#20. Live(r) Tayler
The beautiful actress Liv Tayler, daughter of the lead singer of Aerosmith, Steven Tyler, has had quite an early success. She started modeling at age 14, just like her mother, and then jump into acting. You may wonder how come such beauty has an odd nickname like Liver. It’s only adding one letter but it really changes the meaning.
The one to blame for this nickname is her mother, Bebe Buell. It is a strange name but it has nothing to do with Liv being an angry person, she said: > “Anger is not an emotion I feel very often; it takes a lot," Liv Tyler said. "But if I do get angry, I go into this whole other mode, and I almost blackout."
#19. Sting, The Bee
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, better known as Sting, was the frontman of the British band The Police and gained worldwide recognition from it. Now, he continues touring and making music but, he’s still known as Sting even thought years past and he split from the band. His nickname became his identity because, let’s be honest, we all know him as Sting and didn’t probably know his real name.
> “Gordon Sumner was just a guy playing the bass with a band called the Phoenix Jazzmen when he wore a sweater onstage that would change his life. The jumper (as Brits call it) had black and yellow stripes, prompting the Jazzmen's bandleader, Gordon Solomon, to call him 'Sting.' It stuck,” wrote MentalFloss. As we imagine his name came for his resemblance with a bee.
#18. J-Law Isn’t Her Only Nickname
One of the hottest stars of Hollywood, Jennifer Lawrence, has stolen the hearts of many, but it wasn’t always the case. When she was a child, some people called her Nitro. "It was really embarrassing because every day I'd go to school and I'd be like, 'Today I'm going to get it together, I'm going to be cool, I'm going to be calm,'" she said.
> "And then I'd show up — I was like 13 and I peed my pants when I was in seventh grade. Or not peed my pants, I peed when I was sleeping. I wet the bed and I just thought, 'Who wets the bed when they're 13?' And so I couldn't wait to get to school and tell everybody. Then I went into the bleachers and was like, 'Everybody, I wet the bed last night,' thinking everybody was going to think that was so funny and cool and it was just silent," The actress has said.
#17. Miley’s Real Name
The Disney child star didn’t grow up with the name we all know. In fact, we know her by many names, Miley, Hannah Montana, Miley Stweart, and even Ashley O. But her real name, the one she was given at birth, was Destiny Hope Cyrus. However, she didn’t really use that name and her parents called her Smiley as a child. Soon she would be known as Miley.
In 2008, the star decides to change her name legally. The filing described the reason for the change as: “to make her commonly used name the same as her legal name.” and became Miley Ray Cyrus. Ray due to her grandfather, Democratic politician Ronald Ray Cyrus. He said that her real name "sounds kinda strippy." No matter the name you called her she is, to this day, one of the biggest pop stars and she really made a name for herself.
#16. Cristiano Ronaldo Soft Side
The Portuguese Soccer player has been given many names referring to his profession, most of them are in Spanish or Portuguese and is because of his skills on the field. The former Manchester United winger had other, more personal and silly, nickname. When Ronaldo was a child, his mother called him “Abelhinha” which means “Little Bee” in Portuguese.
As sweet his nickname was, his classmates didn’t quite agree, instead they called him “Cry- Baby”. > "Cry-baby, yes, because Ronaldo already loved to win like he loves today. And when he lost and when other kids didn't pass the ball to him he used to cry," Santos told Reuters, he was Ronaldo’s childhood friend. Slide to see an ex one direction member.
#15. Liam Payne Became His Favourite Snack
The former One Direction member, Liam Payne, has made it at a young age, therefore a lot of his life became of public knowledge. His fans have researched every inch of his life and that’s the price of fame. One part of his childhood he made public was his relationship with his sisters.
His two older sisters used to mess with Liam and made him dress like a girl. > "My sisters used to dress me...They used to try to influence my fashion a bit. Which you know...may have involved a heel or two." and probably the most annoying, but kind of cute thing, was calling him Cheesy Head. “They used to call me Cheesy Head because I ate cheesy crisps all day," he said.
#14. Iggy Azalea Loves For Pets
The Australian rapper has an interesting meaning behind her stage name and we will get there, but before her current name, she has been called some unpleasant names. It’s hard enough to be a teen girl going through puberty and if you add some kids bullying you because of your tallness is just awful. Kids used to call her Stretch or Grandfather.
