Ted or Teddy?

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any thoughts? it wont be short for anything if I know my sister

Only if Edward is on the BC.

What Boob said.

Gorgeous as a nickname.
Terrible if it's his only name and he doesn't get a choice to use a proper name as he gets older.

Thats what my mum is going on about. My sister does this which is fine for a girl because the names she chose now are names in their own right and very lovely with it.

Im hoping she's just winding my mum up.

I prefer Teddy. I don't see the point of having another name on the BC if you are going to call him Ted or Teddy.
I don't dislike Ted btw.

For your nephew I'm guessing from your op? If she INSISTS on not having a proper name, then Ted, its less silly as a proper name.

What about something like Tom, Tim, Leo or Zach instead?

Teddy is beautiful. I love it for a boy, its my favorite name of all time........

god forbid, I would never suggest names to her!! Honestly I keep out of it but I do want to gently suggest that maybe this time the child shoulc have a more formal real name?

I mean, my best friends child was Billy until he went to school and came back deciding he now wanted to be known as William. Lucky him, he had that choice.

I have just spotted on FB that a friend's cousin has called her son Teddy. Fine now, fine when he's about 65, but it IS a derivative of Edward. Why not just name him Edward and use Ted or Teddy.

(Not a fan of 'short names' as given names)

Ted is a good nickname for Edward or Theodore. Teddy is a soft toy.

Teddy is short for teddy bear, isn't it?

I love Teddy but DH vetoed it (Teddy Sherringham) think Ted is great too.

I have a Theodore
We call him Teddy
School call him Theo
He calls himself Theodore

There was a man who died a few years ago, his name was something like Jonny - his full name, not a nn - his family were not able to (although I should imagine been sorted by now) put a stone on because the cemetary said it has to be a proper name on it! It certainly made me think about names!

I would put Edward or Theodore on the BC.

No, it reminds me of theodore bundy(ted bundy)

I know a little boy called ted, he is a cutie :)

I love Teddy for a name. My neighbours little boy has this for a name and it sounds great

Ted is okay for a boy but Teddy is utterly appalling. Can you imagine a 40 year old man introducing himself as Teddy?

Ted is OK as long as Edward (or possibly Theodore) is on the birthcertificate so the child has a choice as he grows, but Teddy is short for Teddy Bear, and should not be given to a child in any formal or legal context.

A 'Teddy' would have a difficult time in many other countries where a teddy is a soft cuddly bear. Well in those countries that I've spent time in (e.g. Germany, France).

Theodore, Thaddeus or Edward (although not sure where the t comes in...) are all proper names imo.

The teddy bear was named after Theodore Roosevelt. I have a Theodore, but we call him Ted/Teddy, he is never known as Theodore, bit of a pain TBH because on all official documents he is Theodore and I always have to explain that we don't call him that. Ted is a name like any other, I gave him a long name so he had 'options' for when he was older but I see now that that is silly, why would he want to change the name he has always been known as and what everyone knows him as?

That's exactly what my sister says as well.

Ted is fine. Not keen on Teddy or Alfie etc they seem a bit cutesy. I wouldn't say anything you will piss her off, it is her choice.

Most people he meets won't know the teddy bear was named after Theodore Roosevelt though. They'll just think "cuddly toy". Same goes for the girls' nickname Dolly.