What do British guys call their girlfriends?
Piper Kshlerin
2025-04-21 09:23:27
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At the top of the list, 29% of us use the simple ‘Love’ to call out to our significant other, while very close behind is the classic ‘Babe’ with 25%.
Next up is another staple - ‘Honey’ - with 17% of us using it, while ‘Sweetie’ and ‘Handsome’ round out the top five.
Here are the top 10 pet names used by couples in the UK:
1. Love – 29%
2. Babe – 25%
3. Honey – 17.8%
4. Sweetie – 15.3%
5. Handsome – 9.4%
6. Honey Bun – 7.7%
7. Sweetpie – 7.6%
8. Boo – 5.3%
9. Baby Boy/Baby Girl – 4.8%
10. Princess – 4.7%
You might be a ‘Honey bun’ or a ‘Boo’ to your significant other, but now the UK’s favourite pet-names have been revealed, and there are some surprising choices in there.
Kenny Kassulke
2025-04-21 08:53:31
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British guys call their girlfriends pet, or poppet, or they can also use babe, sweetheart, darling, and other general terms of endearment.
In Southwest England, it’s common for people to use My lover without a sexual or romantic connotation, but this can be used with a girlfriend.
Terms of Endearment for Female Partner can be used, such as baby girl, baby doll, sweet cheeks, my queen, princess, my Juliet, doll, lover-girl, hot mama, dove, peach, gorgeous, girl of my dreams, and shorty.
Some nicknames are used in certain places only, such as the Brits would say pet, while poppet is also used in Britain.
While you can use any of the nicknames mentioned in the general list, the following is exclusive to a female lover only, so it can be used with a girlfriend.
Guy Kuhic
2025-04-21 08:36:26
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My Love emerged as British love bird’s favourite term of endearment, with a third (36 percent) claiming to use it when referring to their better half. Baby (32 percent), handsome (23 percent), lover (15 percent) and Princess (12 percent) also emerged as popular love monikers, as did Honey Bunny (11 percent) and Hot Stuff (9 percent). However, the study also unveiled some of the more weird and wonderful pet names, wheeled out by British lovers, with Nugget, Treacle, Tiger and Pookie making the final top 40 list. The top 10 pet names are My love, Baby, Handsome, Lover, Princess, Honey bunny, Sugar, Sweet cheeks, Hot stuff, and Sunshine. Other popular names include Precious, Old man, Bubs, Beauty, BAE, Pumpkin, Cupcake, Bubba, and Beloved.
Some other names used by British lovers are Mi amor, Big boy, Sugarplum, Baby doll, Muffin, Monkey, Pudding, Love bug, Love muffin, Treacle, Pumpkin Pie, Baby bear, Angel eyes, Tiger, Peaches, Nugget, Snuggle muffin, Pookie, Snookums, and Chickadee.
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