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aptronym

noun

  1. name considered fitting to a person
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Pronunciation: /ˈæptɹəʊˌnɪm/ / /ˈæptɹəˌnɪm/ / /ˈæptɹoʊˌnɪm/

noun

Etymology: Blend of apt + patronym.

  1. A name that is aptly suited to its owner.

    “Speck also turns out to be a shopkeeper whose small-town mentality finds a reflection in his aptronym: "Speck" in German meaning bacon, he is the local butcher concerned with selling his merchandise regardless of its real quality.”

    “This contradiction is condensed within the aptronym Casey Falls: her first name recalls Jim Casy, the preacher who is sacrificed helping migrant workers in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, while her surname evokes Eve and the Fall.”