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Prince was named after his father's most popular stage name, Prince Rogers, which his father used while performing with Prince's mother in a jazz group called the Prince Rogers Trio. [29] In 1991, Prince's father told A Current Affair that he named his son "Prince" because he wanted Prince "to do everything I wanted to do". [30]
From the very beginning, his name was Prince. The musician who died Thursday morning at age 57 went by several names throughout his career but Prince was his birth name.
The legendary singer was born with the name -- but he definitely earned his royal moniker with all of his hits. Prince: The story behind his name(s) Skip to main content
Nelson was born in Webster Parish, Louisiana, one of five children born to Carrie (née Jenkins) and Clarence Nelson. He traveled to Minneapolis to become a musician in 1948. Playing the piano, Nelson used "Prince Rogers" as a stage name and started a band called "The Prince Rogers Trio" with local musicians.
The music world has seen countless reinventions, rehabilitations, transformations and image overhauls, but there’s never been anything quite like Prince changing his name to an unpronounceable ...
The etymology of the name is from the Anglo-Saxon name Prince which is from the Latin word princeps (“first one” or “leader”).. The name comes from its first bearer, who was a person who acted in a formal and regal manner, or who had won the title of prince in some sort of contest.
Eileen Prince, a witch and the mother of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter book series Gary Prince, the gender-swapped and real version of Princess Bubblegum in Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake Isambard Prince , main antagonist in seasons 3 and 4 of the TV series Lexx
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