Origin: 1600-1700 French light blow under the chin, nickname
Thesaurus
THESAURUSof a person or thing►name
the word that someone or something is called or known by: Her name was Lisa. What’s your name?
►nickname
a name your friends and family use for you, not your real name: My name is Daniel, but my nickname is “Rabbit” because I had big ears when I was little.
►stage name
the name an actor uses that is not his or her real name: Cary Grant was the stage name of Archibald Leach.
►pen name
(also pseudonym formal) the name a writer uses that is not his or her real name: Charlotte Brontë wrote under a male pen name, because women were not accepted as writers.
►assumed name
(also alias) a false name, often one used by a criminal: The couple registered at the hotel under an assumed name.
►title
the name given to a book, story, play, etc.: The title of the movie is the same as the book.
►sobriquet
formal a nickname or unofficial name. Used in literary writing: General Thomas Jackson gained his sobriquet, “Stonewall,” during the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War.
literary an unofficial title or nameSYN nickname► see thesaurus at name1