Teddy for a girl??

[gsw2019]

opinions please

Knew an Edwina whose nn was Teddy.

Give the child a proper name - then use the nn for everyday. It does leave 'growing room'

Love this.

My kids are known by names like this though they have the full, slightly more, pompous names on the BC ( just in case, obvs, for when they are all lawyers or whatever)

What a horrible comment @misspiggy19 my niece is called Teddy.Its lovely go for it x

It's a kind of lingerie. Am I the only person to think that?

Not in it,s own right and a bit too masucline fort me.

Love it but only if it’s short for Theodora

I like it.
Although Edwina and Theodora... not so much!

I have a Teddy in my family, she is Theodora but has pretty much always gone by Teddy (or Ted when she was an angsty teen) she’s now in her late 30’s, and still prefers Teddy.
It suits her though.

Robbiw William's daughter is Theodora. Teddy on it's own is awful for a boy or girl.

I'd be absolutely gutted if it were my name (actual name, not nickname), so wouldn't lumber anyone I supposedly loved with it.

Do you have a boy called Bear?

Awful. I would hate to be called such an infantilising name.

I suppose, if she has a brother, you could call him Rupert?

Awful and twee.

Twee and naff.
Theodora is awful too.

Absolutely love it! I was tempted myself!

No way

Yes yes yes!!!
Is call her Theodora on BC and call her Teddy as a nn

Theodora nn Teddy is fine. Teddy on it’s own is not.

I think that of Teddy as a stand-alone for boys too.

I love this! I can’t imagine she’d be a laughing stock, names don’t have to just be traditional to be pretty.
Teddy would make a lovely girls name

If Teddy grew up to thibk her name twee and babyish then she could just be known as Ted. Easy. I think it’s a great name

Also I really don’t think in 20 years time that Teddy will seem babyish at all given the popularity of the name Teddy nowerdays

We think of Teddy as a baby name as the average age of the population called Teddy must be about 1 years old. That’ll change as all these Teddy’s grow up

We think of Teddy as a baby name

I think most people would think of Teddy as a Teddy Bear 🧸

I read a story about a girl called teddy. Her mummy had made her a birthday cake using made cakes from the supermarket ( stuck together with icing 🤭) both cake and name were absolutely ridiculed.