byname

American  

[bahy-neym] / ˈbaɪˌneɪm /

Or by-name

noun

1. a secondary name; cognomen; surname.

2. a nickname.

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Etymology

Origin of byname

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English; by- ( def. ) + name ( def. )

Example Sentences

That byname, by the nature of DuVernay’s project, almost immediately comes to seem not merely inadequate but unjust.

From The New Yorker • May 30, 2019

This in allusion to the byname of "the vetoing Mayor of Buffalo" the people had given him on account of his systematic opposition to all extravagant expenditure when Governor of the State.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix

No; he had never heard of one called Randall, neither in hat nor cowl, but he knew more of them by face than by name, and more by byname than surname or christened name. 

From The Armourer's Prentices by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

It was not so; and the byname by which I went behind my back confirmed it.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

To-name, tōō′-nām, n. a byname, nickname, or name in addition to Christian name and surname.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Related Words

• epithet
• moniker
• sobriquet
• style
• tag