YOU WON'T BELIEVE THESE CELEBS REAL NAME
TINA FEY - ELISABETH STAMATINA FEY Comedienne Tina Fey is really Elisabeth Stamatina Fey. Based on that, it’s easy to see why she changed her name. “Tina Fey” has a way of just rolling off the tongue, doesn’t it? It’s certainly better from a professional standpoint than the mouthful she had to work with before. STEVIE WONDER - STEVLAND HARDAWAY JUDKINS When you consider how striking and yet beautifully simple the last name “Wonder” is, it’s easy to see why this famous musician changed his name from “ Stevland Hardaway Judkins ” – that one was probably hard to fit on the cover of a record! MILEY CYRUS - DESTINY HOPE CYRUS Destiny Hope Cyrus is a pretty name and it certainly says a lot about just how optimistic her dad Billy Ray really is. No word on whether she changed the name herself or was forced to as a result of one of Disney’s notoriously difficult contracts for child actors. RALPH LAUREN - RALPH LIFSHITZ ...