Baby name? Teddy or Edward?

[Autumn28]

My little bundle of joy is due in 2 weeks and as soon as me and my partner found out we were expecting we knew the only name for us was Teddy. We both love the name and can’t imagine calling out baby anything else. My only worry is when he’s older will he get taken seriously as a male in the work place being called teddy? We have discussed using Edward was his legal first name but always using teddy until he’s old enough to decide what he would prefer. I just want to give him options for when he’s older. WhT are people views. Edward or Teddy

Why not just call him Ted. Then use Teddy as a nick name while he is little.

Edward. You need to consider that he might prefer Ed or Eddie to Ted or Teddy as he gets older though.

Definitely Edward on BC

Teddy is cute but if your DS may prefer the option of a more traditional/proper name as he gets older

Edward, definitely. Teddy for the nn.

I know a local man in his seventies who has always been known as Teddy, never gave his name a thought until this thread.

You can't really row back from 'Teddy'. As the name is 'Teddy'.

Edward 100%. Can be called Teddy forever, if he wants, but a Teddy asking to be called 'Edward' or 'Theodore' doesn't work. The response to that is 'But that's not your name!' I can't explain why, but that's the way it is.

Neither of my parents were ever known by their first names, but diminutives of their middle names; very common in the 30-40s.

And don't be that parent whose 13 year old girl, Mandy, wants henceforth to be called Amanda. For some reason, that's not a thing you can do if your given name is the diminutive.

Just call him Ted. Perfectly decent name as an adult and as a child he will be Teddy.

Sorry posted too soon. I'm not a fan of Edward. It's dull.

We loved Teddy, but opted for Edward on the BC. He is now 5 and has chosen to call himself Ted

I much prefer Edward but if you want Teddy then call him Teddy! The only adult I can think of is Teddy Sherringham (former footballer). I don’t remember anyone questioning his name. Once they have their name it just becomes normal doesn’t it?

Agree with other posters. Definitely Edward on the birth cert, but you can call him Teddy. Gives him an option what he'd like to be called himself when he's a bit older.
You could go with Theodore as well? He could be Teddy or Theo that way.

Edmund. Much cooler than Edward. No inherent bias here at all...

Edward

I have a 12 year old Teddy. And that's his real name.

To bullet point

He's never been teased
He's never been called teddy bear
I've never met another teddy and he's in a school of 1,800 and he's the only one
He loves his name and calls himself teddy over ted as a rule although uses both
After the last thread about his name, I read out some choice bits to him from it and asked how he felt about being called Teddy as a man. He said he felt he'd be used to it by then

Edward definitely.
It means also when he's older he has the choice of being Ed if he wants to move away from Ted/Teddy.