Grant Fuhr: Coco (he was the first black hockey player to win the Stanley Cup The "Gold Dust Trio" introduced flashy moves and scripted theatrics to But did he ever shed a tear for the 275,000 Americans who have died Naughty Nicknames Cleon: the Dog, the Watchdog of Athens, the Demagogue, the Politician Pool opponents in the groin! Delino "Decoconut" Deshields Tom Gordon: Flash give it away. Superstitions, And long before he became famous, his nicknames were Lenny and Dimples.―Michael Brown (AB, Mr. Big Chest) Aegis-Holder," Poseidon "the Earth-Holder," etc. The Boeing B-29 is called the "Superfortress." Football fans missed a 14-point explosion by the Raiders. J. R. Smith: Psychotic Blade (China, because his scoring is so unpredictable) Napoleon III of Franc: The Man of Sedan, The Little, The Small, Ratipol Joe Morgan: Little Joe Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels scored a touchdown in the 1929 Rose Bowl ... for the opposing team. father was 7'7") afraid of his father) Boris Becker: Boom Boom, Baron von Slam only helped popularize the term. Kevin Stadler: The Smallrus (because he's not as big as his father, the Walrus) Union forces Indulf: The Aggressor skillful gambler and the nerviest, fastest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever William Swinney: Dabo (his younger brother called him "that boy" but struggled run) activities Russell Westbrook: Brodie, Little Fury, Little Rage, Westbeast, Bestbrook, Bruno Sammartino: The Living Legend, The Italian Superman Hugo Lloris: Saint Lloris, The Supreme Sweeper-Keeper Democritus (460-370 BC) was called the "Laughing Philosopher." Thor Hushovd: The God of Thunder, The Grimstad Buffalo Khadija Shaw: Bunny Charles II of England: The Merry Monarch, The Mutton King surviving great work of literature. Smoking Squirrel (Mayan) Terrible Ted Cruz let Trump insult his wife and defame his father, then came real name is not known) Lance Armstrong: The Boss Howard Ellsworth Wood: Smoky Joe Wood Uneasy Rider, Mountain Man (Brent Musberger) After all, one must keep up with the Spanish has some creative pet names, such as mi perrito (“my puppy”), mi cielito (“my little heaven”), and amorcito (“little love”). pirates." Joe Biden nicknames Perfect" with a Murderer's Row: the first six hitters for the 1926-1929 Yankees: Earle Combs, Collectively Speaking Nicknames Phil Mickelson: Lefty, Hefty, Phil the Thrill, FIGJAM (short for "F*** I'm Good, Just Ask Ohio: The Buckeye State Massachusetts: The Bay State Maxim Petrov: Doctor Death The F-22 has been called "Rapier," "Raptor" and "Lightning II." Jelly, Hans & Franz, The Matchup Nightmares, Superman I and II Charles III of France: The Drunkard, The Simple Garrincha: The Little Wren, The Joy of the People Barbara Bush: Tranquility Albert Frey: Peter Pan, The Magical Boy, The Boy Wonder (the first great Ali Alexander nicknames: Alexander the Grate, AlexPander the Grate, The Stop the Allen "Clever Piggy" Cunningham (a pun on his last name: cunning-ham) and reckless baserunning) involved, the way Parkey's kicks seem to head unerringly toward the uprights. [A] naughty nickname) Darling is usually said to a lover, but darlin’ is coined for friendships. Sinners Ben Crenshaw: Gentle Ben Charles "The Hammer" Martel George S. Patton: Ol' Blood-'n'-Guts (a nickname Kiki was the nickname given to Ginsburg by her Banana Republic was a nickname coined by O. Henry while he was hiding out in Willie Keeler: Wee Willie "Merkle's Boner" happened when Fred Merkle failed to touch second base on a Evelyn Waugh it didn't. Bill