Jina la kisanii ni jina la mburudishaji kama vile nyota wa filamu au mwanamuziki. Jina linachukua nafasi baada ya jina kamili la kuzaliwa. Pia, wasanii wanaweza kupenda majina yao ya kisanii kuliko majina yao ya kuzaliwa kwa sababu ni rahisi kwa mshabiki kukumbuka. Wanamieleka wenyetaaluma, nao hutumia majina ya kisanii. Lakini wao wanatumia tofauti kidogo na wa muziki au filamu - wao huita "Ring name" yaani "Jina la ulingoni". Tazama mifano ya majina halisi na ya kisanii: 2Pac - Tupac Shakur 50 Cent - Curtis Jackson Brown Alan Alda - Alfonso Joseph D'Abruzzo David Bowie - David Robert Jones Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick McManus Chuck D - Carlton Douglas Ridenhour Dalida - Yolande Christina Gigliotti Doris Day - Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff Bob Dylan - Robert Allen Zimmerman (amejibalisha kihalari na kujiita Dylan) Paco de Lucía - Francisco Sanchez Gomez Eminem - Marshall Mathers III Jamie Farr - Jameel Joseph Farah WC Fields - William Claude Dukenfield Elton John - Reginald Kenneth Dwight (amejibadilishia rasmi na kujiita "Elton Hercules John") Tom Jones - Thomas John Woodward Marilyn Manson - Brian Warner Prince - Prince Rogers Nelson Rick Springfield - Richard Springthorpe Ringo Starr - Richard Starkey Tiny Tim - Herbert Khaury Peter Tork - Peter Halsten Thorkelson Peter Tosh - Winston McIntosh Stevie Wonder - Steveland Hardaway Judkins/Morris