--- description: Emma Stone revealed that she chose her stage name because of her obsession with Spice Girl, Emma Lee Bunton, otherwise known as Baby Spice. title: Emma Stone Chose Her Stage Name Because of Baby Spice image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0319d9592fe63451/69893eb786f68e9f266eaabf/emma-stone-stage-name-inspired-by-baby-spice.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's the Hilarious Story Behind Emma Stone's Stage Name  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 9, 2018 6:49 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 20: Emma Stone attends "Maniac" Season 1 Premiere at Center 415 on September 20, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 20: Emma Stone attends "Maniac" Season 1 Premiere at Center 415 on September 20, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)Steven Ferdman—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 9, 2018 6:49 PM CUT [Emma Stone](http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736213/emma-stone/ "undefined") has a spicy reason for why she chose her current moniker for her stage name. During an appearance on [_The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_ ](http://time.com/5423122/amandla-stenberg-on-jimmy-fallon/ "undefined")where she took a quiz that determined which Spice Girl she would be, [_The Favourite_](http://time.com/5382740/the-favourite-review/ "undefined") star revealed that although her real name is Emily, she requested that she be called Emma because of how much she loved Emma Lee Bunton, an entertainer otherwise known to the world as Baby Spice. “So growing up I was super blonde, and my real name is Emily but I wanted to be called Emma because of Baby Spice and guess what? Now I am, so that’s really messed up,” Stone said. “It wasn’t necessarily because of her, but yes, in second grade did I go up to the teacher on the first day and ask her to call me Emma? Yes, I did. Was it because of Emma Lee Bunton from the Spice Girls? Yes it was.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5450637/emma-stone-real-name/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5450637/emma-stone-real-name/"},"headline":"Here's the Hilarious Story Behind Emma Stone's Stage Name","datePublished":"2018-11-09T18:49:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:56.036Z","description":"A spicy choice for Stone","url":"https://time.com/5450637/emma-stone-real-name/","keywords":["Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0319d9592fe63451/69893eb786f68e9f266eaabf/emma-stone-stage-name-inspired-by-baby-spice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0319d9592fe63451/69893eb786f68e9f266eaabf/emma-stone-stage-name-inspired-by-baby-spice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Maniac\" Season 1 Premiere","caption":"\"Maniac\" Season 1 Premiere","creditText":"Steven Ferdman—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5450637/emma-stone-real-name/","name":"Here's the Hilarious Story Behind Emma Stone's Stage Name"}}]}] ```