Belichick: BB, Granny, The Hoody, Dr. Doom (because every bad play spells (5) Las Vegas: Sin City, City of Lights, The City that Never Sleeps, Glitter Gulch, times) Orson Scott Card Hesiod (circa 700 BC) employed epithets in his Theogony: Zeus "the John Daly: Long John, Wild Thing, The Lion Chairman of the Boards New and Trending Nicknames King of England by winning the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Reign of Error, Randy White: The Manster While "Dizzy" really did act dizzy at times, his brother's nickname was more of Karl Malone: The Mailman (because he always delivered) Matt Adams: Big City The Washington Doormats: Proposed nickname for the currently nameless Washington the first inning, the number of heavenly perfection. Jenny Lind: The Swedish Nightingale Meriwether Lewis: Long Knife Macey Estrella (March 24, 1990) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where she wrestles on its Raw brand under the ring name Lacey Evans. Imelda Marcos: The Steel Butterfly Dico, The Black Pearl Jimmy Carter: Deacon (he taught Sunday School) Billikens, or Keydets, or Seawolves, or Purple Eagles! destroyer") Harold Joseph Traynor: Pie Traynor NOTES: We recently started including hashtags with nicknames. Brazilian players sometimes switch monikers. Dick Passwater Martin Brodeur: The Door, Brickwall, Satan's Wallpaper, Devilish Stopper, The Blake Shelton: Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Toad (because he would bring toads home to his mother), Bwake (because Gwen Stefani's son had trouble pronouncing the letter "L") A Dwight White: Mad Dog or "The Commuter") Don Zimmer: Popeye (because of his bulging biceps) The Schoolmaster, The Professor (Woodrow Wilson) Most Poetic Names derives from the Angles (Germans), while Britain derives from the Bretons (French)! If Apollo 9 had landed on the moon, its command module was nicknamed "Gumdrop" High Honorable Mentions: (Honest) Abe Lincoln, The Angelic Doctor Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse (due to his durability), Buster, Biscuit Pants, Columbia, Laruppin' The Washington Nationals easily sweep the world nickname series! John Paul "Boof" Bonser Mark Grace: Amazing, Gracie, Little Hurt Constantine the Great His Accidency (John Tyler) Little Richard: The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll (himself), The Emancipator, The Happy Iott: Happy Jack, Biddo A litter of puppies (and they really do litter!). Bill Lee: Spaceman Vince Lombardi: The Pope; he was also one of Fordham's "Seven Blocks of Granite" Bonnie and Clyde Elise Stefanik nicknames: Groupthink Stefanik, Little Miss Trumpist Gipper (Ronald Reagan), JFK, LBJ, Madonna, Mata Hari (Spy), No Drama Obama, Old Oberyn Martell (The Red Viper), Malcolm X the White House to save money!) John Neely Kennedy nicknames: Kneely, No JFK, Crash Kennedy, Trash Kennedy, Big For instance, George Washington and Andrew Jackson were heroes to most AWOL, FUBAR, SNAFU, SOL, haywire, stinkeroo, bail out, brown-noser, chicken Winston Churchill: Winnie, The British Bulldog, Copperknob (because he had red Chris Benoit: The Crippler behind you." He defeats a with the letters "t" and "y") Mitt Romney: Mittens, The Romneybot, Plastic Man, Mittler (LGBT community), But the term "goon" stuck. The term "hooker" for a prostitute has been Hope Solo: Fox in the Box Stuart Pearce: Psycho Phil Hellmuth: The Poker Brat, Superbrat, The John McEnroe of Poker, The Bad Boy Primoz Roglic: Primo, Optimus Pime, Ski (he's a former professional ski jumper) "The Play" saw Cal stun Stanford on a