byname

See also:by-nameandby name

English

Alternative forms

• by-name

Etymology

Fromby-+‎name.Cognate withDutchbijnaam(“nickname”),GermanBeiname(“nickname, epithet”),Swedishbinamn,DanishbinavnandNorwegian Bokmålbinavn.

Noun

byname(pluralbynames)

1. (archaic,historical)Asecondaryname for a person or thing; a person'ssurname.
2. (archaic,historical)Anickname.
3. (UKdialectal,Scotland)Apseudonym;nom-de-plume.
4. (Germanicpaganism)A ritual title for a god or goddess used inHeathenry.

Synonyms

• cognomen
• sobriquet
• to-name

Hypernyms

• name

Translations

surname

• Bulgarian:презиме(bg)n(prezime)
• Finnish:sukunimi(fi)
• Macedonian:пре́зимеn(prézime)
• Ottoman Turkish:لقب(lakab)
• Spanish:apellido(es)m
• Swedish:släktnamn(sv)n,tillnamn(sv)n,(last name)efternamn(sv)n

nickname

• Bulgarian:прякор(bg)m(prjakor)
• Danish:tilnavnn
• Finnish:liikanimi(fi)
• Macedonian:пре́карm(prékar)
• Ottoman Turkish:لقب(lakab)
• Spanish:apodo(es)m,apelativo(es)m
• Swedish:binamn(sv)n,tillnamn(sv)n

Verb

byname(third-person singular simple presentbynames,present participlebynaming,simple past and past participlebynamed)

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

References

• “byname”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.
• Oxford English Dictionary,2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

• baymen