What are your childrens nicknames and why?

Jo - posted on 02/04/2012

My eldest, a 15 year old daughter called Lourdes Matilda, we call her Lo, Lola or Lol, sometimes call her Tills though.

My eldest boy, 14 year old Reed Otto, we call him Reedy usually, but when other kids were small he was 'Ree-ree'

My next oldest is Jude Harvey, 13. We call him Ju, Juje (joo-j) or Harves. But usually just Jude, since it is short enough anyway.

My 12 year old daughter, Marley Alabama usually goes by Marls or Bam Bam when she was little.

India Sage is 10 years old and generally goes by Indy/Indi/Indie.

My youngest, Tallulah Darcie is babied by everyone. We call her bubs a lot, or be-be (beh-beh) a because Indy couldn't quite get "baby". Other than that we usually call her Luls or Lula.

Ashleigh Jade - posted on 02/12/2011

My eldest daughter tameeka i call munchkin (dont remember how that started tho), she also gets meeka moo,no bum and miss priss(shes 4 and is very fussy and set in her ways)

My middle child caleb is chicken because when i was 3weeks preg, was in a car accident,so they did an ultrasound, anyways it looked like an egg, so hes my lil chicken

And my youngest child tyler gets ty-ty(obv reason) and dancing queen as he has just recently started walking and when ever he hears music he jumps up and down and wiggles his bum.cutest thing.

Sarah - posted on 01/24/2011

Miggy. his name is Marshall and he eats everything in sight and loves anything to do with piggys so i call him Miggy or Miggster

Kylee - posted on 01/13/2011

My 11 year old is 'ears' because he is a nosey lil bugger who has to listen to everything. His name is Camaron so is also called 'cam' or 'camo'. My 8 year ols son is 'bones' because he is sskinny as a rake and bony! Any my 2 year old son is 'cranky pants' because when he was a baby he was cranky unless he was being held.

Kunang - posted on 12/08/2010

Goosie gumdrop Gracie pants, because shes a precious goose who likes to poo in her pants.. Miss Potato head, because when my Mum first met her she said. "Gosh, shes got a big head.. like a potato!" Hehe.

Jessica - posted on 09/22/2010

My 8 year old sons name is Reegon and he gets Reegs for short.



4 year old daughter is Matilda and she gets Tilly mainly, or Tilda, Tildi, Til etc. She has red curly hair that is wild and gets all sorts of stuff stuck in it, so she also gets called "Fluff Head"! haha She has also been known as "Red" by her Pop, not only cos of the red hair but the red M&M on the TV ads remind us of her, very cheeky!



1 year old daughter is Juliet, she gets called JZ (NOT her initials as her middle name is Piper) or Jaez for short. She had a back problem from birth and wouldn't lay down and was always crying. After a few weeks, everytime she cried my DH and I would say "Geez", that went to Jaez and then the Jaezee came, now it is mainly just JZ. It is mainly just DH the kids and I that call her this though, all other family members use her name.

Leah - posted on 07/15/2010

my eldest is Bella and she gets that because her name is Isabella but she also gets 'Froggy' hubby came up with it because she used to put her legs either side of herself when sitting and jump up with her body.
my 2nd get Lilly or Lil because her name is Lillian but also gets Poss or Possum because she was very much a night owl awake all night and sleep all day as a baby.
my 3rd gets Bear or Claire bear, her name is Claire and it just kinda stuck, she also gets carebear and bear bear because her baby sister coudnt say claire bear and always came out as bear bear and care bear because the girls all have a carebear each and her bigger sisters just started calling her carebear.
my youngest dughter emilie gets emmy and em because of her name being emilie but she also gets moo, moo moo and moosie, i have no idea why but i just started calling her moo and its kinda stuck from there then moo moo and moosie just sorta followed, lol.
my son alexander who is only 7 weeks old gets alex, and aj because of his name is quuicker to say alex and aj because his middle name is james so aj. we also have started calling him squishy because she is such a cuddly baby and he always squishes up his nose whenever he gets a kiss.

Joanne - posted on 05/24/2010

My daughter Mikayla who is now 6yrs had the nickname 'bug' or 'buggie' from birth. The name came from her being very small at birth and when we wrapped her up in her blanket she looked like a bug in a rug:)

Bethany - posted on 05/21/2010

Charlotte is 15 mths and she gets Charlotte Bunny, and Little Chicken from her Daddy. I find LaLa coming out of my mouth sometimes, short for Charlotte, but not really any shorter...and that'll probably stick. But she'll always be her Daddy's Little Charlotte Bunny.

