We’ve all seen it: two people who are madly in love and completely oblivious to everything around them, fawning over each other and calling each other pet names that make their single friends roll their eyes in pain. Heck, a few of us have probably even been that couple!

Let me get one thing straight: that kind of public display of affection isn’t one of the good old-fashioned romantic ideas we’re trying to promote on Romance Tracker. It’s one thing to be in love and be proud of it, but it’s another thing entirely to make everyone around you sick. Get a room, for crying out loud!

But having a secret, private pet name for your sweetheart really can be a good way to add a little fun and intimacy to your romantic relationship or marriage. Heck, even couples who promise themselves that they’ll never use sappy pet names usually use them eventually anyway! And here’s a warning: far too often, those cheesy pet names aren’t ones that we choose for ourselves. Sometimes we just have to loosen up a little bit, shrug our shoulders and learn to love whatever cutesy name our lover decides is best suited to us.

But remember: if you have to put up with sappy pet names from your boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband you can choose a few of your favorites for them, too! Most pet names develop from unique experiences in individual relationships, and there’s no end of romantic nicknames that lovers have given each other. But there are a few stalwarts that have been whispered by countless lovers over the years.

So here’s a list of 101 of the most common fun, romantic pet names that you can use to flirt with your lover during those private times. Just choose carefully, and keep in mind that I say “private times” for a reason; bust out some of these sappy nicknames at the wrong time in public and you just might end up getting cold water tossed on you!

101 Fun, Romantic Pet Names to Call Your Lover

1. Sweetie
2. Sweetheart
3. My love
4. Lover
5. Pumpkin
6. Baby
7. Darling
8. Sweetie Pie
9. Baby Doll
10. My Little Cabbage (French)
11. Love of my Life
12. Angel
13. Beloved
14. Dear
15. Dearest
16. Dear one
17. Deary
18. Flame
19. Heart’s Desire
20. Honey Bun
21. Poubelle
22. Honeybunch
23. Lamb
24. Jewel
25. Loveling
26. Pearl
27. Pet
28. Precious
29. Princess
30. Prince
31. My Sweet
32. Sugar
33. Treasure
34. True Love
35. Beautiful
36. Beauty
37. Gem
38. Saint
39. Light of my Life
40. Object of my Affection
41. Angel Face
42. Babe
43. Buttercup
44. Button
45. Cherub
46. Chica
47. Dumpling
48. Little Angel
49. Little Darling
50. Little Doll
51. Number One
52. Prize
53. Tootsie
54. Doll Face
55. My Idol
56. My Everything
57. My Life
58. Object of My Affection
59. True Love
60. One and Only
61. Inamorata
62. Inamorato
63. My Passion
64. Valentine
65. Dove
66. Honey Bunny
67. Smoochy
68. Babycake
69. Dream Girl
70. Dream Guy
71. Woman of my Dreams
72. Man of my Dreams
73. Dreamboat
74. Heartthrob
75. Lovebird
76. Lady Love
77. Main Man
78. Main Woman
79. Paramour
80. Patootie
81. Sweet Potato
82. Squeeze
83. Steady
84. Stud Muffin
85. Sugar Daddy
86. Sugar Momma
87. Shnookums
88. Beautiful Flower
89. Sugar Lips
90. Hot Stuff
91. Hottie
92. Casanova
93. Don Juan
94. Lothario
95. Beau
96. Belle
97. Sugar Plum
98. Hero
99. Venus
100. Goddess
101. My Enchantment