Well not to ruin a good time in the shower but neither. In middle English an "eke name" meant "another name". Over time it became a neke name, and from there a nickname.
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If you want the real answer, from Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name.
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It was originally “knickerbocker” name but got shortened over time
I’ll take no further questions
It’s just something your father thought up while he was shaving.
Mo-nik-er
Nik-name
Nickname
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What if Dick had been a popular name…
67 rule btw
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