10 Facts About Today

#25 - Name Changes | April 9, 2020

Episode Summary

Was Bruno Mars almost the next Enrique Iglesias? What did Nick Cage's original name have to do with the Godfather movies? What are some of the craziest names people have changed to? Lets find out because today is National Name Change Day!

Episode Notes

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April 09, 2020 - 10 Facts About Name Changes

Here are 10 identifying facts about name changes that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

  1. A woman name Karin Robertson changed her name to goveg.com. 
    1. 23 year old
    2. Norfolk Virginia 
    3. Raises awareness for vegetarianism 
  2. A man named Andrew Wilson changed his name to “They” 
    1. They did this
    2. They did that 
    3. Whole new meaning 
  3. A Vietnamese man named his 5th kid after the fine he received for having him: “Fined Six Thousand and Five Hundred."
    1. Son kept getting teased In School and wanted to change it. 
    2. New name translates to Golden Dragon
  4. An English l Mechanic named Steve Bolton changed his name to Buzz Lightyear
    1. Apparently he joked his girlfriend would love saying she’s going out with buzz light year. 
  5. 23 year old named Tyler Gold changed his name to Tyrannosaurus Rex. 
    1. T- Rex for Short 
    2. As an entrepreneur, name recognition is important and the new name is more recognizable."
  6. Elton John was originally Reginald Kenneth Dwight
    1. When he started to make a name for himself… literally and figuratively
    2. He didn’t like the name Reg
    3. He had  "unhappy memories" with that name
    4. Not just a stage name
    5. He legally changed it in 1972.
  7. Peter Gene Hernandez is better known as Bruno Mars
    1. Record labels were trying to make him the next Enrique Iglesias
    2. He wanted to stop that kind of stereotyping on himself
    3. So he tried to come up with a name that sounded like it was from another planet
    4. Thats why he is bruno mars
  8. Nick Cage is related to the Godfather’s director Francis Ford Coppola
    1. He was born Nicolas Kim Coppola
    2. He didn’t want people to associate him with his uncle francis ford coppola
    3. He changed it to Cage because he loved the comic book, Luke Cage
  9. Iggy Azalea changed her name from Amethyst Amelia Kelly
    1. Her name is the classic stripper name concept
    2. The name of her dog + the street she grew up on
    3. She originally used Iggy because when she was younger she was bit by a snake, and her dog ended killing the snake and getting paralyized in the process
    4. He ended up getting anti-venom and went back to normal
    5. She bought a necklace in his honor that said iggy and everyone just kind of thought that was her name
    6. Then she needed a last name and picked Azalea
  10. Jamie Foxx changed his name to sound more feminine
    1. His real name is Eric Marlon Bishop
    2. When he was doing stand-up it was so hard to get on stage
    3. Every night about 100 guys would sign-up to go on stage
    4. Only a couple girls would sign up and they would usually all get to go
    5. He came up with Tracey Brown and Jamie Foxx
    6. Jamie Foxx got a standing ovation so it stuck