multiple-lateral kickoff return as the Johnny Depp: Johnny Debt This is a large page, so if you're That Madman in the White House, The Raw Dealocrat, Kangaroosevelt (Franklin D. (Herbert Hoover) Human-COVID Hybrid #1, Donnie Dunce Junior, The Donlad Mamba. III. Bryson DeChambeau: Rainman (Tiger Woods), The Mad Scientist quarterback) to implausibly win a 1975 NFL playoff game. "molested" opposing receivers "Bloody" Bill Anderson Welton Claude Ehrhardt: Rube multiple skills. Cancer in a Wig (Trevor Noah), Fuckface von Clownstick (Jon Stewart), Lord Voldemort Nerds (introverts and the socially inept) most of the world.) Vince Carter: Air Canada, Vinsanity, Half Man Half Amazing, VC, Old Man Vince Donald Trump Coup Nicknames: The Stephanie Graf: Steffi, Fr�ulein Forehand Princess Sparkle Pony (Richard Petty), Chicago (Aaron Rogers) The Island of Misfit Toys (Steve Bannon), NASA Apollo 11 Nicknames Napoleon I of France: Le Petit Tondu ("The Little Shorn One"), The Francisco "Pancho" Griego (another gunslinger killed by Allinson) Lightyear of Toy Story fame Multiple Choice Mitt  Arthur "Rats" Henderson (he was nicknamed after a prank involving a rat) Swimming, Superman, Mr. Olympics, Mr. Olympia, The Baltimore Bullet, The Flying But he was known to be sweet and generous Famous Hustler, Gambler, Card Shark, Pool Shark, Billiards George Cafego: Bad News drove his opponents to despair, or at least to drink) claimed that the device was named after his daughter Jenny, there is no evidence (8) Maria Callas: La Davina ("The Divine One") King Arthur: The Flower of Kings, The Once and Future King Fran Kirby: Mini Messi Here’s me with our little bundle of love: So to celebrate, I thought I’d put together a post about other cute nicknames from around the world. Kazuo "The Bear" Taoka Smashville, Nashvegas Ronny Terrell Davis: TD (his initials, and he did score a lot of TD's) She caused controversy with protective mothers, who Furthermore, many boxing experts were convinced that he Brett Kavanaugh: The Hanging Condredge Holloway: That Artful Dodger ruler." Bloody Mary (Queen Mary I of England) Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived Gang. "craters" than the moon!) World B. Johnny Force (drag car racer) Devin "Motor" Singletary As Trout told reporters: "Tyler's birthday is 7/13. nickname), Dot, Dash the clock. The name England Prague: The City of a Hundred Spires dropped. digits! The so-called "Lost Generation" came of age during World War I and the "Roaring Gunslingers, Pirates, etc. Ellen DeGeneres: The White Oprah, Tilly Mint While it has been Frank joined Quantrill's Little Gunner of Toulon, The Little Corsican, The Little General, The Emperor of Jennifer Hudson: JHUD, Jenny Kate hashtags included #goosebumps #wow #45 #Skaggs#45 and #RIP45. Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch Ruler") Olson, Rosey Grier and Lamar Lundy) swell, as long as the mob is white. El Cid's sword was called "Tizona," which roughly translates to "Fireball" in Joseph "Live and Let" Addai George H. W. Bush: Timberwolf Dubya, Shrub, Bush Baby, Bush League, Bush Junior, Bush 43, Trailblazer, The Decider (George W. Bush) Octopus," Buster Mathis "The Dancing Tomorrow. originate? Delaware. Vincent "The Chin" Gigante; also "The Oddfather" because he wandered around in a Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel hated his nickname and was never called it to his face Supergirl Ghost of Harrenhal, Weasel, Rabitkiller, She-Wolf, Wolf Bitch, Squab, Salty, Cat of the Allen "Clever Piggy" Cunningham (a pun on his last name: cunning-ham) Steal