Ted.. just Ted.

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he would be christened Ted. go by Ted or Teddy.
Edward and Theodore arent options.
wdyt?

Love it

I am not very keen just as a first name but I really like it as a nickname. But I am the kind of person who would choose a "birth certificate name" with nicknames.

If Edward and Theodore are off the table you could try Edmund? (Or Thaddeus if you're extremely brave!)

I have a Ted I love his name, and no one has ever tried to call him anything other than Ted, so I wouldn't worry about that.
Go for it!

I can't see why the proper longer name isn't the option- he can still be Ted but at least he gets a choice when older. He may not like Ted- I don't.

I would go with the name you love. That said, we had a similar dilemma with DS1 and nearly put a short form on his BC because we weren't sure about the long version. We changed our minds at the last minute and we've grown to absolutely love the long version, as does our DS. He happily gets called either now.

Incidentally, Ted Danson from '3 Men & a Baby' is an Edward.

I love Ted and Ned.not together obviously!

I know a couple of Ted's. A young one and a not so young one. No idea if they have proper names as they've always been Ted. It's a great name and really works on little boys and adults.

Ted sounds lovely but I'm not keen on diminutive names on birth certificates so I would go with a full version and call him Ted day to day. My DD gets Jen or Jenny almost all of the time but Jennifer is her full name, I just feel it gives her more options as an adult

I'd use a proper name for the birth certificate. Ted is too cutesy and insubstantial, better as a nick name and short form

I really like Ted and think it's fine to have on the bc if that's what you prefer - I think Teddy should just be a nickname though as it's too babyish.
I do like Edwin as an alternative though!

I'm just eternally grateful my parents didn't saddle me with the diminutive of my name by which I was known during my childhood. I got the full name, which gave me choices later, and a formal name if I ever want it.

No, it's really mean to shortchange a child with just a nickname or shortened form of a name. Be generous and unselfish and give him a proper name he can adapt as he wishes.

I like Ted, but I agree that nicknames as full names are just a bit mean and not thinking of the child at all. No wriggle room if he hates Ted unless he changes it. No option to have a longer name for 'best' and then to choose the nickname YOU feel suits you best - no, mum and dad wanted to make so sure the nickname they liked got used that they just gave you that on its own!

Ted's nice. But give him a name which also gives him some choices in the future. Most people have that and it's nice to have it!

Edgar is another possibility (I always think of the cool Dutch footballer Edgar Davids), so far we have

Edmund/Edmond
Edwin/Edwyn
Edgar
Edric

The poor child will have a lifetime of explaining that it is his full name and his initial isn't E. Despite that official letters will come with E as the initial anyway.
He should also get the choice. I know a child called Jamie, his parents always intended him to be Jamie but luckily he had James in his birth certificate and once he got to about 8 yrs he absolutely insisted on everyone calling him James.

I have a full BC name, I suppose to give me options when I grew up, but as I was always called by the nickname I don't associate the full name with me at all. I wouldn't turn around if someone called it out as it's just not my name. I find it a real pain. I forget to put the 'proper' name on official documents because it's NOT MY NAME. I don't get up at the doctors when they call me.... Because it's NOT MY NAME. Just please if people must use a BC name, call the child it from time to time! My family wouldn't know who I was if I phoned and said 'Hi, it's BC-name'. If he is only to be called Ted, call him Ted! If he doesn't like his name he can always officially change it to whatever he wants by deed poll. Or give himself the nickname Ed from Ted.

I am generally known by a nickname and rarely use my full name- however I am very, very grateful that I have it and options. ( especially since I have no middle name and fall back options)

Yes, definitely. I teach a Ted but he's Edward on the register and I always call 'Edward, I mean Ted!' Drives me mad! If he's going to be called Ted, call him Ted.

I think its a silly name.

When i worked in a nursery 10 years ago we had a child start called Ted.

The staff sniggered about his name for ages.

The childs grandparents didnt like telling people what he was called if anyone asked whilst in the park etc, so he used to say he was called David!

The child should be the one to choose- give him the choice.

Yes. Love that name

He can choose.... he can choose to be called Bert, Daniel or Fred if he wants. Could also choose Edward. But my point is that to be a choice he does need to be called it at least 10% of the time otherwise it's as much his name as Bert, Daniel or Fred.

I don't think so. I get called my full name less than 10% of the time but it is my name. It is officially my name and I can use it if I want and sometimes I do.

I love Ted, great name and I would use it if I ever had another child ( boy obviously ).

If you're sometimes called it then of course it's your name. I have never been called my BC name. Not once. So it's not my name.