nickname

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• /ˈnɪkneɪm/
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From Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name. Compare Old Norse aukanafn, auknafn, auknefni, Faroese eyknevni, Danish øgenavn, Norwegian Nynorsk aukenamn, Swedish öknamn, and German Low German Ökelname. For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, orange, umpire.

238 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: bynaam — familiar, invented given name
• Afrikaans: volksnaam — familiar, invented given name
• Albanian: nofkë — familiar, invented given name
• Arabic: لَقَب (laqab) — familiar, invented given name
• Arabic: كُنْيَة (kunya) — familiar, invented given name
• Arabic: اِسْم الدَّلَع (ism ad-dalaʕ) — familiar, invented given name
• Armenian: մականուն (makanun) — familiar, invented given name
• Asturian: alcuñu — familiar, invented given name
• Asturian: nomatu — familiar, invented given name
• Asturian: llamatu — familiar, invented given name
• Asturian: llamátigu — familiar, invented given name
• Azerbaijani: ləqəb — familiar, invented given name
• Azerbaijani: ayama — familiar, invented given name
• Bashkir: ҡушамат (quşamat) — familiar, invented given name
• Belarusian: мяну́шка (mjanúška) — familiar, invented given name
• Belarusian: клі́чка (klíčka) — familiar, invented given name
• Belarusian: на́звішча (názvišča) — familiar, invented given name
• Belarusian: на́зьвішча (názʹvišča) — familiar, invented given name
• Bengali: ডাকনাম (ḍakonam) — familiar, invented given name
• Central Bikol: bansag — familiar, invented given name
• Breton: moranv — familiar, invented given name
• Bulgarian: пря́кор (prjákor) — familiar, invented given name
• Bulgarian: прякор (prjakor) — familiar, invented given name
• Bulgarian: про́звище (prózvište) — familiar, invented given name
• Catalan: sobrenom — familiar, invented given name
• Chinese Cantonese: 花名 — familiar, invented given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 綽號 /绰号 — familiar, invented given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 外號 /外号 (wàihào) — familiar, invented given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 花名 (huāmíng) — familiar, invented given name
• Czech: přezdívka — familiar, invented given name
• Danish: øgenavn — familiar, invented given name
• Danish: kælenavn — familiar, invented given name
• Dutch: bijnaam — familiar, invented given name
• Esperanto: kromnomo — familiar, invented given name
• Esperanto: alnomo — familiar, invented given name
• Estonian: hüüdnimi — familiar, invented given name
• Finnish: lempinimi — familiar, invented given name
• French: surnom — familiar, invented given name
• French: sobriquet — familiar, invented given name
• Galician: alcume — familiar, invented given name
• Galician: alcuño — familiar, invented given name
• Georgian: მეტსახელი (meṭsaxeli) — familiar, invented given name
• Georgian: ზედმეტსახელი (zedmeṭsaxeli) — familiar, invented given name
• Georgian: შერქმეული სახელი (šerkmeuli saxeli) — familiar, invented given name
• German: Spitzname — familiar, invented given name
• Greek: παρατσούκλι (paratsoúkli) — familiar, invented given name
• Ancient Greek: ἐπωνυμία (epōnumía) — familiar, invented given name
• Hebrew: כִּינּוּי חִיבָּה (kinuy khiba) — familiar, invented given name
• Hebrew: שֵׁם לווַאי (shem levái) — familiar, invented given name
• Hindi: उपनाम (upnām) — familiar, invented given name
• Hindi: लक़ब (laqab) — familiar, invented given name
• Hungarian: becenév — familiar, invented given name
• Icelandic: gælunafn — familiar, invented given name
• Ido: surnomacho — familiar, invented given name
• Indonesian: panggilan — familiar, invented given name
• Irish: leasainm — familiar, invented given name
• Irish: forainm — familiar, invented given name
• Italian: soprannome — familiar, invented given name
• Japanese: ニックネーム (nikkunēmu) — familiar, invented given name
• Japanese: 愛称 (aishō) — familiar, invented given name
• Japanese: 渾名 (adana) — familiar, invented given name
• Japanese: 綽名 (adana) — familiar, invented given name
• Japanese: 綽号 (shakugō) — familiar, invented given name
• Kazakh: лақап (laqap) — familiar, invented given name
• Kazakh: ат (at) — familiar, invented given name
• Kazakh: лақап ат (laqap at) — familiar, invented given name
• Khmer: សម្មតិនាម (sɑmmat niəm) — familiar, invented given name
• Korean: 닉네임 (ningneim) — familiar, invented given name
• Korean: 애칭 (aeching) — familiar, invented given name
• Korean: 별명 (byeolmyeong) — familiar, invented given name
• Northern Kurdish: leqeb — familiar, invented given name
• Kyrgyz: ылакап ат (ılakap at) — familiar, invented given name
• Kyrgyz: ат (at) — familiar, invented given name
• Lao: ຊື່ນ້ອຍ (sư̄ nǭi) — familiar, invented given name
