professional name
Example Sentences
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Harry Houdini - his professional name - was born as Erik Weisz in Budapest in 1874.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025
Using Glória Maria as her professional name, she made her onscreen debut in 1971, reporting on the collapse of a stretch of viaduct that killed 48 people.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023
Badalamenti stayed on to compose the entire orchestral score for “Blue Velvet” and appeared in the movie as a piano player under the professional name Andy Badale.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2022
If you had never heard of "Dr. Phil" alum Danielle Bregoli before, you may have caught the teenage rap provocateur's professional name – Bhad Bhabie – in the past week.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2021
The first was a twenty-three-year-old Toronto housewife, who said her professional name was Bambi Kramer, and advised the school to address her mail accordingly.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
