Aka (also written a.k.a. or AKA) stands for also known as. You put it between a main name and another name the same person or thing goes by: a writer's pen name, a thief's street name, a company's trading name, a song's other title.

Aka (also written a.k.a. or AKA)Aka（也可以寫成a.k.a.或AKA）， stands for also known as意思是「亦稱、又叫做」。 You put it between a main name and another name the same person or thing goes by你把它放在主要名字和同一個人或東西的另一個名字之間： a writer's pen name作家的筆名， a thief's street name小偷的外號， a company's trading name公司的商用名， a song's other title歌曲的另一個名字。

Newspapers, police reports, and the internet use it constantly. It is handy and a little informal; in a very careful essay you might write the three words out in full.

Newspapers, police reports, and the internet use it constantly報紙、警方報告和網路上經常使用它。 It is handy and a little informal它很方便，但有點口語； in a very careful essay在非常講究的文章裡， you might write the three words out in full你可能會把三個字完整寫出來。

You can read it letter by letter, A-K-A, which is the usual way, or run it together. It does not mean the second name is fake — only that it is the other label people use.

You can read it letter by letter, A-K-A你可以一個字母一個字母唸，A-K-A， which is the usual way這是常見的唸法， or run it together或者連著唸。 It does not mean the second name is fake它不代表第二個名字是假的—— only that it is the other label people use只是說那是大家用的另一個稱呼。

There is a different, rarer word aka from Māori, meaning a kind of vine; that is not this one.

There is a different, rarer word aka from Māori另外還有一個比較少見、來自毛利語的aka， meaning a kind of vine意思是一種藤蔓； that is not this one但那不是這個詞。