How Did The Weeknd Get His Name?

So, why did the Weeknd name himself this?

He left home one WEEKEND to make it big and he liked the name. He said he had to drop the 'E' because there was a band already with that name.

First time I heard his name I thought I missed something.But, after doing a double take, yep i heard right hiis name is the Weeknd. Not the WEEKEND like Friday and Saturday but Weekend without the E. LOL

His real name is Abel Tesfaye. In a recengt interview he said

“I left home when I was about 17 dropped out of high school and convinced Lamar to do the same lol,” he said in answer to a query, referring to a member of his XO crew. “We grabbed our mattresses from our parents threw it in our friends shitty van and left one weekend and never came back home. It was gonna be the title of HOB [House of Balloons]. I hated my name at the time though so I tried it as a stage name. It sounded cool. I took out the “e” because there was already a Canadian band named the weekend (copyright issues).”

Make's sense now. All I know is that he is the coolest thing to happen to music in a long time.