5. Kiara Advani
Kiara Advani’s first name is actually Aaliya and the actress was called Aaliya Advani. Surprisingly, it was Salman Khan who advised her to change her name. It was reportedly because there was already an Alia Bhatt in the industry and it would seem to be a smart choice to have a different name.
6. Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar had opened up on his name change from Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia to Akshay Kumar saying, “I would only observe Gaurav and his acting. I don’t know what happened but one day I just went to the court and got my name changed.”
7. Sunny Deol
This actor is very popularly known as Sunny Deol but did you know he too had a different name at birth? Sunny was initially called Ajay Singh Deol.
8. Ajay Devgn
Just like Shilpa Shetty, Ajay Devgn too changed his name because of numerology. He was called Vishal Devgan at birth.
