From Stefani to Aubrey, can you match the famous face to their real name?
YOU have seen their names in lights, but these celebrities have been hiding their true identities.
After Danny Dyer revealed yesterday he was given the name “Danial” at birth because his dad was “off his nut”, we found other stars who have changed their moniker.
Can you work out the celeb from their real name in our fun quiz?
1) This blonde bombshell changed her name from Helen — and the decision proved more than O-Kay.
2) This EastEnder was ahead of the trend when she ditched her real name Karen — now used in memes to describe a pushy white middle- class women — for her late grandmother’s.
3) He was born Ross, but this wannabe singer-turned-TV host didn’t feel it had The X Factor.
4) The Hollywood actress is not as fierce as her new name suggests, but it seems Olivia Cockburn just wasn’t her Styles.
5) Dropping his original moniker, Reginald Kenneth Dwight, ensured this superstar is Still Standing after more than five decades in showbusiness.
6) This singer loves you Just The Way You Are, but when it came to his own name — Peter Gene Hernandez — he picked a new one that’s truly out of this world.
7) The Canadian rapper had Nonstop hits under his middle name, but he was born Aubrey Graham.
8) She took a Wrecking Ball to her birth name, Destiny Hope, and adopted one inspired by her childhood nickname.
9) Everyone’s favourite onscreen blonde lawyer appears to have been practising from a young age as she legally changed her name from Laura before hitting the big time.
10) This actor must have thought his first name William was the pits. He goes by a shortened version of his middle name.
11) She recorded an entire song asking what her name is, but many fans won’t know the answer is actually Robyn.
12) Using one of his more unusual middle names, Sean Fintan is famous for presenting some of the UK’s biggest TV talent contests and a Morning show.
13) This DJ found love in a hopeless place — and a stage name. He chose it because it is more “racially ambiguous” than Adam Wiles.
14) Realising she could be mixed up with actress Kate Hudson, California Gurl Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson is known by her mother’s maiden name.
15) The former actress must have decided Rachel didn’t Suits her and that her middle name is fit for a princess, kind of.
16) Katrina Amy Alexandria Alexis Infield’s career could have paid the Price if the former glamour model hadn’t changed her first name, not once but twice.
17) This Irish music manager has spent his life looking for top talent, so he didn’t dare go by his first name, Michael.
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18) Sarah was a very popular girl’s name in the Eighties, so this Oscar-winning Brit dropped it for her middle name, which is a new Favourite.
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19) William John Paul sings about wanting to Live Forever and it is fair to say his stage name will stick around. It is an Irish shortening of his birth name.
20) Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, the reason for this superstar’s stage name is far from Shallow. In fact, it is thought to be inspired by a hit Queen song.
THE ANSWERS
Did you guess the celebrity name droppers? The answers are here...
1) Tess Daly. 2) Jessie Wallace. 3) Rylan Clark-Neal. 4) Olivia Wilde. 5) Elton John. 6) Bruno Mars. 7) Drake. 8) Miley Cyrus. 9) Reese Witherspoon. 10) Brad Pitt. 11) Rihanna. 12) Dermot O’Leary. 13) Calvin Harris. 14) Katy Perry. 15) Meghan Markle. 16) Katie Price. 17) Louis Walsh. 18) Olivia Colman. 19) Liam Gallagher. 20) Lady Gaga.
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