Before the birth, you took the time to look for the perfect baby name. Paul, Jade, Fleur or Gabriel… These pretty first names are quickly driven out by animal, gourmet nicknames, diminutives or invented little names. Anthology of the cutest nicknames.
Pregnant, you have gone around the books of first names, sites referencing the major trends of the moment, taking the time to find, with the future dad, the perfect name for your baby to be born. But, since he pointed the tip of his nose, we have to face the facts: the nickname we give to our child is much more often pronounced than his own first name. Whether you have chosen Emma, Léna, Jade, or Alice for a girl, or Gabriel, Louis and Thomas for a boy… In the end, you are not going to call your child that way, except when your “little rabbit” makes a big stupidity. From greedy nicknames, to those referring to a charming animal, through small names invented from scratch and endearing nicknames… Here is the list of the cutest nicknames given to babies. And you, which one did you adopt?
List of the most greedy nicknames
Because our babies are chewable and we want to “eat” them all day long, we tend to nickname them “my barley sugar”, “my cream puff”, “my little donut”, “my dumpling”, “my cookie”, “my candy” or even “my marshmallow“. It should be noted that babies with very round cheeks are more nicknamed this way by their parents.
Baby nicknames referring to an animal
Nicknames given to babies are often baby animal names. Biquette, lamb, bear, kitten and chick are among these animal nicknames. Other nicknames refer to an animal with a suffix (or) like “rabbit”or else with the option “My little bunny“Parents are also likely to nickname their baby”my little shrimp” or “my little wolf”. For little girls, we also find “Sweetheart”.
The most endearing nicknames
- My love
- My little heart
- My Treasure
- My darling, my darling
- My little one
- doll
Baby nicknames invented by parents
We interviewed young mothers who had assigned an original nickname to their baby. Elodie, mother of a little boy named Liron, chose to name her son “candy” : “a mixture of candy and donut”, she tells us. For Olivia, mother of a little Joseph, the chosen nickname is “Boulou”, named after a particular cake. Boubou, boubounette and Chatoune are the nicknames invented by Emilie, mother of Noa.
So many little words that make children even more unique. The trick is to know from what age these nicknames are likely to bother them growing up (in front of their friends, for example).