awesomefrench:
- Puce, ma puce (My ‘flea’) : Girls
- Poulette, ma poulette (My ‘young hen’) : Girls
- Poulet, mon poulet (My ‘chicken’) : Boys
- Bichette, ma bichette (My ‘little doe’) : Girls
- Bichon, mon bichon (My ‘Maltese dog’) : Boys and girls.
- Mon chou, chouchou (My dear/ My “sweet”) : Boys and girls.
- Doudou (‘cuddly blanket’) : Boys and girls.
- Mon chéri, ma chérie (Darling) : Boys and girls.
- Chaton (‘Kitten’) : Boys and girls.
- Loulou : Boys
- We add ending to the name, kind of like Spanish does : -ounet/te. For example, a girl called Laure : Laurounette. A boy called Louis : Louinounet.
- We add “petit/petite” too, like “Ma petite Laure”, or “Ma petite puce”, “Mon petit bichon”…
For children only :
- Crevette (‘Schrimp’) : Boys and girls, for toddlers.
- Bout de chou (‘Piece of sweet’) : Babies.
- Champion, petit champion : Boys
- Poupée (‘babydoll’) : Girls; do not ever use this one for grownup girls, it would be really… naff XD
- Princesse, Cendrillon (‘Cinderella’) : Girls
For the anon asking about petnames for husbands, I bolded in the list some we use for that :)
You can also say:
- Mon amour (‘My love’)
- Mon coeur (‘My heart’)
- Mon ange (‘My angel’)
