Pretentious or unusual in a good way?

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If it's a boy, and for various reasons, DH is really keen on Thadeus, known as Ted, day-to-day.
I like it, but am not 100% convinved - it just feels pretentious. WDYR?

I like Thadeus.. but then I like unusual names! But Ted doesn't make sense to me day to day - wouldn't it be Thad/Tad (which I prefer actually too...)

I like it

I'd be confused by the Ted nickname.

Bit pretentious tbh. Sorry.

Eek, hmm, I like the "deus" bit, but as a whole the name Thadeus sounds clunky to me.

It also sounds slightly lispy.

I like the way it looks on paper more than the sound of it.

How about Theodore? Edward? Magnus?

Inching towards the pretentious I think, sorry. Agree iwth Islands that Theodore is a good alternative though (and shortens nicely to Ted )

very pretentious.

Glad you agree with me : ) More fuel to my fire ; 0

i think its a bit pretentious. Sorry :)

I love it, also like Thaddeo. Teddy is a cute nickname.

I love Thaddeus. It is becoming fairly popular in Germany (pronounced Ta-day-us).

i like Thadeus, it's a nice name

but really not sure how you get Ted from it!

Boris Becker recently had an Amadeus (in response to someone saying they like -deus names).

I love Thaddeus! Sounds classic/elegant and not overused. You could used Ted/Teddy/Taddy as nicknames imo.

What is people's concerns about names being 'pretentious' . Surely we want to try as hard as possible to find lovely names for our children, ideally names that aren't used by thousands of other already, no?

I know a Thadeus called Ted. He is 9 ish; no one thinks his name is pretentious.

No - don't do it.

Love it (it has two Ds though, imo) and I don't think it's too pretentious (whatever that means). I love Tad or Thad as a nn.

I think it will become more popular as Theodore and Edward and all the other names that generate Ted as a nn become ever more popular and parents look for something along those lines but not specifically those names.

I think if you were being more 'out there' you'd be looking at names like Theophilus or Theodosius.

It's a nice name. Thad a cool nn, but Ted is a bit of a stretch.

Sounds a bit like Phallus!

But I like Ted

We know a Thaddeus who is 4 yrs old. Taddy is his nickname. suits him, its great.

Thady (rhymes with shady) is an old-fashioned name you might hear sometimes in Ireland -- I believe it comes from Thaddeus. There's a ballad "The Bold Thady Quill".

I know a Thadeus and a Thaddeus. Neither of them is called Ted though. Tad or Taddy would be more realistic as a NN IMO - the name itself wouldn't strike me as pretentious but Ted as a NN might, TBH

I LOVE it. Have loved it since I was a teenager and my dad has mocked me for it ever since! Go for it: it's gorgeous - but I like Tad better as a nn than Ted. It has never entered my head that it could be pretentious.

I love it, it's a great name. It's not pretentious.

It's a lovely name, not at all pretentious! I'd go with Thad as a nn too x