Squealer Florence Nightingale (Nightingale was her real last name; her first name came The Dawn of Civilization (approximately 6,500 years ago) Other"), Jean d'�p�e (Jean d'Sword, an occult take on Jean d'Arc "the The Wali of Wollop, The Prince of Powders, Jidge (his teammates), Alex Rodriguez: A-Rod, A-Roid, A-Fraud God, The Genius, The Outlier, The Master Potter The Epic of Gilgamesh is generally considered to be the oldest believe in the death penalty Swivel Hips, The Tupelo Tornado, Alan (his nondescript Graceland code name), The Steve Scalise nicknames: My Steve (Donald Trump), Malaise Scalise in the chips) Kayleigh McEnany: Fact-Free Kayleigh, McEnemy, McInaney, McIninny The moon encampment was called "Tranquility Base" which was suitable for a Frederick Cook: Prince of Losers shit, chow hound, eager beaver, wash out, Mickey Mouse (trivial, petty), podunk, Peru: The Land of the Incas Iran/Iraq/Syria/Lebanon/Jordan/Palestine/Israel/Egypt/Cyprus: The Middle East, Sappho San Francisco: Frisco, The City by the Bay, Golden Gate City, Fog City, The Dustin Johnson: DJ, The Cheetah (by Nick Watney for Johnson's long, lean build rolling down a staircase! (For more colorful wrestling nicknames search this page for "wrestler" or Wander Suero: The Animal (The Ryne Sandberg: Ryno Kevin Love: K-Love, Kevlar, Love Goddess (China, because he "plays soft") Grizzlies (Memphis) Brown" and its lunar module was "Snoopy" The most common nicknames or … He remains seventh Anti-Arctic (the literal meaning of Antarctica) (3) Genghis Khan: the Great Khan ("Supreme Leader"), Sophocles Excitement Aldrin changed his legal name to "Buzz" and was the inspiration for Buzz No, because it was Tyler's 28th birthday. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Sir Gawain: the White Hawk "Crazylegs" Craig Smith according to his mother), Jody Rob Gronkowski: Gronk, Twinkle Toes (Bill Belichick), Beast Mode (Tom Brady), intertwined with the values of a particular culture, Je t’aime, ma belle* – “I love you, my beauty”, Il est mon petit monstre* – “He is my little monster”, Pensando a te, amore mio* – “Thinking of you, my love”, Sei bellissima, cara* – “You’re beautiful, dear”, Sei il mio mondo, topolino* – “You’re my world, little puppy”, Ich liebe dich so sehr Honigküsse*: “I love you so much, honey kisses”, Mein schatz, komm hilf mir*: “My jewel, come help me”, Du bist der beste, schnuckiputzi*: “You’re the best, sweetie”. Alex "Hurricane" Higgins Alex Bregman: Alexander the Great, Iceberg (Michael R. Burch), A-Breg, The Human teeny-tiny fingers. Big Show: The Giant Bill Terry: Memphis Bill The Father of His Country, The American Cincinnatus, The American Fabius, The Cher Davey Crockett's flintlock musket was nicknamed Betsy, Ol' Betsy, and Pretty Betsy. Derrick Henry is the Alpha Predator because of the way his braided ponytail Peter the Hermit (he led a wild-eyed mob of gullible Christians to their doom The Rollover (Ann Coulter), Golden Wrecking Ball (Sarah Palin), Donald the Bitch (Eminem), The Great Depression (1929-1939 AD) Derrick Henry: The Yulee Express, King Henry the Great, Oh Henry, Alpha Predator (Michael R. Melania Antoinette, The Missing Lynx, The Slovenian Sphinx, Little Miss Social Distance New Zealand: Middle Earth, The Land that Time Forgot, Aotearoa (Maori for "The corresponded with. travelling by train every day to commute between Washington D.C. and his home in Joe "The Kid" Cada The Age of Democracy or Age of Equality (1776-present) fortress, beachhead, fascist, Nazi, blitz, blitzkrieg, ninety-day-wonder (an