How to say "alias" in Japanese

• 仮名かめいCommon
  nounA temporary name used in place of the real one; since 仮 means 'temporary', the nuance is of a provisional stand-in name, often used when the real name is withheld.
• 異名いみょうCommon
  nounCovers 'alias' as simply another name or nickname — the epithet a person or thing is also known by — rather than a name deliberately assumed to hide who someone is.
  まずいよ。また遅刻ちこくだ！！はやくも遅刻ちこく魔まの異名いみょうをとってしまう。↗

  Oh no! I'm late again!! I'm going to get the nickname 'King of Late arrival'.
• 雅号がごうCommon
  nounAn elegant pen name in the artistic sphere — the pseudonym a painter, poet or calligrapher signs works with; precise for that sense, but too narrow for 'alias' generally.
• 筆名ひつめいCommon
  nounThe word for a writer's pen name or nom de plume; choose it when 'alias' means an author publishing under another name, not a false or assumed identity.
• 偽名ぎめいCommon
  nounA false name used to deceive — giving police a name that is not your own, for instance; this is the 'alias' that implies concealment or fraud, not an open pen name.
  一般人いっぱんじんを避さけるため、その映画えいがスターは偽名ぎめいでホテルにチェックインした。↗

  In order to elude the eager public, the movie star checked into the hotel under a false name.

Pick by purpose: 仮名 for a temporary stand-in name, 異名 for a nickname or epithet, 雅号 and 筆名 for artistic and literary pen names respectively, and 偽名 for a false name meant to deceive.

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• 仮名かめいalias
• 異名いみょうanother name
• 雅号がごうalias
• 筆名ひつめいalias
• 偽名ぎめいfalse name
• 通称つうしょうpopular name
• エイリアスalias
• またの名またのなalias
• 作り名つくりなalias
• 仮の名かりのなalias
• 通称名つうしょうめいalias
• 変名へんめいassumed name
• 裏名うらなsecret name
• 二つ名ふたつなnickname
• 通り名とおりなname one goes by
• 仮かりfictitious
• 別名べつめいalias
• 別称べっしょうalias
• 雅称がしょうalias
• 一名いちめいanother name
• ことalias