Name of man in some short form (5)
I believe the answer is:
simon
'name of man in some short form' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'name of man in some short form' is the wordplay.
'short' indicates taking the first letters.
'form' indicates an anagram (another form of the letters).
The first letters of 'name of man in some' is 'nomis'.
'nomis' anagrammed gives 'SIMON'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for simon that I've seen before include "he says it's a game" , "Bolivar, de Montfort, Callow or Cowell?" , "He's simple in rhyme" , "- Templar, The Saint" , "- Bol'var, S. American liberator" .)