What does byname mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, bynamenoun

    a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

    "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"

Wiktionary

  1. bynamenoun

    A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.

  2. bynamenoun

    A nickname.

  3. bynamenoun

    A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.

  4. bynamenoun

    A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.

  5. bynameverb

    To assign a byname to.

ChatGPT

  1. byname

    A byname is an additional name, nickname, or descriptive term that follows or replaces a person's actual name, often used to signify a personal characteristic, geographical location, or occupation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bynameverb

    to give a nickname to

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  1. baymen

  2. byeman

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of byname in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of byname in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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