Sunny Leone Reveals Her Mom Hated Her Name, Here's How 'Leone' Was Added

Renowned in the world of showbiz, Karenjit Kaur Vohra, better known as Sunny Leone, talks about the reason behind her name change in a recent interview. Sharing that her mother disapproved of her stage name, Sunny sheds light on the connection to her brother's nickname, 'Sunny,' and the addition of 'Leone' as her surname.

"I was in the US doing an interview for a magazine and they said, ‘What do you want your name to be?’ I couldn’t think of anything at that moment. I was working at a tax and retirement firm and I worked for the HR department, accounting department, and another agent. I helped with all these things, and then I was also a receptionist. So, I was doing the interview in this place and I knew I had to get off the phone soon and get back to work, because I would get caught. And they were like ‘what would you like your name to be’ and I said, ‘Use Sunny as my first name, and then you can pick the last name’," Sunny shared during Mid-day’s Sit With Hitlist series.

 

 

 

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The actress added, "Sunny is my brother’s nickname. His name is Sandeep Singh, we call him Sunny. My mom hated that I named myself Sunny. She said, ‘Out of all the names, that’s the one you pick?’ I was like, yeah, it’s just what came to my mind… And then the magazine picked the last name and I just kept it." 

Sunny revealed that the name 'Leone' was given to her by the Italian owner of the magazine during her interview. Surprisingly, she only discovered this second name when it was published, at the young age of 19.