I used to call my husband, "Bubble," short for bubble-butt. Don't know why. Haven't called him that in forEver. But his brother will ask me, "so what's your Bubble up to?" hahaha... My own nickname growing up started off as Coalie-Nini. Eventually my immediate family shortened it to Nini, or Neen; my uncles & aunts shortened it to Coalie. My friends at school called me, "Reb." My father was born Chuck, but everyone called him Henry or HenBoy. My father & his brothers called my mother, "yay-yay." My younger sister, Catherine, was called, "Geendi," while my youngest sis was, "bug." My own children & grandchildren do not have nicknames. I affectionately call my son, "boyo," and my daughter, "GinaBelle," but don't consider those nicknames, just 'love you's.'