SOBRIQUET

nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname

(noun) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person’s given name); “Joe’s mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph”; “Henry’s nickname was Slim”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

sobriquet (plural sobriquets)

A familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person’s given name).

Synonyms: cognomen, moniker, nickname

Synonyms

• byname

• to-name

Source: Wiktionary

So`bri`quet" (so`bre`kay"), n.Etym: [F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.]

Definition: An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition