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Names that can be shortened to Ted or Ned

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Sunflower100 · 12/07/2008 09:27

I love the names Ted or Ned but not keen on Edward/Edwin/Edmund (sorry to any mums of these names - doesn't go well with our traditional sounding surname). Anyone know of longer versions that can be shortened to these?

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nickeldime · 16/07/2008 20:22

Theodore, Thaddeus, Edward, Eddy, Eddie, Edison, Theobald - pretty much the names listed here: variants of Ted

2point4kids · 16/07/2008 17:10

Ted is perfectly ok as a name n its own right.
Or short for Theodore?
I know a Teddy which is his full name.

DS2 is Edward and is called Ted/Teddy all the time. Edward is a proper traditional name, so would go perfectly with a traditional sounding surname wouldnt it?

MiniMarmite · 16/07/2008 17:05

Along similar lines to artichoke's suggestion...

My husband is called Edward, shortened to Ned. I didn't really like the name Ned that much when we first met but he didn't want to be called Edward...so I started to call him Nedward instead!

I got used to saying Ned in the end though

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Sunflower100 · 14/07/2008 12:35

Ted it is! Or Nedabiah!!!!- ooo can't wait to see dh's face when I suggest that one!
Thanks all!

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3andnomore · 12/07/2008 17:41

I think Ted would work ratehr well as a name in it's own rights, tbh

FabioTheLiterateCat · 12/07/2008 17:24

pmsl at Nedland.

Theobald
Why don't you just use Ted or Ned?

BoysAreLikeDogs · 12/07/2008 17:23

Teddy and Neddy can be shortened to Ted and Ned

HTH

fizzbuzz · 12/07/2008 17:21

Are there Hatrick? I wanted something different! And it was to reflect dd's Irish ancestory as tis the Irish colloquial for Katy.....

gauly · 12/07/2008 16:58

Neddym, Neder, Nedabiah, Tedaldo, Teddic, Tederic, Tedesco, Tedik, Edgar, Edbert, Edan, Edder, Edric, Edelhart, Edelmar, Eddis, Edison, Theon, Theobert, Theodric ... hmmm, sure you don't want to think again about Edward?

gauly · 12/07/2008 16:37

Nedabiah! It's a real name from the bible - go on, I dare you!!

singersgirl · 12/07/2008 15:46

Tedric. Teddington. Exhausted. Grated. (Etc)
Nederlands. Boned. Phoned.

edam · 12/07/2008 15:26

Nedland! Oh dear, I think he'd have been better off with Edward.

Why do people have to try so hard with names? I'm tempted to start a campaign to bring back sensible monikers, like John and Mary.

Skribble · 12/07/2008 14:31

Ned where I am is what the local youth chav types are called, who drink buckfast and where tracksuits.

lilyloo · 12/07/2008 14:10

Why not just Ted or Ned my friends ds is Ted not shortened.

hatrick · 12/07/2008 14:07

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chatname · 12/07/2008 14:06

Tudor is Welsh for Theodore and could conceivably be a Ted.

Pendulum · 12/07/2008 14:00

Our DS would have been Benedict shortened to Ned.

In the end we had two DDs so no Ned for me.

artichokes · 12/07/2008 13:56

I know someone who was in your situation so invented a name to shorten to Ned! As a result her first born is a Nedland.

fizzbuzz · 12/07/2008 13:54

Hatrick, I have a Kitty as well

hatrick · 12/07/2008 13:27

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crochetdiva · 12/07/2008 12:48

Was about to echo edam's point - my cousin has always been known as Billy - although his name is Ian ...

edam · 12/07/2008 12:46

Can't Ned/Ted just be a nick-name? Does it have to have an obvious relationship with their formal name? Lots of people are known by names that have nothing do with their birth certificates.

edam · 12/07/2008 12:45

Bruno? As in bear = teddy? Otherwise I think Theodore is your only option - Ned is definitely short for Edward. It's like saying "I like Lizzy but hate Elizabeth".

largeginandtonic · 12/07/2008 12:42

I love the name Teddy too but i have a Hugo who gets shortened to Hugs so i am not sure i could shout out "Hugs and Teddy tea time"

davidtennantsmistress · 12/07/2008 09:51

I have 2 uncles who were called teddy. (not being funny or anything but they were)