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Ned....

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mamma2boyz · 16/02/2011 18:58

I love it. Dh doesnt and it is not helped by the fact that in Scotland it means non educated delinquent...and I think they had made a film called NEDs recently.

What do you think?

Would give him the full name Edward on birth certificate.

Fire away!

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clarkland · 18/02/2011 09:28

Taught a gorgeous little Ned last year! Super name.

LittlePushka · 18/02/2011 00:44

Lovely! Boy and man, just lovely! I also agree that a shortened name needs its formality on the birth certificate.

pipKA · 18/02/2011 00:32

I adore Edward, with Ned for short. It was my DGF's name so we gave it to my DS as a middle name but I kind of regret this as I would love to use it as a name for a future DS. My DGF was a Teddy but I would always use Ned as a nn for Edward.

babylann · 18/02/2011 00:13

If you're planning on calling him Ned I'd probably put it on the birth certificate. Our DD had a planned name and then a more official name that was going to go on the birth certificate, but we couldn't tolerate all the midwives calling her by her official name all the time when that's not who she was. Eventually we put the name we wanted for her on the birth certificate and haven't looked back.

OliveMalay · 18/02/2011 00:11

I like Edward. Ed and Ted are OK, not so keen on Ned which sounds like a horse's name.

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mamma2boyz · 17/02/2011 12:17

If you had a Tom already would you use Ted??

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jellybeans · 17/02/2011 12:01

I don't like it but I do like Ted.

Baffledandbewildered · 17/02/2011 07:38

It's perfect . NED is the name I had chosen had we had another boy.just Ned not Edward so go for it

petitdonkey · 17/02/2011 07:32

Edward is the best boy's name EVER!

My Edward was always going to be Teddy when I was expecting him but we have never called him that. I would choose a name that you like and that you like all derivatives as you don't know what you will shorten it to. (We liked David but I don't like Dave - didn't choose it as someone would have called him Dave.)

DC 3 is called by a nickname that we never once considered, in fact I chose her name based on a nickname I liked and we've never used it.

wetwelly · 17/02/2011 07:28

but if you're not in scotland then the scottish meaning is lost surely? Nobody elsewhere would even consider it..

TheNewStig · 16/02/2011 22:55

Love it, both versions.

MonkeyChicken · 16/02/2011 22:39

Fab and Edward is a lovely sensible real name.

womma · 16/02/2011 22:23

I like it, love Edward and all derivations

pointydog · 16/02/2011 19:12

It woud just be silly name to me because of the meaning in Scotland.

However I love Ed and Eddie

barbieisaskinnybitch · 16/02/2011 19:07

I like :)