moniker

Etymology
, first attested 1849. Suggested derivations are:
 * Backslang for (compare );
 * From, ;
 * From ;
 * Partridge (A Dictionary of Historical Slang) suggests a corruption of, which is suggestive of the sense signature.
 * From in the sense 'king or No. 1, and thus with frank egotism, "I, myself".' (The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 281, pg. 349.)

's entry cites in 1857, the  noted, "the word has a certain or Egyptian twang".

Noun

 * 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.
 * 1) A person's signature.
 * 2)  An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.
 * 1) A person's signature.
 * 2)  An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.
 * 1) A person's signature.
 * 2)  An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.
 * 1)  An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.
 * 1)  An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, alcuño
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Maori: ingoa kārangaranga
 * Ottoman Turkish: لقب
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: frith-ainm
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:, ,