• Latin: agnomen — familiar, invented given name
• Latin: agnomentum — familiar, invented given name
• Latvian: iesauka — familiar, invented given name
• Latvian: palama — familiar, invented given name
• Lithuanian: pravardė — familiar, invented given name
• Louisiana Creole: ti-nom — familiar, invented given name
• Low German: Ökelnaam — familiar, invented given name
• Low German: Ökelnoom — familiar, invented given name
• Luxembourgish: Spëtznumm — familiar, invented given name
• Macedonian: прекар (prekar) — familiar, invented given name
• Macedonian: пре́кар (prékar) — familiar, invented given name
• Maltese: laqam — familiar, invented given name
• Māori: ingoa kārangaranga — familiar, invented given name
• Mongolian: хоч (xoč) — familiar, invented given name
• Norwegian Bokmål: kallenavn — familiar, invented given name
• Norwegian Bokmål: økenavn — familiar, invented given name
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjælenavn — familiar, invented given name
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kallenamn — familiar, invented given name
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aukenamn — familiar, invented given name
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjælenamn — familiar, invented given name
• Pashto: لقب (laqab) — familiar, invented given name
• Iranian Persian: لَقَب (laġab) — familiar, invented given name
• Iranian Persian: کُنْیِه (konye) — familiar, invented given name
• Iranian Persian: پاژْنام (pâžnâm) — familiar, invented given name
• Plautdietsch: Ieekjenomen — familiar, invented given name
• Polish: przezwisko — familiar, invented given name
• Polish: ksywa — familiar, invented given name
• Polish: ksywka — familiar, invented given name
• Polish: przydomek — familiar, invented given name
• Polish: nick — familiar, invented given name
• Portuguese: apelido — familiar, invented given name
• Portuguese: alcunha — familiar, invented given name
• Romanian: poreclă — familiar, invented given name
• Russian: кли́чка (klíčka) — familiar, invented given name
• Russian: про́звище (prózvišče) — familiar, invented given name
• Russian: псевдони́м (psevdoním) — familiar, invented given name
• Russian: прозва́ние (prozvánije) — familiar, invented given name
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-ainm — familiar, invented given name
• Scottish Gaelic: far-ainm — familiar, invented given name
• Scottish Gaelic: frith-ainm — familiar, invented given name
• Scottish Gaelic: leas-ainm — familiar, invented given name
• Scottish Gaelic: leth-ainm — familiar, invented given name
• Serbo-Croatian: на́димак — familiar, invented given name
• Serbo-Croatian: nádimak — familiar, invented given name
• Sicilian: nciuria — familiar, invented given name
• Sicilian: suprannomu — familiar, invented given name
• Slovak: prezývka — familiar, invented given name
• Slovene: vzdevek — familiar, invented given name
• Slovene: nadimek — familiar, invented given name
• Lower Sorbian: gódło — familiar, invented given name
• Spanish: apodo — familiar, invented given name
• Spanish: mote — familiar, invented given name
• Spanish: sobrenombre — familiar, invented given name
• Spanish: chapa — familiar, invented given name
• Spanish: cognombre — familiar, invented given name
• Spanish: cognomen — familiar, invented given name
• Spanish: renombre — familiar, invented given name
• Spanish: nombrete — familiar, invented given name
• Swahili: msimbo — familiar, invented given name
• Swahili: jina la utani — familiar, invented given name
• Swedish: smeknamn — familiar, invented given name
• Swedish: öknamn — familiar, invented given name
• Tagalog: palayaw — familiar, invented given name
• Tajik: лақаб (laqab) — familiar, invented given name
• Tajik: куния (kuniya) — familiar, invented given name
• Tajik: тахаллус (taxallus) — familiar, invented given name
• Tatar: кушамат (quşamat) — familiar, invented given name
• Thai: ชื่อเล่น (chʉ̂ʉ-lên) — familiar, invented given name
• Tibetan: མིང་འདོགས — familiar, invented given name
• Tibetan: གཅེས་མིང (gces ming) — familiar, invented given name
• Turkish: takma ad — familiar, invented given name
• Turkish: lakap — familiar, invented given name
• Ottoman Turkish: لقب (lakab) — familiar, invented given name
• Ukrainian: прі́звисько (prízvysʹko) — familiar, invented given name
• Ukrainian: кли́чка (klýčka) — familiar, invented given name
• Urdu: اُپ نام (up nām) — familiar, invented given name
• Urdu: لَقَب (laqab) — familiar, invented given name
• Uyghur: لەقەم (leqem) — familiar, invented given name
• Uzbek: laqab — familiar, invented given name
• Walloon: såvaedje no — familiar, invented given name
• Walloon: spot — familiar, invented given name
• Walloon: sobriket — familiar, invented given name
• Walloon: sobricot — familiar, invented given name
• Welsh: llysenw — familiar, invented given name
