The name of a person, especially an alias or a nickname.

One’s name on the FC board. Monikers are multifaceted. Not only do they spare one the damage of posting one’s real name on the board, but they often allow one to develop a personality which exists only on the board. Some monikers are relatively straight forward, while others are full of double entendre and built-in trolling. Some people have been known to register, use and post under literally hundreds of monikers, adding strength to the speculation that most crazy people have internet access.

Your Forum User Name. Also the first name of a woman in New York.

a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"

a "smart name"

a special form of naming, similar in concept to a URL scheme, that identifies a resource and specifies how it should be loaded

A moniker (or "monicker") is a pseudonym, or cognomen, which one gives to oneself. The meaning is distinct from nickname, in that a nickname is generally given to one by another, and not chosen for oneself.