360+ Pet Names For Your Special Someone (With Witty & Funny Choices)

 

Why Pick A Pet Name For Your Loved One?

Couples have different reasons for picking an endearment or pet name for their loved one. Many do it to have a special name for that special person that no one else uses.

While some people might think affectionate nicknames are cheesy, even cringe-worthy, a study in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships showed that couples who use idioms or terms of endearment might have better relationship satisfaction than those who don’t. (1)

The researchers suggest that this can signify a healthy and strong relationship. (1)

We’ve prepared this list of 360+ adorable nicknames and cute pet names for girls and boys to help you and your loved one find the best nicknames to call each other.

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone (By Category)

What Name Can I Call My Lover?

1. Babe
2. Beau
3. Boo
4. Bubby
5. Doll
6. Dreamboat
7. Dreamgirl
8. Favorite
9. Gorgeous
10. Honey Bee
11. Love
12. Lovey
13. Mami
14. Papi
15. Romeo
16. Sweetie
17. Teddy Bear

 

Best Pet Names For Partners

1. Angel
2. Beloved
3. Boobie
4. Darling
5. Honey Pop
6. Little Mama
7. Sugar
8. Sunshine
9. Superstar
10. Sweetheart
11. Tea Cup

 

Affectionate & Cute Nicknames

1. Angelwing
2. Babes
3. Cuddly-Wuddly
4. Cutie Patootie
5. Cutie Pie
6. Honey Bunny
7. Little Heart
8. Peach
9. Star Shine
10. Sugarplum

 

Romantic Pet Names For Special People

1. Apple of My Eye
2. Baby Cakes
3. Baby Love
4. Berry Boo
5. Honey Badger
6. Lovie
7. My One And Only
8. Nibbles
9. Snookums

 

Powerful Pet Names For Your Loved One

1. Baron
2. Boss
3. Captain
4. Chief
5. Dear Majesty
6. Doc
7. Duke
8. King
9. Knight in Shining Armour
10. Major
11. Prince
12. Queen
13. Robinhood
14. Sergeant
15. Sheriff
16. Sir
17. Superman

 

Funny & Witty Pet Names

1. Bawcock – “Fine fellow”
2. Bogey
3. Boo Thing
4. Boy Toy
5. Bubble Butt
6. Bugs
7. Chicken Butt
8. Chipmunk
9. Cutie Patootie
10. Frostie
11. Fuzzy Butt
12. Goofo
13. Hot Stuff
14. Lovebug
15. Old Man
16. Old Thing
17. Queenie
18. Skippy
19. Smarty Pants
20. Statue
21. Toots
22. Trouble

 

Creative & Unique Pet Names

1. Babylicious
2. Boogie Bear
3. Cookie Kiss
4. Little Muppet
5. Pickle
6. Pudding Pop

 

Special Pet Name For A Special Someone (How Well Do You Them?)

1. Baby Face
2. My Fair Lady
3. Partner in Crime
4. Squishy
5. Stud Muffin
6. Sun Beams

 

Playful & Tender Pet Names

1. Bae
2. Buttercup
3. Duckling
4. Honey Pot
5. Pumpkin
6. Shug

 

What Are Flirty Unisex Nicknames?

1. Cutiepie
2. Dream Boat
3. Good-looking
4. Honey Bunches
5. Lover
6. Precious
7. Snuggle
8. Sugar Lips

 

What Is A Flirty Nickname For A Girl (Wives & Girlfriends)?

1. Baby Doll
2. Beautiful
3. Cherry Blossom
4. Cinnamon Girl
5. Mama Bear
6. Princess
7. Rosebud

 

What Are Flirty Nicknames For Guys (Husbands & Boyfriends)?

1. Baby Boy
2. Casanova
3. Handsome
4. Honeybun
5. Hunk-A-Lunk
6. Lover Boy
7. Mister Man
8. My Knight
9. Sir-Loves-A-Lot
10. Stud

 

Celebrity & Pop Culture Nicknames As Pet Names

1. Chewbacca
2. Cookie Monster
3. Drogo
4. He-Man
5. Hercules
6. Hulk
7. Ironman
8. McDreamy
9. McSteamy
10. Mr. Big
11. Pepper Potts
12. Pooh Bear
13. Prince Charming
14. Spice Girl
15. Spice Guy

 

