What do you really think of the name Teddy?

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My DH and I are finding it very difficult to pick a boys names, we have two DS's already.
I do really like the name Teddy but don't know if he will hate us when he's 14!

What are your honest thoughts on the name?
TIA

It's a cute nickname for Edward, Edmund or Theodore. Not a good name in its own right.

cute nickname but not as a full name...

Theodore is gorgeous

Honestly, I think it's too cutesy for a grown man. He will only be a little boy for a relatively short period of his life. By all means give him a name that shortens to Teddy and then call him that until/if he objects.

Awful and twee.
Ok as a family only pet name for e.g. Edward though.

It's a lovely name for a dog

I taught a 14 year old Teddy. Personally I think it’s become very popular over the last few years.

I honestly strongly dislike it. Don't understand its popularity at all!

Cute as a baby, awful for an adult.

My daughter named her son Teddy last year, but thats
because her grandad (Edward) was known as Ted, (and she
wanted the family name connection). When he is older he will
Be known as Ted, so not a problem.

I have to say though, it has become so so popular, that i think
you may get quite a few negative responses on here. (as
someone else also put up a thread about the same name
recently).

At the end of the day, it has to be your decision, but be
prepared to have a few children with the same name in your
Sons class at school!

I like it but I would still put a ‘proper’ name on the birth certificate so that if he feels it’s a bit childish when he’s older he can go for that. So Edward or Theodore nn Teddy.

It a my nephews name I love it

Once they get to about 7yo it isn't cute any more.

I know an 80yr oldTeddy. He lives on a dressing-table upstairs!

Awful and twee

Use it as a NN. Put something else on the BC.
It's a lovely name for a baby but could be a millstone for a bullied teen or a grown man.

My boy is NN Teddy for close family only. He is Theodore.

Call him Theodore. He can be Teddy as a baby/child, Theo as a teen and Ted as an adult. Simples.

I think it's awful. I think Edward, Edmund are fine and I really like Theodore. Ted is a good strong shortened version that works for a boy or a man, but Teddy on a birth cert is imo cruel.

It’s fine at a push as long as you give him an actual name on his BC. Theodore is quite nice.

Cute as a nickname when the child is little, but, too redolent of cuddly toys and nylon Ann Summers' camiknickers for an adult.

It's a diminutive of Edward, etc. We wanted to use it as a nn. As soon as he got to school his friends chose his nn. And it stuck. Too outing to put here but he's nearly 24 :)

I think it sounds silly, ok when they are little as a nn

Adorable but overused.

One of my best friend's brother is called Teddy, and he's 30 now! It suits him though, to be honest

I agree with the others. Give him a proper name and use Teddy as a nickname. He's not going to be a toddler forever. It would also give him more options for nicknames (that aren't the names of toys) - Ed, Eddie, Theo etc.