'Byname' definitions:
Definition of 'byname'
(from WordNet)
noun
A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim" [syn: nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname]
Definition of 'Byname'
From: GCIDE
- Byname \By"name`\, v. t. To give a nickname to. --Camden. [1913 Webster]