Why did Nicki Minaj change her name?

Answer 1

she changed her name from Onika Tanya Maraj to Nicki Minaj, because Nicki is simpler than Onika Tanya & she changed it from Maraj to Minaj because Minaj is a different spelling of menage as in "menage a trois"

Answer 2

Nicki is a twist of her birth name, Onika.

Minaj is a made up American-English term referring to a woman who fantasizes about women. Minaj does not mean threesome as many are led to believe. "Ménage à trois" is the phrase which translates "threesome". The word Ménage itself does not mean threesome, it means a household. People mistake Minaj and Ménage as the same word in meaning without any understanding. I am a born and raised in France and know for fact Minaj is not the French term people are thinking of.

Nicki Minaj is a name-play of her birth name, Onika Maraj.

Nicki has publicly announced she will soon change her stage name to Roman Zolanski.

Answer 3

Nicki's real name was Onika Miraj. She changed it to Nicki Minaj because she thought it best fit for a rapper

Answer 4

Her real name is Ammica Maraj... Im guessing she used what sounded like her name.

Her name is a take on Menage a Trois-Minaj

Answer 5

Nicki Minaj is one of Onika Miraj's alter egos. She chose Minaj because of another word that is pronounced the same way, Menage.

Answer 6

Roman Zolanski is one of nicki's supernatural figures that she talks about in her songs like:

1) Roman holiday

2)Roman's Revenge

3) Roman in Moscow

Answer 7

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