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Can I have a teddy and a Theo?

31 replies

owlah · 18/03/2017 14:57

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hoddtastic · 20/03/2017 00:24

no

buttercup54321 · 20/03/2017 00:22

Too similar. Bruno?

3luckystars · 19/03/2017 21:10

They are the same name.

PetalMettle · 19/03/2017 20:58

Either or I think.

00100001 · 19/03/2017 20:27

Isn't Ned the diminutive of Edward?

DrAbbyYates · 19/03/2017 20:22

No. Please also don't use Teddy as a given name. Give your future adult son the option of a more formal full name.

I once met brothers named Harry and Henry...

shirleycartersaidso · 18/03/2017 21:16

No they're both from the same derivative.

PetalMettle · 18/03/2017 20:40

Yes as others have said I'd think of teddy as being able to be short for any of the ed-names.
I guess like Beth could be Elizabeth or Bethany derived

OhTheRoses · 18/03/2017 18:18

No. And it's something I put my foot down over many, many years ago. Edward and Theodore = No. Both lovely names but not for brothers. Good job the baby was a girl but would have been Oscar or Oliver .

Sophronia · 18/03/2017 18:13

I think it's ok if they're short for Edward and Theodore

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/03/2017 17:54

No.

Ontopofthesunset · 18/03/2017 17:22

Even though Teddy can be short for Edward as well as Theodore, it's so often short for Theodore that it does sound a little as if you've given them both the same name. Calling girls Kitty and Cathy or boys Ned and Ted would be the same, even though your Ned might be Edward and your Ted Theodore.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 18/03/2017 17:18

No. They're both short forms of Theodore. It'd be like having 2 girls called Lizzie and Betsy

spiney · 18/03/2017 16:48

Ted/Teddy is also short for Edward.
so Edward and Theodore = Teddy and Theo.

But you're sailing close to the wind. Depends how much you care what other people think.

raisinsofwrath · 18/03/2017 16:42

No, of course not. Is Theodore really the only name you can come up with

Chewbecca · 18/03/2017 16:34

No

theworriedone · 18/03/2017 16:32

I would assume Teddy is short for Edward, never heard of it being short for Theodore!

2014newme · 18/03/2017 16:30

No it looks like you can only think of one name, Theodore. Then shared it between two children 😂😂🙄🙄
Let them have a name each for gawds sake

Brollsdolls · 18/03/2017 16:30

What about Leo

TheHiphopopotamus · 18/03/2017 16:29

No.

There are so many names out there. Why would you pick two variants of the same name?

1horatio · 18/03/2017 16:27

An Edward and a Theodore, so a Theo and a Teddy? Sure... :)

thebakerwithboobs · 18/03/2017 15:27

I once taught sisters in consecutive year groups called Katie and Kathryn. I must admit the general view was it is a bit odd. Toby is a similar ish name? I know little squishy baby twins called Theo and Toby.

WhyOhWine · 18/03/2017 15:17

But teddy is also short for Edward. If I met a theo and teddy I would assume they are Edward and Theodore not both theodore

megletthesecond · 18/03/2017 15:15

No.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 18/03/2017 15:14

No. Teddy and Theo both from the same name.