moniker

English Thesaurus

1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	appellation, appellative, denomination, designation,
definition	:	identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others (noun.communication)

derivation	:	dub, nickname,
definition	:	give a nickname to (verb.communication)

derivation	:	dub, nickname,
definition	:	give a nickname to (verb.communication)