Ned....

[mamma2boyz]

I love it. Dh doesnt and it is not helped by the fact that in Scotland it means non educated delinquent...and I think they had made a film called NEDs recently.

What do you think?

Would give him the full name Edward on birth certificate.

Fire away!

I like :)

It woud just be silly name to me because of the meaning in Scotland.

However I love Ed and Eddie

I like it, love Edward and all derivations

Fab and Edward is a lovely sensible real name.

Love it, both versions.

but if you're not in scotland then the scottish meaning is lost surely? Nobody elsewhere would even consider it..

Edward is the best boy's name EVER!

My Edward was always going to be Teddy when I was expecting him but we have never called him that. I would choose a name that you like and that you like all derivatives as you don't know what you will shorten it to. (We liked David but I don't like Dave - didn't choose it as someone would have called him Dave.)

DC 3 is called by a nickname that we never once considered, in fact I chose her name based on a nickname I liked and we've never used it.

It's perfect . NED is the name I had chosen had we had another boy.just Ned not Edward so go for it

I don't like it but I do like Ted.

If you had a Tom already would you use Ted??

I like Edward. Ed and Ted are OK, not so keen on Ned which sounds like a horse's name.

If you're planning on calling him Ned I'd probably put it on the birth certificate. Our DD had a planned name and then a more official name that was going to go on the birth certificate, but we couldn't tolerate all the midwives calling her by her official name all the time when that's not who she was. Eventually we put the name we wanted for her on the birth certificate and haven't looked back.

I adore Edward, with Ned for short. It was my DGF's name so we gave it to my DS as a middle name but I kind of regret this as I would love to use it as a name for a future DS. My DGF was a Teddy but I would always use Ned as a nn for Edward.

Lovely! Boy and man, just lovely! I also agree that a shortened name needs its formality on the birth certificate.

Taught a gorgeous little Ned last year! Super name.

Do you or DS ever plan on living in Scotland?

If it's a possibility then no. It's like calling your kid Chav.

I love Ned but prefer Edmund as the formal name.

I find Edward a bit blah compared to Edmund.

I love Ned, and very nearly chose it for ds2, but I'm afraid the Scottish chav connection put us off... It is a great name though (sigh)

It makes me think horse but I don't know why?!?!

Mr Ed?

I wanted Ned for my ds, but as my grandad Edward died on the day he was born we used that as a middle name and went with our other choice.

The only jibe we got was oooo like Ned Flanders from the Simpsons

I love Ned as a NN for Benedict, and am mightily pissed off by the negative connotations north of the border.

Ed and Ted are both nice, but IMO not as nice as Ned.

A very definite no from me. I am in Scotland where naming your child Ned would the equivalent of calling him 'chav' or 'thug',but it also has an ugly sound,and is best reserved for carthorses imho.

Edward is a brilliant name, with some great NN..Why of why then would you pick the one that stands for 'Non-Educated [sic] Delinquent' So it's a big fat no for me.

You can hardly blame people north of the border for the negative connotations...it's like suggesting the name 'Scallie'...I'm sure a number of people in the Liverpool area would be advising a big fat NO too.

wasn't blaming anyone Highlandgirl?