• Welsh: glasenw — familiar, invented given name
• Afrikaans: bynaam — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Afrikaans: noemnaam — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Bashkir: ҡушамат (quşamat) — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Bulgarian: умали́телно и́ме (umalítelno íme) — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Danish: tilnavn — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Danish: øgenavn — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Finnish: liikanimi — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Finnish: lisänimi — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• French: sobriquet — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• German: Beiname — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Icelandic: uppnefni — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Icelandic: viðurnefni — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Icelandic: auknefni — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Middle English: surname — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Middle English: surnoun — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilnavn — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tilnamn — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Polish: przezwisko — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Sicilian: nciuria — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Sicilian: suprannomu — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Swahili: msimbo — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Swahili: jina la utani — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Swedish: tillnamn — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Swedish: binamn — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Turkish: lakap — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Turkish: san — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Turkish: sıfat — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Welsh: llysenw — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Welsh: glasenw — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Zazaki: leqeb (diq) — familiar, shortened or diminutive name
• Afrikaans: bynaam gee — to give a nickname to
• Central Bikol: magbansag — to give a nickname to
• Central Bikol: bansagan — to give a nickname to
• Bulgarian: давам прякор (davam prjakor) — to give a nickname to
• Czech: přezdívat — to give a nickname to
• Dutch: bijnamen — to give a nickname to
• Finnish: antaa lempinimi — to give a nickname to
• Finnish: liikanimi — to give a nickname to
• Finnish: lisänimi — to give a nickname to
• Finnish: nimetä — to give a nickname to
• French: surnommer — to give a nickname to
• Georgian: სახელს არქმევს (saxels arkmevs) — to give a nickname to
• Georgian: სახელს შეარქმევს (saxels šearkmevs) — to give a nickname to
• Greek: παρονομάζω (paronomázo) — to give a nickname to
• Ancient Greek: ἐπικαλέω (epikaléō) — to give a nickname to
• Icelandic: uppnefna — to give a nickname to
• Ido: surnomizar — to give a nickname to
• Indonesian: menjuluki — to give a nickname to
• Italian: soprannominare — to give a nickname to
• Japanese: ニックネームをつける (nikkunēmu o tsukeru) — to give a nickname to
• Japanese: 愛称をつける (aishō o tsukeru) — to give a nickname to
• Japanese: 渾名する (adana suru) — to give a nickname to
• Japanese: あだ名をつける (adana o tsukeru) — to give a nickname to
• Korean: 닉네임을 짓다 (ningneim-eul jitda) — to give a nickname to
• Korean: 닉네임을 붙이다 (ningneim-eul buchida) — to give a nickname to
• Korean: 애칭을 짓다 (aeching-eul jitda) — to give a nickname to
• Korean: 애칭을 붙이다 (aeching-eul buchida) — to give a nickname to
• Korean: 별명을 짓다 (byeolmyeong-eul jitda) — to give a nickname to
• Korean: 별명을 붙이다 (byeolmyeong-eul buchida) — to give a nickname to
• Polish: nadawać przezwisko — to give a nickname to
• Polish: nadać przezwisko — to give a nickname to
• Portuguese: alcunhar — to give a nickname to
• Portuguese: apelidar — to give a nickname to
• Romanian: porecli — to give a nickname to
• Russian: прозыва́ть (prozyvátʹ) — to give a nickname to
• Russian: прозва́ть (prozvátʹ) — to give a nickname to
• Russian: крести́ть (krestítʹ) — to give a nickname to
• Russian: окрести́ть (okrestítʹ) — to give a nickname to
• Spanish: apodar — to give a nickname to
• Spanish: motejar — to give a nickname to
• Spanish: cognominar — to give a nickname to
• Spanish: trampar — to give a nickname to
• Ukrainian: прозива́ти (prozyváty) — to give a nickname to
• Ukrainian: прозва́ти (prozváty) — to give a nickname to
• Volapük: näinemön — to give a nickname to
• Walloon: spoter — to give a nickname to
• Walloon: sorlomer — to give a nickname to
• Walloon: ribatijhî — to give a nickname to
• Walloon: batijhî — to give a nickname to