According to a website survey, the most hateful nickname for an office going woman was “Love” followed closely by “Darlin”, “Babe” and “Mate”.

Most of the women find being labeled “love” as being overly friendly while “babe” was viewed as being patronizing. The majority of the women revealed that such nicknames came up when they were having a face-to-face conversation with their colleagues.
“Guys might think they are being affectionate by calling someone babe or love, but it seems women simply find them patronizing and demeaning. These results show that women clearly aren't happy to be called by anything other than their name”, a spokesman for the firm said.
Source-Medindia