Nickname

Noun

 * 1) A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
 * 2) A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

Synonyms

 * handle, hypocoristic, moniker, nick, sobriquet, pet name
 * antonomasia, byname, cognomen

Verb

 * 1)  To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

Verbs for Nickname
adopt—; assume—; bear—; bedevil with—; bestow—upon; brand with—; coin—; contrive—; define—; dub with—; earn—; incur—; —adheres; —annoys; —clings; — labels; —mocks; —sticks; —survives; — vexes.

Thesaurus
affectionate name, agnomen, appellation, appellative, baptize, byname, byword, call, christen, cognomen, define, denominate, denomination, designate, diminutive, dub, entitle, epithet, first name, handle, hypocoristic, identify, label, moniker, name, nominate, pet name, sobriquet, specify, style, tag, term, title

Etymology
nekename:, alteration (due to an incorrect division of the words an ekename as a nekename) of previous ekename: from eke: + name:. compare aukanafn:.

For incorrect division, see also apron, newt, orange, umpire, daffodil.

Noun

 * Arabic: لقب, كنية,  اسم الدلع
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 綽號, 绰号,  外號,  外号
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: hüüdnimi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: παρωνύμιο [paro̞ˈnimiˌo̞], παρατσούκλι [paraˈʦukli] , παρανόμι [paraˈno̞mi] , ψευδώνυμο [p͡se̞vˈðo̞niˌmo̞] (pseudonym)


 * Hebrew: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ニックネーム,  渾名,  綽名
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: прекар
 * Maltese: laqam
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: apelido, alcunha
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: apodo, mote , sobrenombre , chapa
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: smeknamn, öknamn (a deregatory nickname)


 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Beiname
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tilnavn
 * Nynorsk: tilnamn


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: tillnamn, binamn


 * : petnomo, kromnomo

Verb

 * Czech: přezdívat
 * Finnish: antaa lempinimi/liikanimi/lisänimi,
 * French:


 * Icelandic: uppnefna
 * Italian:
 * Swahili:

Noun

 * 1) nickname in the sense of screenname, handle

Etymology
English nick + German Name