nickname

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++nick·name /ˈnɪkneɪm/ ●○○ noun [countable]  NAME OF A PERSONa name given to someone, especially by their friends or family, that is not their real name and is often connected with what they look like or something they have done 〔尤指给朋友或家人取的〕绰号，外号；诨名nickname for We had nicknames for all the teachers. 我们给所有老师都起了外号。 Stephen earned himself the nickname Hawkeye. 斯蒂芬得了个“鹰眼”的绰号。► see thesaurus at name —nickname verb [transitive] She was nicknamed Sunny because of her happy nature. 她因生性快乐而被人叫做“开心果”。

Examples from the Corpus

nickname• A nickname can mark just one incident in the life of the person concerned.• At school, her nickname was Carrots because of her red hair.• Symphony No. 88 has always been a favourite and rightly so, as well as the Oxford, helped by its nickname.• My father, on the other hand, could not be so easily summed up in a single paternal nickname.• After his exploits the Northerns side adopted the nickname.• Johnson earned the nickname "Magic" while still in high school.• She got the nickname "Sis" because her brother couldn't pronounce her name when they were kids.• His fondness for rings had already earned him the nickname Ringo.• His black cloak earned him the nickname ''Dracula''.• But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein, so presumably they saw signs of something better.• Torme never objected to the velvet part of the nickname.• The nickname was a contemporary one, a means of distinguishing this Charles from other Carolingians with the same name.• Many of these men became local characters, if only remembered for their nicknames and their prowess in drinking.Origin nickname (1400-1500) an ekename, mistaken for a nekename, from eke “also” ((11-19 centuries)) (from Old English eac) + name

nick·name nounChineseSyllable  

someone, especially Corpus to a friends their name given by

nickname
nick‧name /ˈnɪkneɪm/ noun [countable]a name given to someone, especially by their friends or family, that is not their real name and is often connected with what they look like or something they have done
    nickname for
    We had nicknames for all the teachers.
    Stephen earned himself the nickname Hawkeye.
—nickname verb [transitive]:
    She was nicknamed Sunny because of her happy nature.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ first name (also given name especially American English formal) the name chosen for you by your parents: People usually call each other by their first name. | Please write your given name and your date of birth.
   ▪ Christian name old-fashioned first name: His Christian name was Joseph.
   ▪ last name/family name/surname the name that you share with your family or husband. Most English speakers would say last name. Surname sounds slightly formal: Can I have your last name? | Johnson is a common English family name. | At school they used to call each other by their surnames.
   ▪ middle name the name between your first and last names: Harry Potter’s middle name is James.
   ▪ full name your first name, middle name, and last name: I need your full name and address.
   ▪ maiden name a woman’s family name before she married and began using her husband’s name: My mother’s maiden name was Higgins.
   ▪ married name a woman’s family name after she gets married, if she uses her husband’s name: I don’t know what her married name is.
   ▪ nickname a name that people call you because of your appearance, personality etc, which is not your real name: At school he was given the nickname ‘Shorty’.
   ▪ stage name the name that an actor uses which is not their real name: She began acting in her childhood under the stage name Marjorie Moore.
   ▪ pen name (also pseudonym formal) a name that a writer uses which is not their real name: Mark Twain was his pen name. His real name was Samuel Clemens. | She wrote under the pseudonym of George Eliot.
   ▪ under an assumed name using a false name in order to hide your real name: He had rented the car under an assumed name.
   ▪ alias /ˈeɪliəs/ a false name, especially one used by a criminal: He uses a number of aliases.
   ▪ appellation formal a name which describes something – a very formal use: This fine city justifies its appellation ‘the Pearl of the Orient’.
   ▪ sobriquet formal a nickname – a very formal use: Jackson gained the sobriquet ‘Stonewall’ at the Battle of Bull Run.