[nick.name] n [ME nekename additional name, alter. (resulting from misdivision of an ekename) of ekename, fr. eke eke, also + name name] (15c) 1: a usu. descriptive name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to a person, place, or thing
2: a familiar form of a proper name (as of a person or a city)
[2]nickname vt (1536) 1: misname, miscall
2: to give a nickname to -- nick.nam.er n