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aptonym
[ ap-tuh-nim ]
noun
- a name that is particularly well suited to the nature, career, or other personal characteristics of the person so named:
She named the baby Ángel and what an aptonym that was!
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aptonym1
First recorded in 1920–25; apt ( def ) + -onym ( def )
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