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Tedrick

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Meg3112 · 05/01/2016 21:38

I really need opinions on this, I love Teddy, but I know it probably isn't suitable for an adult... I have considered all the other names it's a diminutive of, but I think they all have a more obvious NN (Ed/Eddie / Theo, etc.) :)

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WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 07/01/2016 20:44

I'm not as keen on Tedrick.

WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 07/01/2016 20:44

I know a Tedbar, which is a proper old but rarely used name. Person I know is elderly. I like it.

villainousbroodmare · 07/01/2016 20:33

LOVE Patward! Grin

ProfGrammaticus · 07/01/2016 20:02

Ooh yes Patward also good.

Philchard? Bit too much like Pilchard maybe?

StitchesInTime · 07/01/2016 19:56

Patward Grin

Secondtimeround75 · 07/01/2016 17:39

^^but he might

It's beyond awful

ProfGrammaticus · 07/01/2016 17:35

Tedrick. Definitely. Go for it, you won't regret it.

LauraMipsum · 07/01/2016 17:29

Tedrick could be the posher, floppier-haired, classically trained version of Jedward Grin

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 07/01/2016 14:26

Tedrick Grin

To go with his brother Patward.

There are just no words.

KoalaDownUnder · 07/01/2016 14:08

Tedrick is ridiculous. Please don't!

Sofiria · 07/01/2016 12:44

Theodore or any Ed- name on the birth certificate! He won't be known as Theo or Ed if you call him Ted/Teddy when he's small.

I know a child named just Teddy. It's adorable on a baby/small child but I think it's a shame he won't have the choice of using a more formal name when he's older.

Tedrick just sounds like a Ted/Frederick smush, and silly. Sorry!

patienceisvirtuous · 07/01/2016 07:32

Tedrik, lolz.

What about Balonz?

BikeRunSki · 07/01/2016 07:28

My Samuel gets asked "Samuel or Daniel?" all the time!

Binkybix · 07/01/2016 07:19

It's growing on me :) Agree that Teddy on its own is bad for an adult.

BBQueen · 07/01/2016 06:56

I was christened with a nickname - I've changed my name by deed poll to the real name. It's just too embarrassing as an adult to constantly have to persuade banks/companies/employers that yes, your name really is just x.

fidel1ne · 07/01/2016 06:41

It reminds me of Ruprecht from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

AutumnLeavesEd · 07/01/2016 06:40

I don't think it would be mistaken for Frederick... Think about it, it isn't much different to Danny & Sammy - they wouldn't be mistaken. I wouldn't use the name, but I don't think it would be mistaken for something else. If someone hasn't heard of it before, they may repeat it, to make sure it is that, but that's about it :)

BikeRunSki · 07/01/2016 06:36

If you Google, Tedrick is a real name, a variation of Derek or Theodore, but largely used as a surname. However, it's not very well known and I think will be repeatedly mistaken for Frederick.

PunkrockerGirl · 07/01/2016 06:24

Just because you've heard it before, doesn't mean that someone, somewhere hasn't made it up.
It's awful, sorry.

AutumnLeavesEd · 07/01/2016 05:59

I think Tedrick is cute, go with it! I'm considering just Teddy... :)

Junosmum · 07/01/2016 05:57

I think because of "how I met your mother" Ted is a common nn of Theodore these days and Theo is generally a name on it's own now. Tedrick sounds a bit silly but I'm sure people would get used to it if you used it.

Figwin · 06/01/2016 23:21

My friends kid is Edward, known as Teddy. It is what you make it x

ophiotaurus · 06/01/2016 23:20

No it sounds silly.

EduCated · 06/01/2016 23:19

First thought was Blackadder!

Lancelottie · 06/01/2016 23:16

Not heard it before. Is it a form of Theodoric?

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