real name
Not a pseudonym
A real name is the legal or birth name of a person, as opposed to a pseudonym, stage name, username, or nickname.
The term appears most often in contexts where people commonly go by other identities—online communities, entertainment, writing: What's her real name?
He performs under a stage name, but his real name is Gerald.
The phrase implies authenticity, though legal names are themselves somewhat arbitrary constructs.
- identityWho someone is
- birth certificateOfficial record of arrival
- unmaskedHad covering removed
- revealedMade visible or known
- anonymousOf unknown origin
Clark Kent · secret · hidden · christened · actual · authentic · genuine · dox · celebrity · privacy · reveal · undercover · witness protection · baptized · original · born
- namessurnames, nicknames, forenames, surname, nickname
- Secret Identitiessecret identity, alias, alter ego, pseudonym, dual identity
- authorshipauthorship, author bio, byline, attributed, credited
- stage name reasonsscreen test, marketability, uniqueness, character role, brand identity
- pen namesnom de plume, pseudonym, alias, anonym, alter ego
real namealias
Adopted false name
pseudonym · assumed name · false name · stage name · pen name
real namenickname
Informal substitute name
pet name · diminutive · stage name · professional name · ring name
real namestage name
Performer's professional alias
screen name · professional name · ring name · drag name · persona
real, name, realism, realist, realistic, realistically, reality, realities, realize