little name

English

Etymology

From little +‎ name.

Noun

little name (plural little names)

  1. A pet name one is called when one is little or young.
    • 1881, Eleanor A. Bulley, Great Britain for Little Britons, page 11:
      Most children have some little name that they are called by besides their Christian name — their pet name, it is called.
    • 2004, Marilyn Mattie Brahen, Claiming Her, page 72:
      "Do I have a little name?" "Yes. You have two. Ash or Ashtor."
    • 2007, Debra Borden, A Little Bit Married, page 35:
      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!
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