Topic summary
Hypocoristic
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Hypocorism.
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greekὑποκόρισμαhypokórisma; 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 for Robert, or it may be unrelated.