NICKNAMES OF PERSONS

Put a nickname within quotation marks or parentheses on its first appearance:

            Michael "Nick" Nichols

            Capt. E. J. "Scotty" Gall

or       Capt. E. J. (Scotty) Gall

            Walter J. (Wally) Hickel showed me his trophies.

            Wally told me ...

When the nickname is well-known, the given name need not appear at all, nor are quotation marks necessary:

            Babe Ruth

            Butch Cassidy

            Billy the Kid

See also TITLES OF PERSONS, APPELLATIONS AND EPITHETS.