Lamb Chop, BAE, Snookums, Hot Stuff or Prawn Cracker – what’s your pet name for your loved one?
As we celebrate Valentine’s Day, the top 40 romantic names loved up couples have for each other have been revealed.
Perhaps, unsurprisingly, My Love emerged as the 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 lovers, with Nugget, Treacle, Tiger and Pookie making the final top 40 list.
More than a third (34 percent) think the pet name their partner has for them is “cute”, while 40 percent claim they “don’t mind it” and a romantic 29 percent said they genuinely “love it”.
A more cynical 18 percent feel the name their partner calls them is a joke which got out of hand, while one in twenty (5 percent) aren’t fond of it or find it annoying.
Despite this, 51 percent feel truly loved when their partner calls them by their special name, with four in ten (40 percent) admitting it helps them feel secure in their relationship.
According to the poll, it takes an average of 25 weeks into a relationship before couples start to create pet names for each other.
While 62 percent never feel self-conscious about their pet name, 18 percent admit that they have been left red-faced when their partner has called them by it in front of friends.
Seven percent admit they have wanted to hide when their partner used an intimate name in front of the supermarket checkout person.
However, a resounding 70 percent agree that having romantic nicknames is the key to a strong relationship, while 85% think that romantic pet names are one of the best ways to show affection.
FORTY TOP ROMANTIC PET NAMES FOR COUPLES
- My love – 36%
- Baby – 32%
- Handsome – 17%
- Lover – 15%
- Princess – 12%
- Honey bunny – 11%
- Sugar – 10%
- Sweet cheeks – 9%
- Hot stuff – 9%
- Sunshine – 8%
- Precious – 8%
- Old man – 8%
- Bubs – 8%
- Sunshine – 8%
- Beauty – 7%
- BAE – 7%
- Pumpkin – 6%
- Cupcake – 6%
- Bubba – 6%
- Beloved – 6%
- Mi amor – 6%
- Big boy – 6%
- Sugarplum – 6%
- Baby doll – 4%
- Muffin – 4%
- Monkey – 4%
- Pudding – 4%
- Love bug – 4%
- Love muffin – 4%
- Treacle – 4%
- Pumpkin Pie – 3%
- Baby bear – 3%
- Angel eyes – 3%
- Tiger – 3%
- Peaches – 3%
- Nugget – 3%
- Snuggle muffin – 3%
- Pookie – 2%
- Snookums – 2%
- Chickadee – 2%