Opinions on Teddie for a girl?

[ScarlettO89]

Just wondered what the general consensus on the name Teddie for a girl are?

Cute or too cutesy?

Teddie on the birth certificate, no longer name.

its dreadful and sounds like a item of lingerie.
Theodora is good though.

Not if used as birth certificate name. Give the child some options if she isn't a "teddie" type woman who would be

Hmm. I think Teddie/Teddy is a nickname only, eg for Theodora. Otherwise doesn't give her many options as she becomes a grown up!

Agree, far too cutesy, especially with the ie ending. Give the child a proper name on her birth certificate or at the very least, as a middle name (but NOT Mae/Rae/Sue/Pink) so she has options when Teddie becomes embarrassing.

QueenBean - I agree - upper class, well educated Teddie is a barrister, lives in Fulham but frequently visits her parents in the Cotswold where she is a member of the local hunt. Her best friend hangs out with Pippa Middleton, and they occasionally all bump into each other at Wimbledon and the polo.

It kind of sounds like a pornstar name to me. Theodora is really nice though. I would have that as the full name and Teddie as the nickname so she has more options when she's older.

I don't like it at all sorry.

Is your friend a mumsnetter? It's a pretty distinctive name. Aren't you worried she'll see this thread?

Oh hang on, ignore me. She's asked you to start the three on re reading your comment.

Theodora is lovely! Not a name I ever thought of.
I'm not a fan of Teddy In general. I find it just too cutsey and is becoming very popular.
But her child, so she gets to choose!

Too cute and too cutesy- adult women do not want cute OR cutesy names.
And it's a boy's name as well.

Nope.

I'm small and have always looked young. Having a little-girl name would have just been one more barrier to being taken seriously.

It's awful

Nope.

Adding -ie to a boy's name doesn't feminise it.

Awful as a given name.

It's a big no from me, Theodora nicknamed Teddie, is fine.