nickname

n.	1.	A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, Nicholas's nickname is Nick.
v. t.	1.	To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname. [imp. & p. p. Nicknamed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming.] You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. - Shak. I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality. - Macaulay.

Noun	1.	nickname - 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" Synonyms: cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet
	2.	nickname - a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"
Verb	1.	nickname - give a nickname to Synonyms: dub

To hear a nickname in your dream, represents your feelings and memories of the person who is referred to by that nickname. If the nickname is not familiar, then it may be a pun on something or a metaphor. To dream that someone is calling you by a nickname, suggests that you are trying to change they way you and others see you.affectionate name, agnomen, appellation, appellative, baptize, byname, byword, call, christen, cognomen, define, denominate, denomination, designate, diminutive, dub, entitle, epithet, first name, handle, hypocoristic, identify, label, moniker, name, nominate, pet name, sobriquet, specify, style, tag, term, title

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