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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Slang A personal name or nickname.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A personal name or nickname.
  2. n. A signature

WordNet 3.0

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

Etymologies

  1. First attested 1849, of Unknown origin. Amongst suggestion are back-slang for eke-name, the Shelta word munik, or monk. Partridge (A Dictionary of Historical Slang) suggests it is a corruption of Monogram which fits well with the use in the sense of signature. (Wiktionary)
  2. Probably from Shelta munik, name, possibly alteration of Irish Gaelic ainm, from Old Irish; see nŏ̄-men- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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