“Days of Our Lives”' Josh Taylor Reveals Surprising Backstory of His Name Change and How It Connects to Steve McQueen

Josh Taylor is revealing his real name — and how it came to change.

In a video posted to the Days of Our Lives Instagram, the cast asked one another “surprise questions” without knowing who was going to answer. When it got to Abigail Klein, she decided to ask the next person the story behind their name, and the camera cut to Josh Taylor to respond.

“The story behind my name is my original name was Tim Taylor,” he divulged. “And when I went to join SAG [the Screen Actors Guild], there was another Tim Taylor. So I couldn’t have that.”

As for how he decided on the name Josh, the actor said: “Steve McQueen had a character in Wanted Dead or Alive on television called Josh Randall. I love that character! I love Steve McQueen! That’s where Josh came from.”

“Ironically, I actually wound up dating his daughter!” he added.

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Casey Moss kicked off the video by telling his secret to aging backwards, which he playfully said included, “Lots of abuse, and then when you stop abusing your body, your body goes into hyper rejuvenation.”

Other cast members then shared fun facts about themselves as well, with Abigail Klein revealing her biggest fear is “fear itself,” and Eric Martsolf saying his favorite sport was water polo.

“My boys play it, and I’ve realized that it’s one of the most barbaric, interesting sports I’ve ever witnessed,” he explained, proceeding to ask the fans about their opinions on pickles.

“May have to change my biggest fear to pickles!!!!” Klein joked in the comments.

Taylor isn’t the first actor to change their name — celebs like Jon Bon Jovi, John Legend, Meg Ryan and even Audrey Hepburn did the same.

Born John Roger Stephens, Legend revealed his stage name came from a childhood nickname that stuck.

"John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name," he told MTV in 2008. "It grew to the point where more people in my circle would know me by that name than by my real name."

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Ryan’s moniker, on the other hand, is quite different from her birth name, which is Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra. According to Entertainment Weekly, she decided to go by her grandmother’s maiden name, “Ryan,” when she joined SAG, similar to Taylor.

Bon Jovi changed the spelling of his name while keeping the sound the same. Originally, he was born John Francis Bongiovi Jr., but a friend suggested he take inspiration from Van Halen and go by Bon Jovi when thinking up names for his band.

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