a scaredy-cat

(informal)

someone who is frightened when there is no reason to be

Usage notes: This phrase is used especially by children.

Go on you scaredy-cat, jump in.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bacheler	['bætʃələ]
Linus	LIE-nəs (English), LEE-nuws (German, Swedish)	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized), German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Magdalina	-	Old Church Slavic, Bulgarian
Adelais	-	Ancient Germanic
Shulamite	-	Biblical
Seija	SAY-yah	Finnish