to-name

American  

[too-neym] / ˈtuˌneɪm /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.

2. a surname.

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to-name British  

noun

1. a nickname used to distinguish one person from others of the same name

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Etymology

Origin of to-name

before 950; Middle English; Old English tōnama. See to, name

Example Sentences

Face-of-god was well-beloved of his kindred and of all the Folk of the Dale, and he had gotten a to-name, and was called Gold-mane because of the abundance and fairness of his hair.

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

“Ilk ane o’ them,” according to Maitland, had a to-name, or nickname, as it is commonly called now-a-days.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert

Thus, every distinguished moss-trooper had, what is here called, a to-name, or nom de guerre, in addition to his family name.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir