It’s safe to say that the star is a household name at this point.
However, it wasn’t always the name the “The Pacifier” star was known by.
The interesting thing about Vin Diesel is that he adopted the moniker long before becoming an actor.
The first and last names the future movie star chose came from two very different places.
The first name has family significance, while the surname came from his friends.
(viaScreen Rant)
How did Vin even get his stage name?
The step-father who raised the “Pitch Black” star and his twin brother Paul, was Irving Vincent.
Vin is a shortened version of that last name his mother and step-father share (viaScreen Rant).
Diesel however has a less serious origin.
And that wasn’t the only name he made up as a teen that found its way to Hollywood.