Yummylicious Food-Inspired Pet Names

1. Big Mac
2. Cheesecake
3. Cupcake
4. Eye Candy
5. Gummy Bear
6. Honey Bun
7. Marshmallow
8. Muffin
9. Nugget
10. Popsicle
11. Potato Cakes
12. Pudding

 

Nature-Inspired Pet Names

1. Bear
2. Chickadee
3. Dove
4. Penguin
5. Stallion
6. Tiger

 

Exotic Pet Names From Around The World

Gaelic & Irish Pet Names

1. Acushla – “Darling”
2. Mo Chuisle – “My pulse”; pronounced as “mo kosh-leh”

 

Greek Pet Names

1. Agapi Mou – “My love”
2. Matakia Mou – “My little eyes”

 

Arabic, Persian, & Turkish Pet Names

1. Bebetom (Turkish) – “My baby”
2. Canim (Turkish) – “My life”
3. Habibi Albi (Arabic) – “Love of my heart”
4. Ya Rouhi (Arabic) – “You’re my soul”

 

Italian Pet Names

1. Amore – “Love”
2. Cara Mia – “My beloved”
3. Tesoro – “Treasure”

 

French Pet Names

1. Ma Jolie – “My pretty girl”
2. Mon Ange – “My angel”
3. Mon Petit Chouchou – “My little cabbage”; pronounced as “mon-pe-tee-sho-shoo”
4. Monsieur – “Sir” or “mister”; pronounced as “moo-shoo”

 

Spanish Pet Names

1. Cariño – “Honey” or “affection”
2. Corazón – “Heart”
3. Guapo – “Handsome”; pronounced as “gwa-poh”
4. Mi Amor – “My love”
5. Terrón de Azúcar – “Sugar lump”

 

Russian Pet Names

1. Lyubov Moya – “My love”
2. Moya Golubushka – “My little love”
3. Rodnoy – “Soulmate”
4. Solnishko – “Little sunshine”

 

German Pet Names

1. Kuschelbär – “Cuddle bear”; pronounced as “koo-shell-bear”
2. Liebling – “Darling”
3. Schnuckiputzi – “Cutie pie”; pronounced as “sno-kee-put-zee”

 

Korean Pet Names

1. Jagiya – “Baby”
2. Kiyomi – “Cutie”
3. Oppa – “Older brother” or “honey”

 

Japanese Pet Names

1. Danna – “Hubby”
2. Darin – “Darling”
3. Yome – “Wifey”

 

Other Pet Names From Different Languages

1. Amorzinho (Portuguese) – “Sweetheart”
2. Chang Noi (Vietnamese) – “Little elephant”
3. Joon (Farsi) – “Dear”
4. Ke Aloha (Hawaiian name) – “Beloved”
5. Muru (Finnish) – “Crumb”

 

Pet Names For Best Friends

1. Chica – “Little girl”
2. Giggles
3. Sassy

 

Pet Names For Casual Friends

1. Buddy
2. Dude
3. Guy
4. Pal
5. Sport

 

Pet Names For Your Baby’s Dad

1. Baby Daddy
2. Big Daddy
3. Papa Bear
4. Papito

 

Couple Pet Names

1. Adam & Eve
2. Milk & Cookies
3. Papa Bear & Mama Bear
4. Peanut Butter & Jelly
5. Sall & Pepper

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone From A To Z

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With A

1. Apricot
2. Avocado

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With B

1. Baker’s Dozen
2. Bella
3. BFG – Big Friendly Giant
4. Binky
5. Booboo Bear
6. Braveheart
7. Bubba
8. Bubs

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With C

1. Candy
2. Captain Hottie Pants
3. Care Bear
4. Champ
5. Charmy
6. Cinnamon
7. Cowboy
8. Cuddle Cake
9. Cutie Cutes

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With D

1. Dimples
2. Dionysus – Greek god of wine and ecstasy
3. Divine
4. Don Juan
5. Dragon
6. Dumpling

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With E

1. Earth Nut
2. Eclair
3. Eve

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With F

1. Fella
2. Firecracker
3. Fluffy
4. Fly-guy
5. Foxy
6. Frisco
7. Fruit Loop

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With G

1. GOAT – Greatest of All Time
2. Goober

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With H

1. Heartstopper
2. Honey butter biscuit
3. Hot Lips
4. Hot Pants
5. Hot Shot
6. Hottie McHotpants
7. Hubba Bubba
8. Hunk

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With I

1. Ice Cream
2. Iceberg
3. Icing

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With J

1. Jelly Belly
2. Jellybean
3. Jewel

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With K

1. King Kisses
2. Kit Kat
3. Knight

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With L

1. Light of My Life
2. Lamb Chop
3. Lovey-dovey

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With M

1. Macho Mack
2. Main Squeeze
3. Manly Man
4. Maverick
5. Meatball
6. Merlin
7. Miss Kitty
8. Mopsy
9. Muscleman
10. Muscles
11. My Dude

