little name

noun

A pet name one is called when one is little or young.

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Meanings

nounlittle name (plural little names)

plural little names

  1. A pet name one is called when one is little or young.

    "Do I have a little name?" "Yes. You have two. Ash or Ashtor."

    2004, Marilyn Mattie Brahen, Claiming Her, page 72
    2 more examples

    Most children have some little name that they are called by besides their Christian name — their pet name, it is called.

    1881, Eleanor A. Bulley, Great Britain for Little Britons, page 11

    What was I supposed to be now, bouncy? In true irony my “little” name had inspired me to become my own version of one of the Seven Dwarfs!

    2007, Debra Borden, A Little Bit Married, page 35

Origin

From little + name.

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APA

little name. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20name

MLA

“little name.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20name. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “little name,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20name.

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