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What do you think of Todd?

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CaipirinhasAllRound · 04/02/2017 18:50

No idea if we're having a boy or girl but struggling with boys names.
What do you think of the name Todd? Have a one syllable surname but think it sounds ok

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GreatScot8 · 04/02/2017 19:00

I've never heard of a non-American having the name Todd. It seems like the quintessential American name.

Normally, that doesn't bother me, but I don't like Todd at all.

Come to Australia. There are plenty of men of, ahem, a certain age called Todd.

Forthelov · 26/11/2025 20:22

I like it.

DuchessOfNarcissex · 25/11/2025 17:12

Ask @OneRoseLemur, @KarriTreeSullivan.

KarriTreeSullivan · 25/11/2025 16:29

TheHiphopopotamus · 04/02/2017 19:43

Showing my age, but the only Todd's that I can think of are Elizabeth Wakefield's boyfriend in Sweet Valley High and Todd off Neighbours.

I don't like it, to be honest. It sounds like it should be short for something but it's not. Like Toddle or Toddler (which aren't names, obviously).

Just deleted my comment as I see it is a very old thread. Why do these old ones spring up?!

JaneJeffer · 25/11/2025 09:57

Todd is married with two kids now

DuchessOfNarcissex · 25/11/2025 09:47

ZOMBIE THREAD

user1492757084 · 25/11/2025 04:52

Johnny and ..
Todd - fine
Others ..
Scott
Bruce
David
Alan
Angus
Clancy
Gavin

MirandaBlu · 24/11/2025 23:54

It immediately makes me think of the band Big Head Todd and the Monsters. (That isn't necessarily a negative.)

Calliopespa · 24/11/2025 22:17

It's from Todde, Middle English for fox and, as a surname, was used for people who were sly or cunning!

It does make me think of Mr Todd in Beatrix Potter, who tried to eat Jemima Puddle Duck.

But I don't dislike it actually. It sounds "woodlandish." I see a woodcutter with broad shoulders ... Or a tall "foxy whiskered gentleman."

OneRoseLemur · 24/11/2025 20:54

I was a Todd for the first 30 years of my life. Initially, it never bothered me because it was just my name.
However, I grew up in a horribly abusive house and I had a hard time being bullied in school. The abuse at home was so awful that my name, on reference to me, started to sound like a profanity. People always made fun of it and never pronounced it right.
Even saying it pertaining to myself made me feel bad.

So I legally had my name changed to something that felt pure and made me proud.

That said...

I love the name Todd.
It is short.
Easy to pronounce.
And it literally means "Fox."

I had a hard time with it and childhood trauma made me abandon it. But I would love to see a kid with it.

goldenrachita · 06/02/2017 10:37

Sorry but for me it's a very ugly sounding name. I'd only heard of it through Neighbours and Todd Carty who's the Eastenders actor. I'm not put off by that though, just the very curt sound of the name.

WowserBowser · 06/02/2017 09:33
Grin
ShoutOutToMyEx · 06/02/2017 01:10

Auntie Kris! It's me! It's Todd Kraines!

WowserBowser · 05/02/2017 23:48

Reminds me of Todd Kraines. Not necessarily a bad thing.

wooster16 · 05/02/2017 20:38

teaforbreakfast - that did make me laugh, although you forgot the number one SVT related name... Bruce!! and his car registration plate 1bruce1 Grin now that's not a drippy name in the slightest... Wink

pilates · 05/02/2017 17:24

Sorry, not nice

Cakingbad · 05/02/2017 16:39

I like it.
It does mean fox, which is a good thing IMO.

MiddleClassProblem · 05/02/2017 16:37

Manny!

teaforbreakfast · 05/02/2017 16:33

I thought 'wilkins' too!

If you want a SVH theme:

Jeffrey
Aaron
Ken
Nicholas
Roger (Collins)
Stephen *

All the above Elizabeth had a crush on or snogged .

  • I know he was her brother but seriously, that relationship wasn't right!
MiddleClassProblem · 05/02/2017 16:32

Todd from Neighbours. I think I had a crush on him when I was 6. Anyway doesn't matter if others like it as long as you do.

backtowork2015 · 05/02/2017 16:28

Its ok, Is your single syllable surname a long sounding syllable or something short and snappy. Todd would work better with the former

twinjocks · 05/02/2017 14:43

I think it's a lovely name OP, can't understand the negativity of PPs towards it. It's a strong good sounding name to me - the only way I wouldn't use it is with a surname like Fox or Foxton, as it's the old word for fox.

wooster16 · 05/02/2017 14:31

Not a huge fan, reminds me of Todd Wilkins from the Sweet Valley series (and he was a bit of a drip!!)

Aquamarine1029 · 05/02/2017 14:01

Todd has no style. It's a dud. There are MUCH nicer names than Todd.

sashh · 05/02/2017 13:23

It makes me think of the book of pure evil. Sorry.