moniker

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
2. A person's signature.
3. An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.

Konzepte

Spitzname

Beiname

Deckname

Name

Parallelbezeichnung

Alias

Aliasname

Moniker

Synonyme

nickname

sobriquet

cognomen

byname

epithet

soubriquet

appellation

name

street name

alias

monicker

pearl barley

pet name

pseudonym

monniker

agnomen

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈmɒn.ɪ.kə/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Unknown, first attested 1849. Suggested derivations are:
* Backslang for ekename (compare nickname);
* From Shelta munik, munika;
* From monk;
* Partridge (A Dictionary of Historical Slang) suggests a corruption of monogram, which is suggestive of the sense signature.
* From monarch in the sense 'king or No. 1, and thus with frank egotism, "I, myself".' (The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 281, pg. 349.)
Online Etymological Dictionary's entry cites in 1857, the Saturday Review (London newspaper) noted, "the word has a certain Coptic or Egyptian twang".