This list excludes the District of Columbia and U. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name.
Ingiriisi ahaan marka la eego, waxa naanaysta lagu qeexaa "Anicknameis a substitute for the propernameof a familiar person, place, or thing, for affection or ridicule" oo u dhiganta macnaha sare amaba sida uu qaamuuka Oxford ku qeexo oo ah "A familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name."