Did you go through that phase in life where you grew tired of your name and toyed with the idea of changing your moniker or dropping part of it to make it, well, unique? You can now rest assured that you weren't alone, and had you gone through with the change, you'd be following in the footsteps of some of today's top artists.

Regardless of the reasons behind the name changes [1] — some dropped their last names, some go by their middle name or nickname only, some dropped an accent or two, and others just made up a brand-new persona — these swaps are surprising to sift through. Keep reading to find 33 stars whose real names might shock you.

— Additional reporting by Alessandra Foresto.

Juanes = Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez

Rita Moreno = Rosa Dolores Alverío

Demi Lovato = Demetria Devonne Lovato

Prince Royce = Geoffrey Royce Rojas

Alessandra Ambrosio = Alessandra Corine Maria Ambrósio

Thalia = Ariadna Thalía Sodi-Miranda Mottola

Alejandro Sanz = Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro

Raquel Welch = Jo Raquel Tejada

Oscar Isaac = Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada

Pitbull = Armando Christian Pérez

Camilla Belle = Camilla Belle Routh

Antonio Banderas = José Antonio Domínguez Bandera

Chayanne = Elmer Figueroa Arce

Michelle Rodriguez = Mayte Michelle Rodríguez

Hulk = Givanildo Vieira de Sousa

Bella Thorne = Annabella Avery Thorne

Bruno Mars = Peter Gene Hernandez

Soledad O'Brien = María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien

Daddy Yankee = Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez

Ricky Martin = Enrique Martín Morales

Charlie Sheen = Carlos Irwin Estévez

Shakira = Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll

Marc Anthony = Marco Antonio Muñiz

Joaquin Phoenix = Joaquín Rafael Bottom

Gloria Estefan = Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García

Diego Boneta = Diego Andrés González Boneta

Tito El Bambino = Efraín David Fines Nevares

Neymar = Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior

Don Francisco = Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld

Jenni Rivera = Dolores Janney Rivera

Fergie = Stacy Ann Ferguson

Victoria Ruffo = Maria Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo

Cristiano Ronaldo = Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro