alethonym

noun /əˈli.θəˌnɪm/

1. The true name of a person.

   rare

   “Samuel Langhorne Clemens” is the alethonym of “Mark Twain”.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek ἀληθής (alēthḗs, “true”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to aletho- + -onym.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry alethonym (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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