Meaning : A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).
Example :
Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph.
Henry's nickname was Slim.
Synonyms : byname, cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet
Meaning : A descriptive name for a place or thing.
Example :
The nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'.
Nickname meaning in Bengali (Bangla).