nickname vs prename

nickname

noun
  • A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To give a nickname to (a person or thing). 

prename

noun
  • A first name, a forename 

verb
  • To provide with a first name. 

  • To name in advance. 

How often have the words nickname and prename occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )