The rapper Snoop Doog (born Calvin Broadus) has changed his name again to Snoop Lion after a spiritual and artistic transformation. TIME takes a look at other celebs who have made unusual name changes.
Lisa Bonet to Lilakoi Moon
By Nick CarboneFriday, Sept. 16, 2011
The young star of 1980s sitcoms The Cosby Show and A Different World proved that she was truly from another planet when she changed her name to the hardly pronounceable Lilakoi Moon in the early '90s. Citing a desire for privacy, the actress formerly known as Lisa Bonet (and born as Lisa Boney) adopted the foreign-sounding moniker. Confusingly, she continued to be credited as Lisa Bonet in subsequent acting roles, but her penchant for crazy names was unstoppable. When she had her third child, a son born in 2009 with Hawaiian-born actor Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones), the stormy night had quite an influence on her name choice. The baby was named Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa, which literally means (among other things) "stormy warrior." No word if Nakoa-Wolf will try to change his name in the future though we wouldn't be surprised.
