Babe

Iconic figure's nickname

Babe is a nickname, most famously associated with baseball legend Babe Ruth and the fictional talking pig from the 1995 film.

It functions as a standalone name rather than a diminutive of another name. (Lowercase babe is a term of endearment or an attractive person.)

baseball

Ruth

Name meaning friend

legend · Hall of Fame · Boston · curse · Lou Gehrig · Cooperstown

film

pig

Domesticated swine for meat

sheepdog · Ferdinand · movie

Categories
Opposites
age and life stage

Babeelder

Senior figure of authority

old-timer · senior · geezer · crone · ancient

experience and worldliness

Babeveteran

Experienced former soldier

old hand · sophisticate · expert · worldly-wise · man of the world

attractiveness and desirability (slang sense)

Babedog

Domesticated barking mammal

hag · troll · uggo · beast · eyesore

Phrases
Family

baby, babble, babyish, babysitter, babysit, babyhood, babied, babes, babysitting

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG