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

Dd’s Name is a shortening of 2 or 3 well known longer names and ALWAYS gets asked if it’s short for one of them or people just call her one anyway so it does happen.

I do like the name Teddy but I’d also feel guilty using it because I do think about the longer term consequences of it these cute babies grow up. Ds2 gets a cutesy shortening of his name. It’s his preference at 8 to be called that but I’ve only met one person with his name that uses the same shortening as an adult that used it as a child the ones I’ve met have gone for a different short version or the full name.

Infantile and very 'fashionable'. Edward in its entirety is lovely.

Edward is a completely different name. I wouldn't shorten it at all, or possibly Ed when in a rush.

But Teddy? Takes just as long to say and sounds completely unrelated and twee imo.

How many Edward's are always known in their entirety though.

We have had:

Smelly Eddie nappy time
Tinker Ted terrible twos
Eddie the electronic elephant yr 1, brain and body didn't stop
Neddy boy grandparents bred horses schoolmates found out.
Farmer boy - grandparents farmed

His chums chose what stuck.

Twee and cutesy. Trendy at the moment so will date.

Fine as a diminutive.

Only a nn for Theodore or Edward otherwise too cutesy on it's own. I'm not a huge fan of the full or shortened name tbh

Shit

I like it! I appreciate what people are saying but I think it can be quite a cool adult name too, maybe it just depends on the person xx

@amyem really? Yes here's Teddy our head of corporate development.

I'd imagine a great giant teddy bear suit walking in.

*Yes here's Teddy our head of corporate development.

I'd imagine a great giant teddy bear suit walking in.*

Me too! The teddy is so associated with the fluffy bear in my mind. It sounds so sweet and cuddly.

I really don't think it's so bad at all, I don't really see why a name should matter as to what job someone can do or why someone should be judged on a name, but like I said I guess it depends on the person as to whether they can pull it off, meaning whether they are confident with it and embrace it, which you obviously have no idea of as a baby!

I know a Ted who's a senior city lawyer and he seems to get by, so I don't think potential baby Teddy is doomed forever... If he really feels that even Ted is a step too far he can always be Ed.

I LOVE it, it’s on my list. My boss when I was working in the states was named teddy and I’ve loved it since then.

I know an elderly person called Teddy as well so for me it ticks all the adult boxes. Maybe if my surname was lovehearts I’d be nervous but I think it’s grand. My only concern is preteens, and anyone I know who’s used the actual name their DC have been fine.

I think there’s so many ridiculous fears for bullying, Andy pandy, being short, being girly, beig boyish, having blonde hair, having red hair, wrong name, wrong accent, wrong ethnicity. Sweet mother of god you’d never have a child if you were avoiding all the potentials of bullying.

I like it for a baby but not so sure about when he gets to adulthood, although I suppose could shorten it to Ted as he gets older.

I think it's twee, infantilising and wimpy when used as a full name. It's fine as a nickname.

Childish and twee

Edward known as Teddy is alright. I don’t like Theodore because I’ve heard too many “fee-oh” pronunciations, but pronounced properly it’s fine

I know that a baby Teddy will grow up surrounded by twee names and board rooms in 50 years will be full of Alfie, Archie, Evie, Poppy etc but Teddy is so associated with teddy bears that I don’t think it works as a stand alone name for anyone older than a toddler

And there’s Teddy Roosevelt

Well, yes, but that's different because the toy was named after him, and apparently he didn't like being called Teddy anyway.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_bear

I really dislike it. Doesn't seem like a real name. it's very common here though.

If your dh doesn't like Theodore why not just call him Ted? When he is little call him Teddy and just revert to Ted as he gets older.

Give him the name Edward and call him Teddy. If he doesn't like it when he's older he can use his given name.

As a NN it's cute, I've always fancied teddy's since 90210

I love it!

It’s just too linked to a stuffed toy for me to like it as a name. I feel the same about Dolly. I always ask myself if it is a name I’d like to be called when deciding and I can honestly say I’d hate to be called it.

Nope