byname

• Существительное, обозначающее привычное или неформальное имя человека, часто сокращённая версия его личного имени.

A noun referring to a familiar or informal name for a person, often a shortened version of their given name.

1. Nickname or SobriquetC1formal

   A secondary or familiar name given to a person, often a shortened version of their given name or a descriptive epithet.

   Прозвище

   • His byname was 'Red' because of his hair color.
   • The king was known by the byname 'the Lionheart'.
   • In the village, everyone called him by his byname, 'Shorty'.

   Синонимыaliasappellationcognomenepithethandlemonikernicknamesobriquettagtitle