The reason Why Oyinkan Changed her Name to ‘Ayra Starr’
One of the most beautiful singer in Nigeria and face model, Ayra discusses the purpose of changing her name from Oyinkan to Ayra Starr.
Mavin record female artist, Ayra starr finally open up: Why I Changed My Name From ‘Oyinkan’ to Ayra Star.
Ayra Starr, an MAVIN superstar and singer from Nigeria, has achieved great success. The 20-year-old actress is blazing a trail for herself and doing an excellent job of building a fantastic career for herself by releasing popular songs like Bloody Samaritan, Away, Beggie Beggie, among others, and going on to perform in amazing locales all over the world. Ayra Starr, however, claimed that there was one very significant factor that was really important at the start of her career. There was one item that, if it went wrong, might have easily made or broken her career. The choice of her name was that thing.
As you can see, Ayra Starr isn’t her real name. Oyinksansola Sarah Aderibigbe is her name. As you can see, there is nothing in her name where you may infer Ayra or Starr. So how did the 20-year-old musician come to have a name that perfectly describes who she is and what she does? She discussed that tale in a recent interview with Billboard. The following is what Ayra had to say about switching from Oyinkansola to Ayra.
Why Did Ayra Starr Change Name
What a hilarious tale!. I was planning to use my name Oyin or use the English meaning of my name, which mean honey. And I was like, “You know what? I don’t want to [do] Honey. It sounds like a stripper name.” So it was no Honey for me. I sat down with my team, my A&R, the owner of my record label, producer, Don Jazzy, and we were like, “Let’s pick a name.’ There’s this band name called Ira that I really love how it is, but I wanted people to pronounce it as “Ayra.” But I knew the only way people would pronounce it as “Ayra” was if I spelled it as A-Y-R-A. And I Googled the meaning of the name, and everything just made sense. The name was also the most confusing thing – I had my project, I had everything already, I just needed a name. I wanted a grand name that speaks for me. And I checked the meaning of “Ayra” on the internet. It’s an Arabic name meaning open-minded, woke and someone that is highly respected. I believe that your name is whoever you want to be. So I chose Ayra, and Ayra also means star. Since I was younger, I always said, “I’m a star. I’m a superstar.” Even then, when my instructor wanted to scold at me for misbehaving in class, I would say, “When I’m a superstar, I’m not going to talk to you.” So I concluded by adding “Starr
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