The other is the nickname, known also as the pet name or basket name.
A bisyllabic pet name could be either male or female, but a monosyllabic one is much more likely to be male.
Those committee workers consist largely of women who, without a uniform, without a badge or without even a pet name, have worked in the obscurity of their local offices.
Though the pet name has deep significance for the baby's parents, it is never intended to be used by anyone other than family.
Fleurette will call the hero a pet name.
She is also known by the pet name.
Foremost there are two tales on how the club gained this pet name.
His pet name, as well as his former stage name, is.
