Many people don’t like their names… celebrities included! Here are five celebrities that do not go by their real names. No matter your name, success is possible! 

• Marilyn Monroe

Her real name is Norma Jean Mortenson! Marilyn was an actress, model and singer. She was an inspiration to women all over. She passed away at 36 years old on Aug. 5, 1962. She died from a Barbiturate Overdose. 

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”

• Gigi Hadid

Or should I say Jelena (pronounced Yuh-lee-na) Noura Hadid! Gigi is a world-renowned supermodel. In a 2015 interview Gigi stated “In first or second grade, there was a girl named Helena and it got confused with the teacher who had to call out our names, and so the teacher asked my mom ‘If I had to call Jelena a nickname, what would it be?’ And my mom was like, ‘I call her Gigi sometimes,’ and the name stuck.” 

“If you don’t like it, don’t follow me, dont watch me, cause i’m not going anywhere.”

• Lady Gaga

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. I bet you’re wondering how that name turned into something as simple as “Lady Gaga”? Well you can thank the song “Radio Ga Ga” by Queen!

“Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.”

• Rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty; singer, songwriter, record producer, businesswoman, fashion designer, actress and owner of “Fenty Beauty.” Many people go by their middle names, but her friends still call her Robyn! This shows us that she may not have gone by Rihanna her whole life, and fame could’ve changed this.

“You may never be good enough for everybody, but you will always be the best for somebody.”

• Miley Cyrus

Her parents named her Destiny Hope Cyrus at birth, but in 2008 the singer and

actress legally changed her name to Miley. This stemmed from a nickname she was called as a child… “Smiley” which eventually evolved into Miley. 

“The minute you stop making mistakes is the minute you stop learning.”