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting with N

1. Nachos
2. Nori
3. Num Nums
4. Nutter Butter

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With O

1. Olive Oil
2. Orange
3. Oreo
4. Other Half

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With P

1. Papi
2. Peachy Pie
3. Peanut
4. Playboy
5. Pookie
6. Poppet
7. Poppyseed
8. Professor

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With Q

1. Quark
2. Quesadilla
3. Quiche
4. Quirky

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With R

1. Ramen Noodles
2. Raspberry
3. Ravioli
4. Rover

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With S

1. Sailor
2. Schmoopy
3. Snappy
4. Snowflake
5. Snuggle Buggle
6. Spice Boy
7. Studly
8. Studmuffin
9. Sugar Snap Pea
10. Sweet Cheeks
11. Sweet Pea
12. Swoon

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With T

1. Tarzan
2. Tater Tot
3. Teddy
4. Tootsie Roll

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With U

1. Una (Latin) – “First” or “number one”
2. Unique
3. Usain (Caribbean) – “Handsome”

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With V

1. Valiant
2. Vedad (Bosnian) – “Love”
3. Vieno (Hungarian and Finnish) – “Gentle”
4. Viking

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With W

1. Wicky Poo
2. Wild Thing
3. Wolf
4. Wonderboy
5. Wookie
6. Wuvy

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With X

1. Xara – “Princess”
2. Xasan (Somali and Arabic) – “Handsome”
3. Xiao Bao (Chinese) – “Little bun”

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With Y

1. Yaffa (Hebrew) – “Beautiful”
2. Yuki (Japanese) – “Happiness”

 

Pet Names For Your Special Someone Starting With Z

1. Zahir (Arabic) – “Supporter”
2. Zaya (Mongolian) – “Destiny”
3. Zuri (Swahili) – “Beautiful”
4. Zusman (Yiddish) – “Sweet man”

 

Pet Names For Your Animal Friends

Favorite Pet Names For Cats

Favorite Girl Cat Names

1. Duchess
2. Luna
3. Pixie

 

Favorite Boy Cat Names

1. Frodo
2. Puss
3. Tom

 

Favorite Pet Names For Dogs

Favorite Female Dog Names

1. Bella
2. Fifi
3. Moxie

 

Favorite Male Dog Names

1. Baron
2. Dash
3. Max
4. Paws
5. Rocky

 

Other Popular Choices For All Pets

1. Bullet
2. Cooper
3. Daisy
4. Milo
5. Nala
6. Simba

 

Factors To Consider When Choosing Or Creating Pet Names

For Your Special Someone

Pet names don’t usually follow any baby name conventions. Here are some tips for choosing or creating one:

• Try to make it unique
• Pick an attribute or asset that makes your special someone stand out from the crowd (e.g., “Captain Hottie Pants” or “Dimples”).
• Think of something about your loved one that you really like (e.g., “Hot Lips” or “Smokey Eyes”).
• Choose a metaphor or add something interesting (e.g., “Heartstopper” or “Wild Thing”).
• When choosing funny pet names, think about how they might sound to someone else.
• Pet names mentioning body parts are common, but you might want to stay away from private parts (although the butt seems to be popular, e.g., “Fuzzy Butt” and “Bubble Butt”).
• You can also consider a foreign language for your pet names.
• Check for popular and trending names to see if you can find something you and your partner like.

 

Some Tips For Choosing Names For Pets

Like pet names (for humans), naming pets don’t follow conventions. You can even choose names that mean “death” or scary, witchy names.

For example, some pet owners named their dogs “Thanatos” after the Greek god and personification of death or “Hades” after the god of the underworld in Greek mythology.

 

Other Pet Names To Try

• Boy dog names
• Girl cat names
• Girl dog names
• Greek dog names

 

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• Country boy names
• Unique girl names
• Girl names starting with K
• Male Greek god names
• Biblical girl names
• Mexican boy names
• Goddess names for girls
• Black girl names
• Old-English names for men
• Mexican girl names
• Middle names for girls
• Greek gods and goddesses

 

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References

(1) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0265407593104009