Common British Nicknames (Family)

[spockings]

Hi! I'm looking for common nicknames that could be tossed around in a contemporary British household, particularly between siblings. What would an older sister call her younger brother? Or perhaps there is no general nickname for a little brother? (I don't need a nickname that is a spin-off from the actual brother's name. I've got one already

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[rustlemybustle]

Not that I can think of :/ little 'un or knipper/the knip would be more for a parent-child, but if there's a big age different it could probably work. Bruv, but that's pretty working class sounding, and is also more common used like 'mate, man, dude'.

[rustlemybustle]

*more commonLY used as

[spockings]

She is a bit older than him, about seven years older.

Thanks for your help!

[spockings]

Hah! That's funny. She'd probably use it occasionally.

Thanks for your help!

[halcyon_shift]

I can only speak for English pet names, I'm sure Scottish and Welsh would be different, but I'd second "Bruv". That doesn't mean older or younger, though. You could go with "Little Bruv" maybe.

[spockings]

That makes sense.

Thanks for your help!

[jayb111]

We don't really have general nicknames for sisters and brothers. Soap operas sometimes have characters saying 'sis' and 'bruv' but I've never heard anyone using those in RL.

Nicknames tend to be family specific. For example you might get a nickname based on an older child's mispronunciation of the new baby's name which is continued in use even as the children grow up.

(This is in England - Welsh or Scottish families might have different practices).

[oh_meow]

I've often heard people with nicknames based on their brothers or sister's mispronunciations
I've personally heard

Ditch- for Richard
Pug- David
Gedg- Richard

[spockings]

His name is Hugo. I thought of Huey, maybe? Sounds sort of embarrassing to me to be completely honest.

[oh_meow]

Huey's a perfectly normal nickname for Hugo, but kind of cutesy too, so good if the character finds it annoying when people call him that. Also in the disney cartoon, Donald Duck's three nephews are Huey, Duey and Louie, so there'd be constant teasing about ducks.

[aeshna_uk]

We don't tend towards generalised nicknames like that between siblings - I'm drawing a complete blank trying to think of anything! Nicknames based on individual names/other aspects would be used, but there isn't anything that specifically refers to sibling relationships.

Hmm, I have heard "Sis", for sister, though that's not related to age or position in family and isn't perceived as a standard nickname. "Bro", however, just sounds hopelessly contrived and I've only heard it used between unrelated teenagers trying to sound hip!

[spockings]

Yeah, I figured as much.

Thanks for your help!