a significant other

(mainly American)

a person that someone is married to or who they have a serious sexual or romantic relationship with (not used with the ) The ad read, 'Take your significant other to the Café Carlyle for a romantic night out.'

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Petronius	-	Ancient Roman
Aragorn	-	Literature
Elen	EL-en	Welsh
Marcela	mahr-THE-lah (Spanish), mahr-SE-lah (Latin American Spanish), mahr-TSE-lah (Polish), mahr-CHE-lah (Romanian), MAHR-tse-lah (Czech)	Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Daly	DAY-lee	Irish, English (Rare)
Zilla	-	German