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Mikey Bustos
Mikey is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Michael. It may also refer to: People * Mikey Ambrose (born 1993), American Major League Soccer player * Mikey Arroyo (born 1969), Filipino actor and politician, son of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo * Mikey Boyle, Irish hurler * Mikey Chung (born 1954), Jamaican musician, arranger and record producer * Mikey Coppola (born 1946), American mobster also known as "Mikey Cigars" * Mikey Craig (born 1960), English musician, bassist of the 1980s band Culture Club * Mikey Day (born 1980), American actor, comedian, writer, cast member of Saturday Night Live * Mikey Mileos (born 1980), Australian stand-up comedian * Mikey Garcia (born 1987), American boxer, world champion in three weight classes * Michael Graham (singer) (born 1972), Irish singer, songwriter and record producer * Mikey Lee (born 1993), Irish hurler * Mikey Lopez (born 1993), American Major League Soccer player * Mikey Maher (1870–1947), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often Clipping (morphology), clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with ''-y/-ie'' (phonologically /i/). Sometimes the suffix ''-o'' is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English, but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |