British musician 'Sting' was christened by which name?

Christened as Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (October 2, 1951, Wallsend, Northumberland), Sting is a British musician, singer, songwriter and actor. As he taught at Cramlington's St. Paul's First School, he moonlighted as a jazz musician in Newcastle with the 'Newcastle Big Band' and the 'Phoenix Jazzmen'. He liked wearing yellow-and-black sweaters, which earned him the nickname "Sting", from fellow musician Gordon Solomon, which became his stage name as he began playing in the jazz fusion outfit 'Last Exit' in 1975.

In 1977 in London, Sting (bass) joined Stewart Copeland (drums) and Andy Summers (guitar) and they formed new wave band 'The Police'. They won two Grammy's (American music awards) in 1983 for Best Pop- and Rock Performance by a Group with Vocal, and Sting won Song of the Year for 'Every Breath You Take' as well as Best Rock Instrumental Performance for the film 'Brimstone & Treacle' (1982), in which he also acted. Sting continued to record prolifically and tour regularly during his solo career - changing from bass to guitar. He released his fifteenth studio album 'The Bridge' on 19 November 2021, preceded by the release of the lead single 'If It's Love' on 1 September 2021.

Adding to his 17 Grammy's, Sting won numerous Brit Awards (British version of the Grammy's) for his work with 'The Police' as well as for his solo work. He was inducted into the 'Songwriters Hall of Fame' in 2002 and in 2004 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).