Bollywood stars are known by many nicknames in the industry but did you know that some of them actually had their names changed?
Check out these 8 celebrities who changed their names.
1. Tiger Shroff
Tiger Shroff’s real name is Jai Hemant Shroff and this remains to be a fact not many people know. His father Jackie Shroff was the one who had revealed that he calls his son ‘Tiger’ out of affection because he would bite like a tiger when he was just a kid.
2. Katrina Kaif
Katrina started off using her mother’s surname which made her name Katrina Turquotte. It was after she moved to India that she adopted her father’s surname – Kaif.
3. Saif Ali Khan
We never expected Saif Ali Khan to have a name change but apparently, this guy kept it a secret from us too. When a copy of his marriage certificate to Kareena accidentally touched the surface of the internet, we found out that his real name is Sajid Ali Khan.
4. Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty was initially called Ashwini Shetty at birth but her mother decided on a name change after an astrologist told them to do so. As per a report, the name change was required due to numerology.
5. Kiara Advani
Kiara Advani’s first name is actually Aaliya and the actress was called Aaliya Advani. Surprisingly, it was Salman Khan who advised her to change her name. It was reportedly because there was already an Alia Bhatt in the industry and it would seem to be a smart choice to have a different name.
6. Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar had opened up on his name change from Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia to Akshay Kumar saying, “I would only observe Gaurav and his acting. I don’t know what happened but one day I just went to the court and got my name changed.”
7. Sunny Deol
This actor is very popularly known as Sunny Deol but did you know he too had a different name at birth? Sunny was initially called Ajay Singh Deol.
8. Ajay Devgn
Just like Shilpa Shetty, Ajay Devgn too changed his name because of numerology. He was called Vishal Devgan at birth.