diminutive

> diminutive
Something small or a small form or version of something, as in "booklet", "droplet", "flatlet", "auntie", "doggy", "islet", "piglet", "poppet", "snippet", "starlet", "kitchenette", "hillock", "paddock", "mannikin", "lambkin", "duckling", "gosling", "nestling", "majorette", "pipette". Proper names often have diminutive forms, as in Alf for Alfred, Annie for Ann, Babs for Barbara, Bill for William, Charlie for Charles, Dot for Dorothy, Jimmy for James, Lizzie for Elizabeth, Meg for Margaret, Nell for Helen, Pat for Patrick and Teddy for Edward.