The Reason Christina Aguilera Refuses To Use A Stage Name

Aguilera had also been asked to change her name when she was a kid, but she again refused. "There was another time in my childhood when I was being asked to legally change my name to my stepfather's to be legally adopted and I was again dead set against it," she said. "I've been fighting for my last name my whole life."

Aguilera has always been proud of her Latina heritage, despite criticisms that she isn't "Latina enough." In an interview with Latina Magazine (via HuffPost), Aguilera explained that she is confident in her identity and ignores the naysayers. "I've dealt with that [criticism] my whole life," she said. "I don't speak the language fluently. And I'm split right down the middle, half Irish and half Ecuadorean. I should not have to prove my ethnicity to anyone. I know who I am."

Aguilera has celebrated her heritage through her music, notably with her 2000 Spanish language album Mi Reflejo. "All I know is no one can tell me I'm not a proud Latina woman," she said