3 ms·https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocorism#English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocorism#Englishby penguin_booze 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocorism#English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocorism#EnglishHorizonXP 8y agoGood link, I didn't know that's what nicknames were called.saagarjha 8y agoNicknames seem to be a superset of hypocorisms, which are nicknames that are a shorter derivative or other modification of a person’s original name.