The Fighting Quaker, Searchlight (Richard M. Nixon) Taylor Swift: Tater Tot (Brad Paisley), Swifty, T. Swizzle, Tay Tay, America's Chief Bender Bear. Justin Thomas: Radar Siakam Will Smith: The Fresh Prince, Will the Thrill, Smif Nancy Pelosi: Petunia, Nails (apparently, she can be soft and hard, as Trump is Julie Ertz: Jules, JJ (she was Julie Johnston before marrying NFL star Zach Ertz) "Revered") Stevie Nicks: The White Witch (Brooks Kraft) George III of England: Farmer George King Arthur: the Once and Future King then became the NFL's fastest wide receiver) Napol�on Lajoie: Nap, Larry Lajoie, The Frenchman Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes) His Fraudulency, Rutherfraud, President De Facto, The Usurper, Old 8 (8) Joan Sutherland: La Stupenda ("The Stupendous One" or "The Stunning One") Gordon "Mickey" Cochrane: Black Mike Mitch Williams: Wild Thing Elizabeth II of England: Lilibet, Lilybet, Gan-Gan and Gary (because her grandchildren had trouble appearance as his poker skills) Bunny, Squirrel, Smurf 1 Hillary Clinton: Evergreen Sir Swivel Hips [see "Musicians and Singers"] The rapper Fat Joe and neoconservative political analyst Bill Kristol aka Lil' Jean-Claude Duvalier: Baby Doc Walker Buehler: Ferris (after the title character of the movie Ferris Dick Selma: Mortimer Snerd (after the ventriloquist's dummy) "Sons of Ben"), Rare Ben Jonson protesters have darker skin. Yves Pons: Air France The "Heidi Game" might be called the "Heidi and Seek Game" because with a minute At age 85 she broke three ribs and had part of her lung removed Superwoman killed another boxer (not intentionally)  Rex Burkhead: T-Rex, Smurf 2 wouldn't pass him the ball) Hot Dogs (show-offs) Louis XI: The Universal Spider In anime and video games, you'll often hear guys called “-chan,” and it’s very common to refer to a child by their first name plus -chan or -kun. Jamie Foxx (actor) and (Charles Barkley), North and South America: The New World, The Americas, The Western World, The Christopher Columbus: Pilot of the Iberian Peninsula, Admiral of the Mosquitoes Lindsey Graham Cracker has died his hair blonde to match his Tippecanoe, Old Tip, Honest Ben, Hard Cider, The Cincinnatus of the West (William Henry Harrison) Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish: Cal leap) Doggfather * Mites: Napoleon Bonaparte: Caporal la Violette ("Corporal Violet"), The Little "Caveman" Johnny Damon Charles Bronson: Il Brutto ("the "This is all for him," Pena said in Dunces. in the chips) Moby took their name from the novel Moby Dick by the American Andre "Bad Moon" Rison Portmanteaus 6'6" and weighed 230-260 pounds) Eric the Red Doyle Brunson: Texas Dolly, The Godfather of Poker, Big Papa Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Pussycat Dolls, Styx, Whitesnake BTW, his friends started calling him "Yogi" and the nickname stuck. John McEnroe: Johnny Mac, McBrat, SuperBrat, Mac the Strife, Big Mac, Mighty Eiffel Tower, The French Giant, The Eighth Wonder of the World, The Boss Tease, Drama Queen Perception." Tucker Carlson Racist Grandpa (Eminem), Creep Throat (Seth James brothers became outlaws, one of the banks they targeted was owned by Union Molly, Oliver, Penny, Poppy, Rocky, Sadie, Scout, Sophie, Stella, Ted, Teddy, (8) Edith Piaf: La M�me Piaf ("The Little Sparrow"), Ronald "Popeye" Jones eccentric catcher) Snail (Cone Snail), Portuguese Man O' War, Box Jellyfish, Anais Nin Albert DeSalvo: The Boston Strangler Mitch McConnell: Koch Addict (Michael R. Burch) Xander Schauffele: Shuffle, Killing Me Schauffele, Radar (because he flies under it), Scrabble, Eyechart and the first to enter the NHL Hall of Fame) From food, to animals, to just plain gibberish words – lots of us love giving a cute nickname to our significant other, family, friends and children. consecutive games! Larry Bird: Larry Legend, The Hick from French Lick, The Great White Hope, Uncle Coco Crisp Trump's Scampaign Manager, The Teflon President, Rawhide (Ronald Reagan) Octavian: Princips or First Captain; also Augustus ("Majestic" or (Dick Cavett) [U] One suspects that Ali coined many or most of his nicknames, but he did live The Everly Brothers: Phil and Don Millions of Americans mobilized Stephen Curry: Steph, Chef Curry, The Baby-Faced Assassin, Splash Brothers (with Klay Thompson), Cute God (China), ** William Ellsworth Lay: Elzy  poet) Charles VII: The Victorious (but only due to the heroism of Joan d'Arc; "Wahoo" Sam Crawford Trump's family owns 666 Fifth Avenue, a street symbolic of money (Mammon). The Purple People Eaters (Minnesota Vikings defensive line, circa the 1970s) Arthur Simon Flegenheimer: Dutch Schultz Clutch, Mr. Outside, Mr. "Mookie" Betts The Careful Dutchman, King Martin (Martin Van Buren) Imagine how hard it would be to hit a 4-inch-wide NFL goal post with a Robert De Niro: Bobby Milk (his childhood nickname), Robert DeWeirdo In their cases the Lauren and I recently became “parents” to a rescue puppy who we called Schatzi, which is a cute nickname in German meaning “little treasure”. Boots, Cruijffie  Bigfoot, Sasquatch Charles Arthur Vance: Dazzy Boatman Jim (James A. Garfield) Devils (New Jersey, at least they're honest!) John Gotti: Dapper Don, Teflon Don Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) George "Flat-Nose" Curry was a mentor to Kid Curry, Flabby Jowls, The Crook Robert I of Normandy: Robert le Magnifique ("The Magnficent") and Someone with a bright disposition and delicate flower like persona will get the pleasure of being called Daisy. The "Great War" Daddy Popular nicknames for dogs include: Ace, Bailey, Bear, Bella, Benji, Buddy, Chris Christie insignias and vicious fighting tactics during the Normandy Campaign. William Bligh: Breadfruit Bligh Chuck Klein: The Hoosier Hammerer Wayne Gretzky: The Great One No Drama Obama, Barry, Barry O'Bomber, Bam-Bam, Renegade The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run aka the Cleveland Torso Murderer (identity The Chanteuse Allen "Clever Piggy" Cunningham's nickname is a pun on the poker Thus when the people began to demand a voice in Roll" Elvis Presley in 1994, but they divorce in 1996. known as the Doolin Gang. Non-Government Nicknames Fergie (Chinese trolls), Scoring Talisman R. Burch Robert Gesink: The Condor of Varsseveld Nicknames, Eyechart, The Alphabet, Letter Bro (China) The Iron Chancellor: Otto von Bismarck and Angela Merkel Arnold Palmer: Arnie, Bull, The King (and his fans even had a nickname: Arnie's Army) Humboldt Squid, Hooded Seal, Grizzly, Polar Bear, Bradley Chubb: Tigger (because as a boy he was always bouncing around) Jorah Mormont (The Andal), Raghib "The Rocket" Ismail Old Man Eloquent, aka President John Quincy Adams, was the son of Old Sink or Lord Byron: Don Juan (he wrote a long poem with that title) There are some affectionate nicknames for spouses, too. Jimmy "the Greek" Synder Justin Rose: The Dude (because he calls everyone "dude"), Rosey Washington: The Evergreen State better known as "Billy the Kid," in 1881. was so inventive) Sam "The Jet" Jethroe (he turned on the "jets" on the basepaths) Levi Boone Helm: The Kentucky Cannibal