Can you name the source of these people's names as FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST, or NONE (OF THE ABOVE)? by sproutcm

Can you name the source of these people's names as FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST, or NONE (OF THE ABOVE)?

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NOTE: This quiz uses birth names, and discounts if any of these people have legally changed their names to this later. As long as the name is derived directly from one of their names, it counts.
Examples: Melanie is the FIRST name of MELANIE Anne Safka. 50 Cent is NONE (of the above) as his birth name is Curtis James Jackson III. OMARION is also FIRST because he was born OMARI Ishamael Grandberry. NONE of the above counts for nicknames, stage names and noms de plume.
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One-Named Person	Source of Name	Real Birth Name
Aaliyah		AALIYAH Dana Haughton
Akon
Ashanti		ASHANTI Shequoiya Douglas
Beck		BEK David Campbell
Beyoncé		BEYONCÉ Giselle Knowles
Björk		BJÖRK Guðmundsdóttir
Bono		Paul David Hewson
Botticelli		Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi
Brandy		BRANDY Rayana Norwood
Caesar		Gaius Julius CAESAR
Casanova		Giacomo Girolamo CASANOVA de Seingalt
Charo
Cher		CHERilyn Sarkisian
Christo		CHRISTO Vladimirov Javacheff
Colette		Sidonie-Gabrielle COLETTE
Coolio		Artis Leon Ivey Jr.
D'Angelo		Michael Eugene Archer
Donatello		DONATO di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
Donovan		DONOVAN Philips Leitch
Drake		Aubrey DRAKE Graham
Elvira		Cassandra Peterson
Elvis		ELVIS Aaron Presley
Enya

One-Named Person	Source of Name	Real Birth Name
Fabian		FABIANo Anthony Forte
Fabio		FABIO Lanzoni
Falco		Johann Hölzel
Fantasia		FANTASIA Monique Barrino
Feist		Leslie FEIST
Fergie		Stacy Ann FERGUSON
Gallagher		Leo Anthony GALLAGHER Jr.
Hammer		Stanley Kirk Burrell
Houdini		Erik Weisz
Iman		IMAN Mohamed Abdulmajid
Jewel		JEWEL Kilcher
Ke$ha		KESHA Rose Sebert
Liberace		Wladziu Valentino LIBERACE
Madonna		MADONNA Louise Ciccone
Michelangelo
Moby		Richard Melville Hall
Morrissey		Steven Patrick MORRISSEY
Nas		NASir bin Olu Dara Jones
Nelly		CorNELL Iral Haynes, Jr.
Oprah		ORPAH Gail Winfrey
Orianthi		ORIANTHI Panagaris
Pele		Edison Arantes do Nascimento
Prince		PRINCE Rogers Nelson

One-Named Person	Source of Name	Real Birth Name
Raffi		RAFFI Cavoukian
Raphael		RAFFAELLO Sanzio da Urbino
Rihanna		Robyn RIHANNA Fenty
RuPaul		RUPAUL Andre Charles
Sade		Helen FolaSADE Adu
Shwayze		Aaron Smith
Seal
Shaggy		Orville Richard Burrell
Shakira		SHAKIRA Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Shaq		SHAQuille Rashaun O'Neal
Sinbad		David Adkins
Snow		Darrin Kenneth O'Brien
Sting		Gordon Matthew Sumner
Teller		Raymond Joseph TELLER
Tiffany		TIFFANY Renee Darwish
Tito		Josip Broz
Tōjō		Eiki Tōjō
Topol		Chaim Topol ( חיים טופול‎ )
Twiggy		Lesley Hornby
Usher		USHER Terry Raymond IV
Vangelis		EVANGELOS Odysseas Papathanassiou
Will.i.am		WILLIAM James Adams, Jr.
Yanni		YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Aaliyah	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Ashanti	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Beck	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Beyoncé	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Björk	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Brandy	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Cher	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Christo	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Donatello	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Donovan	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Elvis	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Enya	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Fabian	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Fabio	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Fantasia	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Iman	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Jewel	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Ke$ha	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Madonna	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Michelangelo	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Nas	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Nelly	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Oprah	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Orianthi	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Prince	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Raffi	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Raphael	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
RuPaul	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Seal	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Shakira	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Shaq	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Tiffany	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Usher	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Vangelis	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Will.i.am	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Yanni	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Caesar	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Casanova	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Colette	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Feist	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Fergie	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Gallagher	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Liberace	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Morrissey	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Teller	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Tōjō	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Topol	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Akon	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Drake	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Rihanna	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Sade	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
D'Angelo	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Shwayze	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Bono	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Botticelli	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Charo	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Coolio	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Elvira	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Falco	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Hammer	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Houdini	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Moby	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Pele	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Shaggy	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Sinbad	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Slash	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Snow	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Sting	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Tito	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Twiggy	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis
Slash	YiÀNNIs Hrysomàllis

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	adamnvillani:	Aug 30th, 2011 at 05:11 GMT		1 point
	Moby's name comes from his distant relative Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick, so you could say he got his stage name from his middle name, although it's what the name references rather than the word being directly based on "Melville."

	sproutcm:	Aug 30th, 2011 at 05:37 GMT		1 point
	@adamnvillani Oh yes, I totally agree, that is why he's got that middle named and picked his stage name Moby. However, I would definitely say that is as indirect a route as you can get. Moby isn't part of his first, middle or last name as all the other examples are, so it would definitely count in the NONE category based on the instructions.

	Thalan:	Aug 30th, 2011 at 07:34 GMT		-3 points
	Ceasar is a title not a name, and several of these are not the persons actual first name, just what they have legally changed it to since becoming famous.

	sproutcm:	Aug 30th, 2011 at 22:22 GMT		1 point
	@Thalan Actually, no. Caesar is NOW a title. It was originally his family name.

	Q_Pheevr:	Oct 21st, 2011 at 20:30 GMT		1 point
	Ludacris is NONE (of the above) as his birth name is Christopher Brian Bridges. OMARION is also FIRST because he was born OMARI Ishamael Grandberry. I'm not sure I understand exactly where to draw the line between these two examples. LUDACRIS seems to me to be an expansion of, or at least a play on, CHRIS, which is a very common hypocoristic form of CHRISTOPHER. (I read it as being playfully ambiguous between LUDICROUS and LUDIC CHRIS.) So if the name doesn't have to be identical to count (as OMARI[ON] demonstrates), how close does it have to be?

	sproutcm:	Oct 22nd, 2011 at 15:00 GMT		2 points
	@Q_Pheevr Oh, the references didn't say that's how he got his name but it makes total sense. I changed the example; I want the name to be not related at all to their real name for the NONE option.

	marpocky:	Oct 23rd, 2011 at 22:56 GMT		0 points
	Houdini feels a bit like a cheat, since his stage name was Harry Houdini, and he's only really known by "Houdini" in the same way lots of people are known by their last name. I don't think he really belongs on this quiz.