Elliot or Teddy?

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Elliot, because it's a name.
Or Theo(dore), Edmund, Edward.

Teddy is adorable but please give him a proper name so he can choose how he presents himself to the world as an adult. I feel the same about Millie. There are a lot of Elliots.

Elliot, teddy is very fashionable at the moment.

Teddy!

For those saying a 50 year old Teddy sounds silly, then what's wrong with calling themselves Ted at that age?

Teddy all the way. I love it

Teddy.

It never did Roosevelt or Sheringham any harm and a name shared by a president and a soccer star has some flexibility to it.

Elliott

Not keen on Teddy or Ted in later life, sounds old manish somehow and dated, prefer Edward or Elliot

Elliot

But Roosevelt was Theodore (and the toy bear was named after him) and Sheringham is Edward.

"never did Roosevelt or Sheringham any harm and a name shared by a president and a soccer star has some flexibility to it.

Edward and Theodore respectively.

Edmund (Teddy)

But always known as Teddy.

Increasingly people do seem to just be bestowing the name they intend to use, don't they? Instead of doing the "x known as y" business? I can see the merits of both.

Do just seem to be..

True, Serf and I can also see the point, but I personally think that Teddy is much more juvenile than, for example, Tom.

The point is that presumably Sheringham and Roosevelt made the choice themselves? I think imposing a diminutive is wrong.

I'm not mad on Alfie, Archie and the like.

The advantage Alfie and Teddy have is that they can easily become Alf and Ted. Arch is a bit unfortunate as an adult option. That would be my rule of thumb, I think, if I was naming a baby boy in that style.

Teddy!!!! But as his nickname x

Elliot

Teddy is far too cutesy. I'd only use it as a nn for Edward or Theodore, not on its own. so when he's a teen and older he can choose a more mature nn if he wants to

Call him Ted, then he can be Teddy when he's little.

They are both baby names not man names. Teddy Sheringham is the only man I can think of who could carry it off.