byname

English

Alternative forms

• by-name

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to by- +‎ name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”).

Noun

byname (plural bynames)

1. (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
2. (archaic, historical) A nickname.
3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.
4. (paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.

Synonyms

• cognomen
• sobriquet
• to-name

Translations

surname

• Bulgarian: презиме n (prezime)
• Finnish: sukunimi (fi)

• Spanish: apellido (es) m
• Swedish: släktnamn n, tillnamn (sv) n, (last name) efternamn (sv) n

nickname

• Bulgarian: прякор (bg) m (prjakor)
• Danish: tilnavn n
• Finnish: liikanimi

• Spanish: apodo (es) m, apelativo (es) m
• Swedish: binamn n, tillnamn (sv) n

Verb

byname (third-person singular simple present bynames, present participle bynaming, simple past and past participle bynamed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to.

References

• byname at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

• baymen