Becky - posted on 05/20/2010

When I was 1st pregnant my husband & I referred to our baby as 'peanut' and were able to keep it a secret for 9 weeks cos no-one knew what we were talking about. We even talked about the peanut on our wedding day without anyone getting suss.
We decided to find out the sex of our baby & at 19 weeks we named our little girl Sasha Grace.
She is now 6 months old and when she is tired she snuggles in like a cuddly little koala, earning her the nicknames Sashi Bear and Baby Bear.

Karen - posted on 05/02/2010

my 3 1/2 yr old brendon gets turdy cause he went through a stage of only answering that and he also gets monkey cause he hangs onto you like a baby monkey

Laura - posted on 05/01/2010

my 4 yr olds name is codi but we call him buddy, he is always trying to be someones friend, so the name has just stuck, our little girls name is maddyson 20month, so its maddy for short or feral cos she never stops moving and has wild curly hair that looks untamed, when she was born it was bubbles seeing as she was always blowing bubbles

Kellie - posted on 04/28/2010

My oldest is chook or jeffie and his pop calls him jed, when he was little we called him monkey because no matter how hard I tried to keep things out of his reach he climbed up to get them.

My youngest son Liam gets chicken and go go chicken or just go go from me he was so little and slightly yellow when he was born so little chicken just stuck and the go go came from his excitement level, the more excited the faster the legs go.

My husband called Jeff squirt cause he was so little born and Liam is Lamb chop or lamby for short

Ayalani - posted on 04/20/2010

My little boys nickname is Tonk (Tonka Truck) as he is made as tough as they come! He was born at 27 weeks and had a rough start to life spending 12 weeks in NICU. But he just keeps getting stronger and stronger and defying all of the Drs expectations so he is out little Tonka. He is now 11 months old and you wouldnt even know he was Premmie if you saw him now!

Krissy - posted on 04/08/2010

Common nicknames for my son are noddy, gingernut etc anything involving red hair really lol because he is the only one in my whole family with bright beautiful red locks lol.

Melly - posted on 04/06/2010

We're a bit like you Christie, nicknames get used alot more around here than the real names. Including all the animals.

From the day he was born, my little man was called monkey pants. It just suited him, and still does. He also gets Mr Pants, Monkey Pantaloonies, Monk Monk, Monkey Moo and Bugs/Buggy (as in buggaluggs). I very very rarely refer to him by his name, which is Liam. Its pretty much Monkey Pants all the time, and its everyone that calls him that, not just me and the OH. I have to stop and think when people ask him name, to make sure i am going to say Liam and not Monkey Pants.

Our dog dosnt respond to her real name (Marli) and only comes to her nickname (MooMoo or Mooma). So I hope when Liam grows up he doesnt think his name is Monkey Pants :O

Emma - posted on 03/26/2010

i call my little man Monster due to when he throws a tantrum he gets really grouchy

Samara - posted on 03/24/2010

We call our daughter Booksie. it first started off when she was 7 days old when we called her Snookems, that was shortened to Snooks.....then Snookety Books.....then Booksie.

Candice - posted on 03/22/2010

My son's name is Alex so we call him Ally-cat and Ally-Bobaly - sounds silly but it suits him for now

Sarah - posted on 02/09/2010

my daughter emily doesn't have a nickname, i guess that will come from her friends as she gets older but my son thomas has the nickname boy, how he got this was from my daughter, when he was born she couldn't say his name so she kept calling him boy and still does every now and then even though he is 10 months and she can say his name... everybody now calls him boy in a way its like they forgot that we named him thomas... LOL but i just wonder will this be his nickname throughout school also... i guess we'll find out in years to come

Melissa - posted on 02/08/2010

My 4 1/2yo daughters nickname is Noodle, coz she has ringlets and it looks like she has noodles growing off her head! she loves the nicknme and if anyone asks her name she replies Noodle!

Rikki - posted on 02/04/2010

my son is tyler and i call him bb short for bubby i guess lol and we also call him maxter baxter mostly because he loves the name and smiles when we call him that lol

Emma - posted on 02/02/2010

My Daughter Nikki has a few Nicknames, but the ones I tend to use most atm is Turtle, this was because just after she was born my mother and sister and my two lil nephews went to the sydney zoo and bought back pics and I was showing my daughter and whe we came across the turtles she just went crazy. Second atm is bumble bee now real reason for that just thinks it's cute. But atm she gets called Bunni because she crawls around the floor making lil bunny noises which I think is absolutely gorgeous, it sounds likes she's blowing kisses only she's sucking in her bottom lip and tapping her top gum on it. So she's my lil Bunni atm.



