про́звище — meaning in English

prozvishche

English meaning

alias noun A false or assumed name used instead of a person's real one.
moniker noun A name or nickname, often one that's informal or draws attention to some trait.
nickname noun An informal, often affectionate or descriptive name used instead of someone's real name.
sobriquet noun A nickname for a person or thing that describes something about them.
surname noun A person's family name, usually shared with relatives and passed down through generations.

про́звище is used for these senses in English:

alias Another name; especially, an assumed name.
moniker A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
nickname A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
sobriquet A familiar name for a person or thing; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others) that is descriptive.
surname The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

noun A false or assumed name used instead of a person's real one.
noun (computing) A short alternative name that stands in for a longer command, file, or database column.
verb To give something an additional, alternative name.