#nickname

• Acsica — A hypocoristic and diminutive form of the feminine proper name Acsenia or Axenia, used in a family or colloquial context to express affection, closeness, and familiarity. It is a specific term of traditional Romanian onomastics, especially found in past rural communities where long names were adapted through popular suffixes to become easier to pronounce in daily life.
• Little favorite — A hypocoristic, diminutive, or regional form derived from the verb alege or the given name Alecu; a term used affectionately to designate a small child beginning to express their first voluntary preferences. In other marginal vernacular contexts, the word was recorded as a name given to a preferred pet or one considered the most beautiful in the household.
• Little favorite selector — A hypocoristic, diminutive, or regional form used affectionately for a little girl who shows a picky, fastidious, or selective attitude in her daily choices; a tiny selector. In other traditional community contexts, the word designated a small secondary mechanical tool used in the household for the fine sorting of seeds or grains.
• Alivenciu — A rare onomastic form or minor toponym derived through masculine suffixation in Eastern European dialects, used isolatedly in old land registry documents or as a nickname/family name historically associated with producers or consumers of alivenci.
• Apopuțeaia — A rare Romanian patronymic surname formed in rural environments through archaic compounding from the possessive/descendant prefix 'A-' combined with the regional nickname, surname, or root 'Popuțea' (a local folk diminutive derived from 'Popa'). The name originally designated the descendants or lineage of a person known under this specific nickname in the community.
• Arăboi — An augmentative or colloquial form derived from 'arab', sometimes used historically in spoken language to describe a tall, robust, or powerful Arab man. Figuratively, in certain popular contexts, it functioned as a playful nickname for a man with a very dark complexion.
• Arabu — A Romanian surname or identifier nickname, historically derived from the ethnonym 'Arab', initially used to designate a person originating from Arab lands, an individual with a darker complexion, someone who traveled to the East, or a soldier who served in colonial or Ottoman troops. In national onomastics, it reflects the historical contacts of the Romanian space with the Ottoman Empire and the movement of people in the Mediterranean basin.
• Great blaze — A regional term with an augmentative and pejorative character, used in some popular dialects to describe a huge fire, a violent blaze, or extreme scorching heat; also, in old rural onomastics, it served as a nickname or proper name attributed to a quick-tempered, passionate person, or someone who suffered from a conflagration.
• Young chief shepherd — A rare regional variant or hypocoristic derivative used in Carpathian pastoral communities to designate a young chief shepherd, an assistant shepherd at a sheepfold, or the son of the head shepherd. In some local micro-dialects, the term also functions as a nickname or surname assigned to the descendants of prominent shepherds.
• Badea-Ion character — A traditional compound name or onomastic nickname formed by combining the respectful term 'badea' and the classic given name 'Ion'. It designates an archetypal figure of the Romanian rural householder, frequently used in stories, folk anecdotes, or ballads to individualize a respected, wise character tied to the traditions of the land.