one's better half

Fig. one's spouse. (Usually refers to a wife.) I think we'd like to come for dinner, but I'll have to ask my better half. I have to go home now to my better half. We are going out tonight.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eleanora	[.elə'nɔ:rə]
Francis	['fra:nsis]
Verochka	-	Russian
Armison	['a:misn]
Heike	HIE-kə (Low German, Dutch)	Low German, Frisian, Dutch
Thersa	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek