How stars tested their names
Many famous stage names were picked under pressure, by a studio or because a union already had the name. Here is how some of them score against the names they were born with:
What the score measures
The score rates how a name sounds, not whether it will make you famous. It combines syllable balance, rhythm, hard consonants, alliteration, length balance, how familiar the sounds are to English speakers, and vowel richness. See how the algorithm works.