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Elliot or Teddy?

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PrettyLittleLiars2017 · 11/06/2017 00:02

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MikeUniformMike · 11/06/2017 14:09

They are both baby names not man names. Teddy Sheringham is the only man I can think of who could carry it off.

bridgetreilly · 11/06/2017 13:15

Call him Ted, then he can be Teddy when he's little.

harderandharder2breathe · 11/06/2017 12:09

Elliot

Teddy is far too cutesy. I'd only use it as a nn for Edward or Theodore, not on its own. so when he's a teen and older he can choose a more mature nn if he wants to

MurrayMoo · 11/06/2017 11:18

Teddy!!!! But as his nickname x

SerfTerf · 11/06/2017 11:06

I'm not mad on Alfie, Archie and the like.

The advantage Alfie and Teddy have is that they can easily become Alf and Ted. Arch is a bit unfortunate as an adult option. That would be my rule of thumb, I think, if I was naming a baby boy in that style.

BertrandRussell · 11/06/2017 10:52

The point is that presumably Sheringham and Roosevelt made the choice themselves? I think imposing a diminutive is wrong.

villainousbroodmare · 11/06/2017 10:50

True, Serf and I can also see the point, but I personally think that Teddy is much more juvenile than, for example, Tom.

SerfTerf · 11/06/2017 10:39

Do just seem to be..

SerfTerf · 11/06/2017 10:38

But always known as Teddy.

Increasingly people do seem to just be bestowing the name they intend to use, don't they? Instead of doing the "x known as y" business? I can see the merits of both.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 11/06/2017 10:20

Edmund (Teddy)

BertrandRussell · 11/06/2017 10:16

"never did Roosevelt or Sheringham any harm and a name shared by a president and a soccer star has some flexibility to it.

Edward and Theodore respectively.

villainousbroodmare · 11/06/2017 10:16

But Roosevelt was Theodore (and the toy bear was named after him) and Sheringham is Edward.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 11/06/2017 10:16

Elliot

woodhill · 11/06/2017 10:14

Not keen on Teddy or Ted in later life, sounds old manish somehow and dated, prefer Edward or Elliot

Epipgab · 11/06/2017 10:06

Elliott

SerfTerf · 11/06/2017 09:58

Teddy.

It never did Roosevelt or Sheringham any harm and a name shared by a president and a soccer star has some flexibility to it.

Ankleswingers · 11/06/2017 09:00

For those saying a 50 year old Teddy sounds silly, then what's wrong with calling themselves Ted at that age?

Teddy all the way. I love it Grin

TomHardysWhore · 11/06/2017 08:59

Teddy!

Yogagirl123 · 11/06/2017 08:58

Elliot, teddy is very fashionable at the moment.

thethoughtfox · 11/06/2017 08:44

Teddy is adorable but please give him a proper name so he can choose how he presents himself to the world as an adult. I feel the same about Millie. There are a lot of Elliots.

villainousbroodmare · 11/06/2017 08:37

Elliot, because it's a name.
Or Theo(dore), Edmund, Edward.

EmmyInTheSticks · 11/06/2017 08:29

I prefer Teddy but I would have to put Ted/Edward/Edmund etc on the birth certificate for a bit more gravitas.

If pushed I'd still go for Teddy over Elliot.

GinIsIn · 11/06/2017 08:21

Oh and on here you will get
Completely polarised responses to Teddy, depending on the whim of mumsnet at the time you post. Check old threads for it - it's either loved, or hated.

CPtart · 11/06/2017 08:04

Edward is lovely, in its entirety. No contrived nn, certainly not Teddy.
I dislike Elliot but prefer even that to Teddy.

MollyHuaCha · 11/06/2017 08:00

Fenella has the answer. ^

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