Meaning
A baby bottle is depicted as a clear or white plastic bottle with a rubber or silicone nipple at the top and measurement markings along the side. The design is simple and universally recognizable—it's basically the symbol of infant feeding, rendered in soft, baby-friendly colors. Some versions show a slightly tilted bottle as if mid-feed, making it look actively nurturing.
This emoji gets used in baby-related contexts: pregnancy announcements, birth celebrations, baby shower posts, or parenting discussions. It's straightforward when used literally—talking about feeding, formula, or milk. Beyond the literal, it works as a symbol for newborns, parenthood, or new beginnings. Some use it in joking contexts to refer to being pampered or cared for.
On social media, baby bottle emoji clusters around pregnancy, birth announcements, baby product reviews, and parenting content. It carries heartwarming, wholesome energy—few emoji are quite as innocent and joy-filled. The emoji works well in milestone posts, gender reveal announcements, or baby registry discussions. It's gentle and celebratory, making it perfect for announcing new life.
Designs remain fairly consistent across platforms, with slight variations in bottle shape and nipple detail. The emoji is unambiguously positive and family-friendly. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 1.0 in 2015, the baby bottle arrived as part of emoji's expansion into life-event and relationship territory, making it a key player in celebration and milestone messaging.
Common Uses
- • Announcing a pregnancy or new baby
- • Celebrating births and baby showers
- • Discussing parenting or baby care
- • Symbolizing new beginnings or growth
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Did You Know?
The baby bottle emoji is one of the most positively-received emoji across all platforms—it almost exclusively appears in joyful, celebratory contexts with virtually no negative uses.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:baby_bottle: :baby_bottle: :baby_bottle: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🍼 |
| HTML (hex) | 🍼 |
| CSS | \1F37C |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDF7C |
| Python | \U0001F37C |
| Java | \uD83C\uDF7C |
| Perl | \x{1F37C} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F37C} |
| Punycode | xn--2qnw |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%8D%BC |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8D 0xBC |
🍼 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | শিশুদের বোতল |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 奶瓶 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 奶瓶 |
| Danish | sutteflaske |
| Dutch | babyflesje |
| English | baby bottle |
| English (UK) | baby bottle |
| Estonian | lutipudel |
| Finnish | tuttipullo |
| French | biberon |
| German | Babyflasche |
| Hindi | बच्चे के दूध की बोतल |
| Hungarian | cumisüveg |
| Italian | biberon |
| Japanese | ほにゅう瓶 |
| Korean | 젖병 |
| Lithuanian | kūdikio buteliukas |
| Malay | botol susu |
| Norwegian | tåteflaske |
| Polish | butelka ze smoczkiem |
| Portuguese | mamadeira |
| Russian | бутылочка с соской |
| Spanish | biberón |
| Spanish (Mexico) | biberón |
| Swedish | nappflaska |
| Thai | ขวดนม |
| Ukrainian | пляшечка для немовляти |
| Vietnamese | bình sữa trẻ em |