Doudou

A French reduplication — 'doudou' is a French child's word for a beloved comfort object or stuffed animal. As a pet name it is the ultimate term of endearment, meaning something like 'my little darling comfort thing.'

Doudou is so impossibly French and so completely adorable that it almost makes you want to cry. It is what French children call their favorite stuffed animal — their comfort object, their source of safety in an uncertain world. A pet named Doudou is that for their owner. He is the one you reach for when you are anxious, the one who makes the world feel manageable, the one who is simply always right.