Nickname

Japanese: nick-name(英語表記)nickname
Nickname

...The emergence of nicknames should be considered not as a custom to avoid calling people by their real names, but rather as a social background to the promotion of communal living. Nicknames are slightly different from nicknames, which are affectionate names or abbreviations of real names. Nicknames were also a way of calling people.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "nick-name" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…あだ名の発生は実名を呼ぶことを避ける慣習というより,むしろ集団生活の推進という社会的な背景を考えるべきであろう。実名に対する愛称・略称であるニックネームnick‐nameとは多少のちがいがある。また,あだ名は呼名(よびな)の一つでもあった。…

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