastacia Lyn Newkirk. (Photo: Instagram, @anastaciamusic)
Sting’s full name is Gordon Matthew Sumner. (Photo: Instagram, @theofficialsting)
Dido’s full name is Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle. (Photo: Instagram, @dido)
Eminem’s full name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III. (Photo: Instagram, @eminem)
Madonna’s full name is Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone. (Photo: Instagram, @madonna)
Seal’s full name is Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel. (Photo: Instagram, @seal)
Shakira’s full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll. (Photo: Instagram, @shakira)
Slash’s full name is Saul Hudson. (Photo: Instagram, @zedbones)
Teller’s full name is Raymond Joseph Teller. (Photo: Instagram, @lemottee)
Timbaland’s full name is Timothy Zachery Mosley. (Photo: Instagram, @timbaland)
Valentino’s full name is Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani. (Photo: Instagram, @befernfashion)
Xzibit’s full name is Alvin Nathaniel Joiner. (Photo: Instagram, @xzibit)
Iman’s full name is Iman Abdulmajid. (Photo: Instagram, @bettinarheims)
Beck’s full name is Bek David Campbell. (Photo: Instagram, @beck)
Would you take rapper Ice-T seriously if he went by the name Tracy? And would Rihanna be thinking of marrying Drake if he went by Aubrey? Don’t think so!
Seriously, though…rappers called Shawn and Alvin? Check out these surprising full names of celebrities who go by one-word stage names!
