moniker

or mon·ick·er

[ mon-i-ker ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.

moniker

/ ˈmɒnɪkə /

noun

1. slang.
   a person's name or nickname

Word History and Origins

Origin of moniker¹

First recorded in 1850–55; probably from Shelta mŭnnik “name,” apparently a corruption and extension of Irish ainm “name” ( name ); final -er may represent -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of moniker¹

C19: from Shelta munnik, altered from Irish ainm name

Example Sentences

The school’s new moniker garnered praise from Harry Belafonte, a fellow Hollywood legend and longtime friend of Poitier.

From Essence.com

She earned the name “Trash Queen” while completing her Harvard thesis on solid waste management, a moniker she wears with pride.

From Ozy

There’s something about being able to shed all the monikers we parents have all had to take on this year for just an hour, where I get to focus completely on myself, or at least, not hurting myself, and re-experience something I loved.

From Washington Post

Antifa is a moniker, not a single group with a clear organizational structure or leader, and no cases could be found in which someone who self-identifies as antifa led violent acts at protests across the country.

From Washington Post

The Cleveland team, which has moved away from its cartoonish tribal chief logo and had earlier announced plans to reconsider its moniker, didn’t immediately comment to the Times.

From Fortune

“Tu eres como chuleria en pote,” goes the Puerto Rican expression that gave rise to his moniker.

From The Daily Beast

The years between 26 and 34 are rife with those kinds of life changes so heavy they earn moniker of “milestones.”

From The Daily Beast

He called the AEI president “the spiritual leader of the capitalist people,” a moniker that Brooks embraces.

From The Daily Beast

Since The Great White Way was given that strange moniker in 1890, the majority of actors have also bore a pasty complexion.

From The Daily Beast

It was intoxicating and thrilling and for the first time, the show felt worthy of its Marvel moniker.

From The Daily Beast

They were to ask for the householder's 'straight moniker'—Mr. Merston.

From Project Gutenberg

This laconic epitome of a gigantic event had crystallized into a moniker for Carson, and he became solely "Death-on-the-trail."

From Project Gutenberg

So good an artist should put his "moniker" on his productions.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• appellation
• sobriquet