family and close friends

family and close friends

mother		father
Mother	UK formal US informal	Father	formal
Mama	UK dated formal	Papa	UK formal dated
Mama	US informal	Papa	US informal
Momma	US informal	Poppa	US informal
Mom	US informal	Pop	US informal
Ma	US informal	Pa	US informal
Mum	UK informal	Dad	informal
Mam	UK regional informal
Mummy (UK) / Mommy (US)	usually used by children	Daddy	usually used by children

children or loved ones:
dear (dated) darling sweetheart honey (US)	How about a nice cup of tea, dear? What's the matter, darling? Just a minute, sweetheart. It's great to see you, honey.

used between two people in a couple and often in songs:

sweetie sugar babe baby angel love