How these popular Canadian celebs got their stage names

How these popular Canadian celebs got their stage names - Ever wonder how certain Canadian celebs got their stage names? For example, how did famous Canadian YouTuber Lilly Singh start going by Superwoman? And what's up with deadmau5's name and The Weeknd? Some of your favourite Canadian celebrities have very interesting stories when it comes to their nicknames!

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The Weeknd - According to Capital Xtra, a Q&A with fans on Reddit revealed that The Weeknd's name was inspired by one weekend when he decided to drop out of high school and leave home with some friends.

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The Weeknd - He wasn't a fan of his birth name so he adopted his stage name because he thought it 'sounded cool.' He dropped the 'e' in weekend because there was already a band with the name.

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Shay Mitchell - This pretty little liar's name is actually Shannon.

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Shay Mitchell - She is a big fan of J-Lo's, so her friends would call her Shay Lo after the Latin artist.

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IISuperwomanII - This famous Canadian YouTuber got her username Superwoman even before she launched her channel, according to DNA.

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IISuperwomanII - She had a ring with the Superwoman 'S' on it and has been the Superwoman we know and love ever since.

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The Rock - The American-Canadian actor's first wrestling name was actually Rocky Maivia, which came from a combination of his father and grandfather's wrestling names.

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The Rock - Eventually, it was shortened to The Rock.

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Bif Naked - Bif actually comes from her first name, Beth. Someone couldn't pronounce Beth and so everyone just began calling her Bif, according to Shave Magazine.

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Bif Naked - Naked came later when she was in university and her band needed a punk rock name.

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Drake - Drake is actually Aubrey Graham's middle name!

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Alessia Cara - Alessica Cara's actual last name is Caracciolo, of Italian origin. Now it's Cara for short.

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Nina Dobrev - This Canadian beauty was born Nikolina Konstantinova Dobreva. Now it's Nina Dobrev for short.

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Grimes - According to The Guardian, Grimes got her stage name when she was making her music MySpace page. She listed her music under the genre of grime—without even knowing what grime music was!

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deadmau5 - The Canadian electronic producer got his stage name after finding a dead mouse in his computer! (Ick!) Deadmouse was too long of a username online, so he dropped the 'se' and used '5' instead, according to PopCrush.

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Kardinal Offishall - Canada's hip-hop superstar Kardinal Offishall used to go by KoolAid. He then changed it to Kardinal Offishall after 17th-century French politician Cardinal Richelieu, according to Exclaim!

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PARTYNEXTDOOR - This Canadian musician took his stage name from a FL Studio audio filter setting, according to StyleCaster.

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Lights - This fiery red-headed singer was born Valerie Anne Poxleitner, but legally changed her name to Lights at the age of 18. The name actually stems from her last name Poxleitner.

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Massari - R&B singer Massari's stage name means "money" in Lebanese Arabic and comes from his birth name Sari.

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K'naan - This Canadian poet and musician was born Keinan Abdi Warsame. His stage name means "traveler" in Somalian.

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k-os - Pronounced like "chaos," this is actually an acronym which originally stood for "Kevin's Original Sound," which he then changed to stand for "Knowledge of Self," according to The Daily Orange.

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Classified - This rapper got his stage name by skimming the classified ads, according to Gig City.

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Shad - Shad is actually short for Shadrach Kabango, his birth name.

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Moka Only - This member of hip-hop group Swollen Members (second from the right) got his nickname because he drank so much coffee!

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Tory Lanez - A friend actually nicknamed this rapper, born Daystar Peterson, Lanez because he used to run onto the roads to play without checking for oncoming traffic, according Capital Xtra.

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SonReal - This Vancouver rapper took on his stage name at the age of 15 when he first started rapping. He wanted a moniker that made it sound like he was from New York, according to Kaloomps This Week.

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Buck 65 - This Canadian rapper is known to use various stage names. However, his principal stage name comes from a car! A '65 Buick to be specific, according to MVRemix interviews.

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Roy Wood$ - Roy Wood$ enlisted the help of his high school peers when picking out his stage name, according to The Silhouette. He tried out a few different monikers on them, but Roy Wood$ was the most popular.

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Jus Reign - Jus Reign was suggested by this YouTuber's cousin, as in he was "going to reign over everybody," according to Toronto Life. He never called himself that though. It was only his username until other people started referring to the comedian as Jus Reign and, well, the name stuck!

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