Luckily she got over it and made a successful career with a really sweet stage name. > "I had a dog called Iggy, who I loved very, very much, I got a name-plate necklace made in his honor," Azalea added. "Everybody started to think that my name was Iggy so it kind of became my nickname and I took it on board and started rapping with it."
#13. Sonam Kapoor Is A Very Tall Girl
If you are not familiar with the Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor, let me tell you a little about her. Sonam is the daughter of actor Anil Kapoor and started as an assistant director and moved on to an actress. However, not everything was sunshine and rainbows, the actress has been called some not-so-nice nicknames.
As we have seen, girls can be shamed because of their hight, especially by teens boys who probably have some kind of insecurity about their own hight. Being tall is actually pretty cool, not only for sports but also, to venture into the fashion world. Sonam, a total fashionista, takes advantage of this since she is really into it. Her father even nicknamed her Giraffe, cute isn’t it?
#12. Daniel Craig Blondet Bond
We might know him as 007 from the movie franchise James Bond but he has been making films since 1992. Even though he portraits one of the hottest male characters ever, Daniel managed to get some silly and cringy nicknames. Growing up, the Bond star had an awful nickname because no one thought he was hot and called him Mr. Potato Head. Oh, how the tables have turned.
In 2006, he stared in Casino Royale which was his Bond movie. Funny enough people used to call him “James Blonde”. The nickname came about him being the first blonde 007, the actor didn’t really care much about it, it was much better his previous nickname. We will see him as James Blonde once more in the upcoming Bond movie. Up next, Justin Timberlake past names.
#11. The Sixth Spice Girl?
Justin Timberlake has become one of those artists who made it all, and he made a huge impact with his fashion decisions. We all remember the all-denim look he wore to match Britney Spears at the 2001 American Music Awards. Not only that but, because he had really tight curly hair he got called Curly Spice. People made a comparison with ramen nuddles. This was the lightest he got called, get ready for his infamous nickname.
Justin Timberlake was baffled by his tabloid nickname "Trousersnake", he got this alias by the British press after he was romantically linked to a string of beauties following his split from Britney Spears. Timberlake said: > "I hate it. It started in the UK and took on a life of its own. I'm still not sure what it means."
#10. Daniel Radcliffe Out Grown His Nickname
The Harry Potter star started working at a very young age, I mean he was only twelve years old when Harry Potter came out. One may think since the movie was so huge and everybody loved him, no one really messed with him. Well, haters will be hate no matter how famous you are, jealousy maybe or just kids stuff.
Daniel had to face some nicknames due to his short height, girls get made fun when they are tall and boys quite the opposite. Bullies can’t make up their minds. Luckily, the actor outgrew the hate he got. > “I'm really not sure I ever had a decent nickname, I remember getting called Shrimpy a lot because I was very, very pale and very skinny," Radcliffe told BBC.
#9. Hugh Jackman Wasn’t As Buff Before
The Australian actor is one of the hottest Hollywood stars, at 51 he still manages to look incredible. Before I tell you what he used to be called at school, something a bit sweeter to star. Deborra-Lee, his wife, calls him ''Senator Jackman” a cheeky and cute name. > 'When I go to restaurants because I was a waiter for so many years I'll always say, ''what's your name?'' She'll go, ''Senator Jackman's here!''...it makes me laugh.”
Jackman confessed to Jimmy Fallon that his legs used to be so thin that his schoolmates nicknamed him Sticks. > "In real life, for about 12 years, [they called me] 'Sticks' for my skinny legs. I worked out and I cried, and now I'm Wolverine!" Do you even lift, bro?” They probably didn’t expect him to become a literal superhero. So, don’t be mean to anybody!
#8. Richard Henry Sellers Used A Very Special Name
Richard Henry Sellers wasn’t strange to the Entertainment Industry, he was mostly known for performing in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show and being Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series of films. However, you might have known him as Peter Sellers but that wasn’t his real name.
Peter was a nickname given by his parents and the reason behind it got really close to being creepy. As not many people know, Richard had a little brother called Peter but, tragically, he never really met him since it was a newborn. The Sellers used to call Richard, Peter even though it wasn’t his name, however, the actor decided to keep the name and used it as his stage name. Maybe to keep his brother close. Slide to see Ghost actress embarrassing nickname.
#7. Whoopi Goldberg Shameful Nickname
Caryn Elaine Johnson, known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, has been in many movies and also in theater and obtained her stage name a long time ago. It all started as a joke, a silly nickname if you will. For better or worse it stuck and she made it her stage name, everybody knows her a Whoopi Goldberg, and this was how started.
> "Here's the thing, when you're performing on stage, you never really have time to go into the bathroom and close the door. So if you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You are like a whoopee cushion.' And that's where the name came from," The actress told the New York Times in 2006.
#6. Mariah Carey Wasn’t A Fan Of Going To School
Mariah Carey referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, had a nickname during school. Her classmates called her mirage because she wasn’t very present at school. The diva missed many classes and she was ok with it. However, does not encourage others to do the same, she made it clear.
> "I don't want to encourage anybody not to go to school or anything — far be it from me! But I liked school, I was more social in school than I was a student, and I always knew I was going to be a singer. It's my thing! I'm very lucky that I am, because who knows what I'd be doing? But I don't know — I had trouble getting up in the morning. I couldn't take getting to first period on time," the singer said.
#5. Justin Bieber Body Nickname
This one is quite the nickname. Celebrities normally get their nickname due to some inside joke, familiarities to something or someone, etc. Well, in this particular case Bieber got a strange nickname from fans. The Canadian singer already had an arbitration for his name, JB, and we thought that was all, but we weren’t ready for what fans got in mind.
In an interview with on Capital FM, he was asked, "Who is Jerry?" Justin said: > "My fans are a little inappropriate. It's funny. My fans are kind of inappropriate. I don't know, it's just what they named it," adding, "Jerry seems kind of like... 'Here's Jerry...'" So, yeah you can imagine wich body part fans crowned with the name Jerry. Odd!
#4. Bella Thore Got A Cute Nickname From Drew Barrymore
Sometimes movies set are the place to grow a beautiful friendship and even cuter nicknames. When the film Blended was being made, Bella Throne and Drew Barrymore built a wonderful relationship. They had to portraited a mother-daughter bond for this movie, therefore a lot of off-screen time together made Barrymore called Bella, Pickle.
> “We would yap over hair and makeup forever, total girls. I feel like somewhere between a mom and a sister to her. I can't remember why I started calling her Pickle, but that's what she'll be for life." said Barrymore explained to InStyle. She also got called a sweet name from Bella, Momma Pickle.
#3. Keanu Reeves’s A Sports Man
We love Keanu. His performance on Matrix was as iconic as it gets, such a talented man. Not only he can act but, but he was also very good at sports, especially Hockey. As a Canadian, Keanu loved Hockey and practiced for a long time, despite being good at it, he knew it wasn’t for long. But meanwhile, his teammates called him The Wall.
> “I loved hockey, but I never wanted it to become too serious," he told Hockey News. "I never said, 'I'm going to play for the Leafs.' I just had this mental picture of a dressing room, guys with steam coming off their backs. It wasn't me." Slide to see Ariana Grande ex boyfriend.
#2. Nathan Sykes Didn’t Appreciate His Nickname
Nathan Skyes was a member of the British band The Wanted, the band formed in 2009 and decided to take an indefinite break in 2014 to pursue their personal endeavors. He also dated the pop singer, Ariana Grande back in 2013 and called it quits shortly after. It sounds like a pretty cool dude, and he should have a cool nickname. Well...
The singer has been called Psycho/Syko many years ago. In an interview he said the reason behind it was because it sounded cool, Nathan didn’t really like it tho. > "My last name is Sykes and they just put an O on the end to make me sound cool, but I wasn't," he said. It’s not the worst we have heard, right?
#1. Blake Shelton LOVES Animals
The country singer and current boyfriend of Gwen Stefani, has been given a cute name by his childhood friends. For a little background, Shelton grew up in Ada, Oklahoma and later moved to Nashville. He was closed to nature and for that reason he loved animals, every kind of wildlife.
His mother told Men’s Journal: > "We had to drag him into the house at night," she said. "He loved all animals: grasshoppers, locusts, lizards, snakes, worms. One time, I had a flyswatter and I killed a fly, and he cried." His friend called him Toad because of his love for animals. So cute! If you liked this list of weird celebs nicknames, please share it!