nickname: Meaning and Definition of

nick•name

1. a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”
2. a familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret.

1. to give a nickname to (a person, town, etc.); call by a nickname.
2. to call by an incorrect or improper name; misname.