The word "nicknamed" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when talking about a name that someone is commonly referred to as, usually one that is not their given name. For example: He is nicknamed 'The Professor' because of his extensive knowledge.
Rodríguez had barely used Ramírez during the qualifiers but had come under immense pressure from fans to bring the player nicknamed 'El Pelé' to the World Cup.
Kennedy was regarded as one of Britain's finest orators in recent years and was nicknamed "Chat Show Charlie" in light of his easy manner on television that once saw him chair an edition of Have I Got News for You.
The so-called Golden Triangle - Montenapo (as it's nicknamed), della Spiga and Sant Andrea - is the setting for a good deal of preening and posturing.
Coached by a man fittingly nicknamed "the Stopper", German Uli Stielike, South Korea have not conceded a single goal in the tournament, keeping five clean sheets.
The prosecutor, Claire Stevens, told the court that Flowers, nicknamed the Crystal Methodist, had been secretly filmed handing over £300 in £20 notes in the back of a car in Leeds on 9 November last year.
Kennedy was nicknamed "Chat Show Charlie" in light of his easy manner on television and once chaired an edition of Have I Got News for You.
The GMC van that Clinton's aides told reporters she had nicknamed 'Scooby', after a van featured in the Scooby-Doo cartoon, had blacked-out windows and was driven by secret service.
Jacob adds that if you look at early buildings by the architectural giant SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill), they are indistinguishable from Mies; so much so, in fact, that Frank Lloyd Wright nicknamed the trio The Three Blind Mies.
Myerscough, nicknamed the 'Blackpool Tower', told BBC Sport: "I finally [got a medal], I am very delighted.
A senior Bank of England official nicknamed The Hammer was sent emails that, it is claimed, played a key role in the rigging of lending rates between banks, according to evidence presented in the first criminal trial in the Libor scandal.
A supervision fee, nicknamed the Tesco fee for the British retail chain which is active in eastern and central Europe, will be raised significantly for large, typically foreign-owned firms.
