On another thread I went miles off topic by mentioning that Che was not Guevara's name, which was Ernesto. Che being just a nickname meaning, possibly, mate.
It got me thinking there must be more of these. My favourites so far are Plato, real name Aristocles. Plato is a nickname, it means broad or as we would say today lard arse.
And then there's Pocahontas, real name Matoaka. Pocahontas is a nickname meaning little wanton. I wonder if Disney knew their cartoons could have been called Little Slut and Little Slut 2?
Any more?
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Ryan Giggs is Ryan Wilson
Didi Hamman, fucking Dietmar
Is actually Mohammed Naby Sarr
John Ryan successfully sued both the Sunday Correspondent and The Guardian newspapers in 1991 for printing this legend as fact. The origin of this myth is likely due to student rag mags from the 1970s.
Can't remember exactly why, but think "Dil" means shit or similar in Dutch, so he changed his name. Something like that anyway.
Rude Shit has a certain ring to it.
Three children, mostly notably Emilio Estevez has kept their name. But Carlos Estevez changed his like his fathers, and is known as Charlie Sheen.
Nicolas Kim Coppola is another one (Nicolas Cage), who changed his name because he did not want to get famous reliant on his uncles name (Francis Ford Coppola - Godfather Director ).