The story of Æthelred's notorious nickname, " Æthelred the Unready ", from Old English Æþelræd Unræd, goes a long way toward explaining how his reputation has declined through history.

His nickname of the ' Unræd ' or ' Unready ' means ill-advised, indicating that contemporaries regarded those who sat in the witan as in part responsible for the failure of his reign.

But the nickname never stuck and Gehrig was no match for Ruth in `` color '' -- which is sometimes a polite word for delinquent behavior on and off the field.

The title refers to the nickname given his wife by the composer, who is also a member of the National Film Board of Canada.

* Atlas is a nickname for Michael Marra, a Scottish musician ( born 1952 )

As king, Afonso IV is remembered as a soldier and a valiant general, hence the nickname the Brave.

Arizona State University's Division I athletic teams are called the Sun Devils, which is also the nickname used to refer to students and alumni of the university.

* Molly Pitcher was a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Battle of Monmouth, who is generally believed to have been Mary Ludwig Hays McCauly.

Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State.

There is a Mozart reference in the title — A Little Night Music is an occasionally used translation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, the nickname of Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525.

One well-known association the town has is with the ' Accrington Pals ', the nickname given to the smallest home town battalion of volunteers formed to fight in the first world war.

Strictly speaking, the ' Accrington Pals ' battalion is properly known as the ' 11th East Lancashire Regiment ': the nickname is a little misleading, since of the four 250-strong companies that made up the original battalion only one was actually composed of men from Accrington.

However, the nickname is also factually accurate, as the city ’ s tree coverage percentage is at 36 %, the highest out of all major American cities, and above the national average of 27 %.

The movie's title is from the nickname for the 41st Police Precinct in the South Bronx which was nicknamed " Fort Apache ".

The city was referred to as " Hüdavendigar " ( meaning " God's Gift ") during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is " Yeşil Bursa " ( meaning " Green Bursa ") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in the surrounding region.

A common nickname for the intentional walk is four-finger salute, since most managers call for an intentional walk by holding up four fingers.

Other names were sometimes used before Boston officially adopted the nickname " Braves " in ; the club eventually left Boston for Milwaukee and is now playing in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ẓahīr ad-Dīn Muḥammad (, also known by his royal titles as al-ṣultānu ' l-ʿazam wa ' l-ḫāqān al-mukkarram bādshāh-e ġāzī ), is more commonly known by his nickname, Bābur (< big > بابر </ big >).

In the 2006 anime Black Lagoon, the nickname of the local Russian mob boss is " Balalaika ".

According to Hippolytus of Rome, John Mark is not Mark the Cousin of Barnabas, and Barnabas did not dispute with Paul because of personal favor to a blood relative, but due to his character as his nickname Barnabas (" Son of Encouragement ") indicates.

This area of Manhattan is often called the Theater District or the Great White Way, a nickname originating in the headline " Found on the Great White Way " in the February 3, 1902 edition of the New York Evening Telegram.

" Great White Way " is a nickname for a section of Broadway in the Midtown section of the New York City borough of Manhattan, specifically the portion that encompasses the Theatre District, between 42nd and 53rd Streets, and encompassing Times Square.

" The Big Apple " is a nickname for New York City.

It is possible that the writer simply understood " Big Apple " as an appropriate nickname for any large city:

The author opens with a prologue, usually taken to be addressed to an individual by the name of Theophilus ( though this name, which translates literally as " God-lover ", may be a nickname rather than a personal appellation ) and references " my earlier book "— almost certainly the Gospel of Luke.

Moonie, a family name in the United Kingdom, is used as a nickname for members of the Unification Church and is sometimes considered offensive in that use although not usually in others.

After the cognomen became hereditary and lost its function as a nickname, a second nickname, or agnomen, was appended to the name after birth — usually not immediately — to signify some personal characteristic or accomplishment.

The London underground is nicknamed " The Tube " A nickname is " a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name ", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name.

The main drink in a British working men's cafe is usually tea, especially " builder's tea " ( a nickname for a mug of strong black tea, such as English breakfast tea, usually served with milk and sugar and is typically robust and flavourful with a brisk character and a dark red colour ).

One authority said of the crowd which gathered there, " They had the hair of their heads very few of them longer than their ears, whereupon it came to pass that those who usually with their cries attended at Westminster were by a nickname called Roundheads ".

The English word terrible is usually used to translate the Russian word grozny in Ivan's nickname, but the modern English usage of terrible, with a pejorative connotation of bad or evil, does not precisely represent the intended meaning.

Some of the culture of the late 1970s included what was termed the " Castro clone ", a mode of dress and personal grooming -- tight denim jeans, black or desert sand colored combat boots, tight T-shirt or, often, an Izod crocodile shirt, possibly a red plaid flannel outer shirt, and usually sporting a mustache or full beard — in vogue with the gay male population at the time, and which gave rise to the nickname " Clone Canyon " for the stretch of Castro Street between 18th and Market Streets.

The team gained the nickname " Lob City " due to several alley-oop plays, usually from Paul to Griffin or Jordan.

Koster wrote a number of public " designer letters " and usually went by his nickname of Designer Dragon.

His full name is given as Reginald Mantle, but he is usually called by his nickname Reggie, and sometimes refers to himself as " Mantle, The Magnificent.

The widely used nickname for the R-7 launcher, " semyorka ", means ( colloquially, affectionately ) " the digit 7 " or a " group of seven " ( usually people rather than inanimate objects ) in Russian.

Gilberto Hernández ( ; ; born 1 February, 1957 ; usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also by the nickname Beto ()), is an American cartoonist.

At some point ( usually said to be during his time in the Reagan Administration ) Perle acquired the nickname " The Prince of Darkness ", which has been used both as a slur by his critics and as a joke by supporters.

In baseball, a nickname for any pitch intended to establish a pitcher's command of the inside portion of the strike zone, usually involving throwing a pitch at or near a hitter who may be covering that portion of the strike zone.

The nickname ' Old House ' has historically been used to refer to the whole college, but most usually to designate the main college buildings, as opposed to outlying places.

" Chief " is another nickname, usually for those who hold the quartermaster's role.

This nickname, which is usually regarded as a title of both esteem and camaraderie, is generally acceptable for use in all but formal and ceremonial situations.

* hypocoronym or hypocoristic: a colloquial, usually unofficial, name of an entity ; a pet-name or " nickname "

The nickname by which he is usually referred has no certain translation.

* Calina ( fictitious ), usually known as Ligia ( Lygia in some translations ), the daughter of a deceased king of the Ligians, a barbarian tribe ( hence her nickname ).

Beth is a popular female name in English ; it is usually a nickname for: