NICKNAME

I. noun Etymology: Middle English nekename additional name, alteration (resulting from misdivision of an ekename) of ekename, from eke eke, also + name name Date: 15th century a usually descriptive name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to a person, place, or thing, a familiar form of a proper name (as of a person or a city), II. transitive verb Date: 1536 misname , miscall , to give a ~ to, ~r noun