The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SIS , but the solution may also be NANA which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Family nickname crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SIS | 54 % | 3 |
| NANA | 8 % | 4 |
| MAMA | 6 % | 4 |
| PAPA | 5 % | 4 |
| MOMMA | 4 % | 5 |
| AUNTY | 3 % | 5 |
| POPPA | 3 % | 5 |
| UNC | 3 % | 3 |
| BRO | 2 % | 3 |
| GRANNIE | 2 % | 7 |
| GRAMPA | 2 % | 6 |
| DAD | 2 % | 3 |
| GRAM | 1 % | 4 |
| DADDY | 1 % | 5 |
| GRAN | 1 % | 4 |
| MAMMA | 1 % | 5 |
| MOMMIE | 1 % | 6 |
| NAN | 1 % | 3 |
| NANNIE | 1 % | 6 |
| SISSY | 1 % | 5 |
| GRANDAD | 1 % | 7 |
Why may SIS be the right solution?
"SIS" is a common nickname for a sister. It is a shortened version of the word "sister", which makes it a fitting answer for the clue "family nickname".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Family nickname
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- soubriquet
- epithet
- sis
- aunty
- nannie
- dad
- nan
- papa
- grandad
- grannie
- mama
- mamma
Crossword Answer definitions
SIS noun- A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
- A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.
- Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
- A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
- Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
- (sometimes capitalized) A black woman.
- A form of address to a woman.
- A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
- An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
- A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
- (usually attributively) Something in the same class.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SIS
- Auntie, to mom
- Boom preceder, perhaps
- Magda, to Zsa Zsa
- Sib's nickname
- "____ Boom Bah" : Heller novel
- Bro's kin
- Cheer starter
- Family member
- Family nickname
- Lorna, to Liza
More clues leading to the result NANA
- "Peter Pan" dog
- Wendy's dog
- Zola novel
- "Peter Pan" pooch
- Darling's dog
- Grandma
- Granny
- Darling dog
- Wendy's pet
- Zola heroine
More clues leading to the result MAMA
- "I Remember __"
- "I Remember __" (Irene Dunne film)
- "Red hot" person
- Doll's cry
- Family-member
- Baby's first word, often
- Cass Elliott, once
- Peggy Wood played her on TV
- "I Remember ___"
- First word, often
More clues leading to the result PAPA
- Mama's partner
- A Bear
- Haydn nickname
- Haydn or Hemingway
- Hemingway handle
- Hemingway sobriquet
- John Phillips was one
- Nickname for Hemingway
- One of a Grimm trio
- "__ Don't Preach"
More clues leading to the result MOMMA
- Mell Lazarus comic strip
- Santa's kisser, in song
- Female Hell's Angels member
- Parental nickname
- Family nickname
- Term of maternal endearment
- Kid's parent^MOMM
- Mel Lazarus comic strip
- "Throw ___ from the Train"
- Sonja Hobbs, in a Mell Lazarus comic
More clues leading to the result AUNTY
- Mum's sis
- Unc's missus
- Ma's sis
- Mom's sister, informally
- Matriarchal proxy in some families, informally
- Mommy's sister
- Cousin's mom
- Family nickname
- Mommy's sis
- Unc's spouse
More clues leading to the result POPPA
- Dad
- "Big ___" (1995 single dedicated "to all the ladies in the place with style and grace")
- Where's ___?
- "Where's __?" (1970 comedy)
- Daddy
- Old man, to a kid
- "Where's ___?" (George Segal movie)
- Father, informally
- Father, familiarly
- The old man
More clues leading to the result UNC
- Relative, familiarly
- Dad's bro
- Sch. with a Silent Sam Confederate Monument
- Tobacco Road sch.
- Chapel Hill sch.
- James K. Polk's alma mater
- John Edwards's alma mater
- Lewis Black's alma mater
- Pop's kin
- Sch. whos motto is "Lux libertas"
More clues leading to the result BRO
- "Hood" salutation
- Buddy
- Fam. member
- Jeff, to Beau
- Pal
- Street salutation
- "My man!"
- Pal, rapper-style
- Slangy pal
- Sis's sibling
More clues leading to the result GRANNIE
- Babysitter, perhaps
- Family member
- Family nickname
- Family matriarch, often (Var.)
- Family elder
- Ma's ma
- Pa's ma
More clues leading to the result GRAMPA
- Cheap babysitter, casually
- Nana's fellow
- Dad of dad
- Family's rocking-chair raconteur, maybe
- Abe Simpson, to Bart
- Family nickname
- Old man's old man
- Nana's hubby
- Pop's pop
- The old man's old man
More clues leading to the result DAD
- 1989 Jack Lemmon film
- Family VIP
- June honoree
- Old Grand __ bourbon
- Pop
- "Dear old" guy
- Homer, to Bart
- Mom's mate
- Palindromic relative
- Old man
More clues leading to the result GRAM
- 15.432 grains
- Ending with cable or candy
- Weed purchase
- Chemist's unit
- Metric mass unit
- Metric unit
- Mass unit
- Fat measure
- Mass of a paper clip, roughly
- Metric weight
More clues leading to the result DADDY
- ___ Warbucks
- "Who's your ___?"
- Sugar __
- Oliver Warbucks, familiarly
- Beatnik's father?
- ___-longlegs (wispy arachnid)
- Rap's Puff ___
- Pops
- Pop
- Family figure
More clues leading to the result GRAN
- Mom's mom
- ___ Torino ('70s muscle car)
- __ Paradiso (Italian alp)
- Ma's ma
- Dad's mom
- Mama's mama
- Mom's mom, to some
- The "G" in GTO
- The "G" of GTO
- "___ Torino" (2008 Clint Eastwood film)
More clues leading to the result MAMMA
- Broadway's "___ Mia!"
- Family head
- One making deliveries, quaintly
- "__ mia!"
- With 58 Across, 1999 pop musical
- 2002 Tony nominee for Best Musical
- "___ mia!"
- Family nickname
- "__ Mia!": Abba musical
- Famiglia nickname
More clues leading to the result MOMMIE
- Nursery school cry
- "___ Dearest"
- Christina Crawford's "__ Dearest"
- Family nickname
- Hollywood bio "___ Dearest"
- She's the dearest
- "__ Dearest"
- "___ Dearest" (1981 film)
More clues leading to the result NAN
- Thai river
- A Bobbsey
- No-no gal, for short
- Bert Bobbsey's twin
- One of the Bobbseys
- Fabray, to friends
- Indian bread
- Bread with korma
- A Bobbsey twin
- Bread served with Chicken tikka masala
More clues leading to the result NANNIE
- Mater's helper
- Nursemaid: Var.
- Affectionate family nickname
- Family nickname
- Nurse.
- British nursemaid
- U.K. nursemaid
- Nursemaid
- Girl in a Robert Burns poem
- Au pair: Var.
More clues leading to the result SISSY
- __ bar (motorcycle part)
- "Badlands" star, ____ Spacek
- Pantywaist
- Portrayer of Carrie and Loretta
- Actress Spacek
- Spacek
- See 99 Across
- Player of Loretta
- Milquetoast
- Fraidy-cat