Comments on: Nicknames for the boys

By: Janine

Janine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:55:08 +0000

I love the name “Tete” for a brother, unfortunately the feminine is “Teta”, which people find (unsurprisingly) very amusing!

By: Theresa

Theresa — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:13:42 +0000

Mm, how about rené – a commn girl’s name I seem to remember in Catalunya, or God forbid, Ira …

Interesting about the tetes and tatas. My husband’s twin brothers were always referred toas ‘los tato’. Inhis family they have a whole bunch of ‘chuchi’ type names: cuca, pucho, chico etc. Btw, your English is superb. Have you lived in an English-speaking country?

By: Kiryna

Kiryna — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:47:38 +0000

Mi brother Fernando answers to Fer, Fernan, Fernandito and also Nando. However my cousin Fernando is just called “Chuchi”. Both are older than 35. Also, there is some special apellatives for brothers only. My husband is Valencian, and in Valencia brothers are also known as “Tete”. So much so that his nephew calls him “El tío Tete” (“Uncle Tete”) although he’s a “Tete” himself.
My grandmother has always referred to my brother as “Tate”.
My mother -Luisa- is known as “Luisi” inside her own family, but almost everyone else call her “Marisa” (short for “Maria Luisa”), even if it is not her name, just because long ago some fellow worked thought it was prettier than just Luisa.
And finally, mi husband just hates nicknames and diminutives, so we’ve called our daughter Irene because it simply hasn’t any (we thought it over carefully). Despite it all, she’s often called “Irenita”, even if it sounds just wrong.

By: javi

javi — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:11:05 +0000

It´s nice to see how Juan-Carlos has evolved to Juanca. I used a term in the middle…”juancar”…which could be translated as “Juan-Coche” :d

There r also diminutives of nicknames: Paquirrín, Francisquín, Javilín, Paquito, Pepito and “Andreita eat the chicken”