1. Synonyms for Byname include alias, cognomen, epithet, handle, monicker, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet and surname

2. 1866, Josiah Gilbert Holland, The Life of Abraham Lincoln: It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the soubriquet "Honest Abe"--a Characterization that he never dishonored, and an abbreviation that he never outgrew.

3. Byname: 1 n a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) Synonyms: cognomen , moniker , nickname , sobriquet , soubriquet Type of: appellation , appellative , denomination , designation identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others