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As for the celebrities, it is rarely a surprise to hear that the name you know a singer or a movie star is not in fact name. But while famous faces offerFully different monikers-Norma Jeane Mortenson becameMarilyn MonroeFor example, others ignore their first name given by their name professionally. Sometimes it's for their career, but other times, it's just because they were called by their second large name. And, in a number of cases, this happens when a person bears the name of their parent and wants to avoid confusion. Reading on whichcelebrities You probably did not realize having used their first names all this time - and to hear the first names you have never known.

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Full Name: Christopher Ashton Kutcher

WhileAN INTERVIEW OF 2018 toExpert armchair,Ashton KutcherWoman andThat "70s show co-starKunis of Mila Shared she calls him by his first name only when they are with his family in his hometown. "When we go to Iowa, I call it Chris," she said. "Everyone, his parents, everyone calls him Chris." She added, "You are part of these two versions."

Full Name: Vera Mindy Chokalingam

Actor and writerKaling Mindy Shortcut his last name and began to go to his second first name at the beginning of his career. In an interview 2020 withFresh air,Kaling explained that his name was often misprint when she made comedy shows. She was conflicting to shorten her name, but after talking to her parents about it, she passed with her. "It's sweet sweet, but I have to say that it was such a help to my career to have a name that people could pronounce."

Full Name: Robyn Rihanna Fury

Rihanna spends only one name professionally andIt's his environment. "When people call me Robyn, my head is just stealing because I feel like the person knows me," said the singerCharm In 2013. "But Rihanna, who tends to be clean [creation]. Robyn is who I am. Rihanna - It's an idea of ​​who I am."

Full Name: William Bradley Pitt

Brad Pitt Go through an abbreviated version of his second name, Bradley. Pitt is named after his father,William Alvin Pitt. In 2018,Page SIX reported thatPitt was heard of introducing To a random woman in a cafe like William, so if the rumor is true, he always uses the name sometimes.

Full Name: James Paul McCartney

Answer a question of fans on his website in 2015,Paul McCartney explained thatHis parents always called him Paul Instead of his name, James. For one, his father's name is alsoJamesSo it helped to avoid confusion. But his brother,Peter Michael McCartney, was also called my second name, Michael. McCartney explained: "I ended up thinking it was rather Irish! I have no idea! My mother was Irish - and I do not know, maybe there is just an old thing where they call you by your second name. "

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Full Name: Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Go through Reese, rather than his first name, Laura or his second first name, Jeanne. Who can be because it's his motherBetty ReeseMaiden name.

Full Name: Rachel Meghan Markle

She is now Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, but her real name is really Rachel.Meghan murder Has been recognized as Meghan since she was famous as an actor, but her real name appears from time to time on official documents. "Rachel" was spotted on herCertificate of birth of the new girl, andQueen Elizabeth referred it as Rachel Meghanmakkle when sheofficially given his consent For Markle for Thank you Prince Harry.

Complete names: Mary She Fanning and Hannah Dakota Fanning

In an interview with 2016 withCharm,Fancy explained why she and her sister,Fanning Dakota,Do not use their first names. "I never went by Marie, like never," said the actor. "My mother goes by her second name and sister goes through her second name. His name is Hannah. It may be a southern thing, I do not know. But since my mother passes through his second name, we go through our middle names too. "

Full Name: Elizabeth Stamatina Fey

Tina FeyGo by an abbreviated version of his first name, Stamatina. His friend and the comic actorAmy Poehler sameCall Fey "Betty" Like a nickname for Elizabeth. "My name is really Elizabeth-Elizabeth Tina-so she's one of the few people who knows that if she calls me Betty,» Fey saidToday in 2015.

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Full Name: Patricia Rooney Mara

ActorRooney Mara Go through his name because "Patricia" never felt straight. She went by "Tricia" when she grew up, but she saidPaper magazine in 2010 (Going throughVogue), "I really liked my name. I did not feel like a Tricia. And Rooney is more memorable. Rooney is also the name of his mother's young girl.

Full Name: Olive Marie Osmond

Marie Osmond is named after his mother,Olive May Osmond-And they are not the only two olives in the family. Osmondhas eight grandchildrenAnd one of his granddaughters is namedolive, On the family tradition.

Full Name: Henry Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty Go through his name and changed the spelling of his last name a little. According to the biography,Warren Beatty: A Private ManBeatty changed his name "Beaty" to "Beatty" to help pronunciation. But one of his cousins ​​affirmed that he wanted his names and first names to have the same number of letters for the way he looked.

Full Name: James Launches Bass

* NSYNC Singerbass launches uses his first name rather than his first name, James. It seems that, like others on the list, he can go by his first name simply to distinguish himself from his father, who is namedJames Irvin Lower Jr.

Full Name: Lauren Keyana Palmer

Palmer Keke Go by an abbreviated version of his name, Keyana. The singer and actortitled his EP 2016Lauren, And saybillboard of the decision, "I feel like it helps to keep in mind what all this EP is on the point, which gives an entrance that I really am, like where I come, how my career KEKE PALMER started . KEKE, of course, is a nickname of the family. Any attached to himself my name of entertainment, I feel like so often separating from the whole of whom I am because so much of my first career was based out of action and my characters ".

Full Name: Joseph Jason Momoa Namakaeha

Jason Momoa uses one of his first names, without surprise, he can be because he shares a first name with his father,Joseph Momoa. In turn, Momoa spent his name Hawaiian, Namakaeha, his son,NOKOA-WOLF MANAKAUAPO NAMAKAEHA MOMOA.

Full Name: Aubrey Drake Graham

Duck Use his name for his musical career, but when he was a Canadian television actor as a teenager, he went by Aubrey Graham. He said his father chose Drake's name. "His reasoning behind her, I'm not sure," the rapper said Hip Hop Canada (VIA INSIDER) "My father is a character so that it could be something. I just liked the name and I kissed all my life. Drake is me in my everyday life, Drake is who I am and Aubrey is more than a separate procedure, kind of good individual. "

Full Name: David Jude Law Heyworth

Jude Lawwent by Jude since he was a child. During an appearance on 2016The Graham Norton See (viaDaily mail) He explained that the name meant that he was sometimes confused with a girl and was accidentally put in the dormitories of girls when he joined a theater group. "It's not the easiest name of growing with Southeast in London to be really honest blonde little boring boy wanting to be an actor called Jude

Full Name: Walter Bruce Willis

Walter Willis simply does not have the same ring to her. While it is known asBruce Willis, In 2007,actor made headlines When he joined a fan forum using his real name as his screen name, "Walter B". Other users did not believe he was really who he said he was until it turns out on video.

Full Name: Audrey Faith Perry

SingerFaith Hill Go through his name and uses his last name of his first professional marriage. And as she goes by faith, she ended up named her cadette daughter after herself, giving him the nameAudrey Caroline McGraw.

Full Name: Samuel Timothy McGraw

The husband of the hill,Tim McGrawAlso goes to his second first name, although an abbreviated version. McGraw and Hill once used this thing they share in common to their advantage and announced a surprise concert together Under the name Sam & Audrey.

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