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Original poster

Can I have a teddy and a Theo?

31 replies

owlah · 18/03/2017 14:57

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ScarletForYa · 18/03/2017 15:13

No, it's the same name. Theodore. Teddy and Theo are just diminutives.

RuncibleSp00n · 18/03/2017 15:07

Dermot and Petal Whilst Teddy and Theo sound dissimilar, that's slightly missing the point: they are both the short-form of Theodore. People would assume the OP had called both her sons Theodore.

RuncibleSp00n · 18/03/2017 15:04

I wouldn't. It's like having a Patrick and a Paddy, or a Charlotte and a Lottie.

You'd in effect have two children with the same name.

You could have Edward and Theodore (at a push) and shorten them to Ed and Theo if you really needed to shorten them.

PetalMettle · 18/03/2017 15:00

To me yes as they're not a similar enough sound - teh and thee - it's not like elodie and Emily

DermotOLogical · 18/03/2017 14:58

I wouldn't they are v similar. But there's no law stopping you.

Mrsknackered · 18/03/2017 14:58

No, I wouldn't.
Same way I wouldn't have a Billy and a William or a Frank and a Francis.
Sorry!