Sunny Leone reveals story behind her stage name: 'Sunny is my brother’s nickname, my mom hated that I...'
Hindustan TimesActor Sunny Leone's real name is Karenjit Kaur Vohra. While her first name 'Sunny' belongs to her brother, Sandeep Singh, whose nickname is Sunny, there's a story behind her last name, 'Leone', too. In a recent interview, the actor revealed how she picked Sunny as her name, and told a magazine to pick her last name, Leone. How Sunny Leone chose her stage name “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. 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 Leone's mom hated her name Further speaking about her choice, she said, "Sunny is my brother’s nickname.