James/Jimmy or Theodore/Teddy?

[DoubleMintGum]

Would be Jimmy/Teddy, day-to-day and James/Theodore, on BC. Please don't say you prefer Jamie/Theo, etc. as we have chosen the NNs we like, but he can pick when he wants to, but while he can't, we have decided on Jimmy/Teddy. Can people also not start with the "I don't get the picking NNs thing, I think that's odd, etc." thank you!

Which would you pick???

[mistermagpie]

James/Jimmy for me. I don't really like Jimmy but there are so many little Teddy's running about at the moment that it's become boring. It's also a silly name for a grown man (which your son will become) if you ask me, but at least you are going for sensible full names.

[DoubleMintGum]

If he doesn't like Teddy, he can pick Theo/Theodore

[thisagain]

I like both equally. I my experience Theodore is more unusual and I'd be drawn to that I think. My 22 year old DD says that when she eventually has a baby, her chosen boys name would be Theodore/Teddy. -personally I do prefer Theo though-

[girlelephant]

I think Theodore is the nicer name and as an added benefit it has the nicest NNs too.

[Dilligufdarling]

I'd go with Theodore... but as a mum of a Theo am massively biased

[Sophronia]

I prefer James as it's more classic and Theodore is very 'now' and quite newly popular.

[MikeUniformMike]

James. Theodore is a trendy name and will date, ditto Teddy and Theo. James is a classic name that is always popular. I prefer Jamie to Jim/Jimmy but you don't and it's your baby. Jimmy is fine though.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Jimmy.

Love James, Jimmy, and Jim.

[SummerScoop]

Theodore

[flissfloss65]

Love Theodore.

[EmmaWoodlouse]

This is a tough one for me as I like James better than Theodore, but Teddy better than Jimmy. So I'm going to go for Theodore/Teddy but would you consider using both names, Theodore James, so he has all the options when he's older?

[CakeRattleandRoll]

Theodore/Teddy

[habibihabibi]

Teddy much cuter
Jimmy makes me think of the creepy Jimmy Saville.

[Pluto30]

James/Jimmy!

Love it.

Can't stand Theodore/Theo/Ted/Teddy. Very "now". Teddy is vapid.

[RaeSkywalker]

Theodore (I prefer nn Theo though).

[Jooni]

Theodore/Teddy

Agree that Theodore has seen a resurgence in popularity lately, but it's a very long-established name and I don't think it will date badly at all. You can't really win with "now" names because popular names feel trendy and unusual names are also a big trend at the moment. The safe option I suppose is to go for a perennial classic like James but I do find it quite uninspiring and I'm not keen on Jimmy.

[JournosAreLazy]

Don't like James but really like Theodore and all the associated nicknames are great too imo.

[DramaAlpaca]

James nn Jimmy would be my choice.

[shaggedthruahedgebackwards]

I prefer James/Jimmy

Theodore/Teddy is a bit 'of the moment' where as James/Jimmy is timeless

[Notsure1234]

Love Teddy but really don't like Theodore. Seems a bit 'wet' to me, I don't know why!

James and Jimmy are okay so I'd go for that as I like both the long and short version

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

James.

[Ham69]

Totally agree with Jooni

[Breezy1985]

James - but I'm biased :)

[GinIsIn]

Theodore - love it!

To those saying Theodore is very now and will date badly - it predates the name James by about 6 centuries...