Almost forgot she also get's Missy Moo Cow when she's grumpy. lol

Cassandra - posted on 01/21/2010

My daughter Angelique only has Angel & mini kidman because she has the same hair as nicole kidman. my son branden has lots of nick names, some are: Buda because he was so big at birth and looked like one, nackers because of his last name (Wegrzyniak) & snappy tom for his cranky days

Alison - posted on 01/18/2010

My husband calls our daughter, Serena; "Monkey-Bum", but most of the time she is just "Beanie" because our first ultrasound at 6wks, showed her looking like a baked bean. Our twins, Tane and Carver, 5months, have plenty of nicknames, usually "Big"and "Little", because it took 4 days for us to name them and just called them that until we decided. Although Tane, occassionally gets "man-boobs" because he is such a little fatty. a bit mean, but won't last forever!!

Tanya - posted on 01/16/2010

my daughter tia-rose has a few such as pumpkin rose, miss t-rose, messy T, and TIA-ROSE MANTHEY (the last one if for when shes in trouble) PMSL!
my son seth has a few as well... sethy, sethy boi, sethy bum, butt pain and pumpkin nose.... The last one is cause his nostrils are huge and his nose looks like a pumpkin LOL my daughter was jelous of that nick so i gave her pumpkin rose as in her middle name! silly names and nothing flash but they respond to them lol

Kimberley - posted on 01/16/2010

My 9 week old son Zachary was called 'buddy' by his daddy almost immedialtey after he was born because that was going to be his little buddy ♥ I also call him Twinkles because his favourite song is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Bubsy. Bubbaloo

Tracy - posted on 01/15/2010

my daughter gets Midget from her aunty's as she has always been quite small, she sometimes gets skinny ribs as well, when my son was first born my husband started calling him Booger, we didn't have a name for him until he was two weeks old so we had to call him something... lol.... he also gets Will-i-am like the rapper. lol

Sue - posted on 01/15/2010

For my son, I call him 'Shadow" or "Shads", as he tends to follow you around like a shadow, and my daughter her nickname is EC well that is from her initials, or she gets called Eri Beri

Stephanie - posted on 12/26/2009

i call my 4 month old bubba, baby girl and Beautiful lol nothing to creative i mostly call her by her name tho

Nyree - posted on 12/19/2009

even tho my son is almost 4 i still call him bubba. before he was born we knew his name was going to be john and wen we spoke about him we called him bubba john and it gre on me. it stuck to him like glue and i spose i still like to see him as a bubba. even tho he isnt :(

Christie - posted on 11/18/2009

Brayden, my 12 month old gets called Fooks at the moment by his father and I. It started as Pookie Man, then it was shortened to Pookie, then Pooks and somehow it got morphed into Fooks. My parents call him Cheeky Man or sometimes they revert back to Pookie. My fiance's mother calls him Bubba-louie and I have no idea why. lol
He responds to all of the nicknames and thankfully it hasn't confused him, but we also have 4 different nicknames for our dog and Brayden knows all of those too.
I try and call him by his first name as much as possible but in our household (as you can probably tell), nicknames are used much more frequently.

Tori - posted on 11/04/2009

My eldest Tayla got Wench because she was the 1st girl in the family after 5 boys.Or she gets spud coz she had a funny shaped head when she was born. My 2nd got Jungle Boy because his name is Jhye from the old Tarzan movies. Number 3 gets Twist. His name is Tristan. Number 4 Montana gets Moo or Tana. Number 5 Grady gets Grub.& he lives up to it coz he's always Grubby.That started coz his sister was only 2 when he was born & she said he was her baby Grubber.

Joanne - posted on 09/25/2009

my oldest daughter kailee get pumpkin as that is all she wuld eat as a baby. my second daughter heidi gets heids forr obvious reasons but she also gets doosh. which started as i used to call her heidoosh but it ended up as doosh. and my youngest daughter madalyn is only 6 monthsols so she still gets bubba but i am sure that will change as soon as her personality starts to show through a bit more

Sarah - posted on 09/23/2009

we call my step son who's name is Alexander Xander, Munchkin, munchkin man, mister Magoo and plenty more... not really sure how he got any of those nick names though except xander cuz his name shortened ..

Carly - posted on 09/02/2009

Our son's nickname is Mr Chop. I would call him "cheeky chop", then my husband would say "That's MR Chop to you!" and it stuck. Sometimes it gets changed again to Choppy-Pop or Cheekada-Chopada or some other silly variation. We realised we hardly ever use his name and he was going to get confused at childcare when they actually called him Alexei! I try and make an effort to use his name at least 50% of the time now.