Can I have your honest opinions

[Helpmechoose321]

Have NC as including surname so could be outing.

We are having a boy in a few months and our favourite name is Theodore, to be shortened to Teddy. The problem is our surname. It’s Baird. So when you say Teddy Baird out loud, it sounds a bit like teddy bear.

So with that in mind should we steer clear of the name? We already have a DD who uses a shortened version of her name and the idea was that as she grew she could choose to continue to use the short version or change to the long, and the same with Theodore/Teddy - he could be known as Theo when he got a bit older.

Please be as honest as you like! Would also appreciate suggestions of other names that go with our surname.

Other names we like are

Rory
Flynn
Louie

Louie would go lovely with your surname .
I think Teddy is lovely but I see what you mean
It’s like when people are called Mike Hunt . It just doesn’t sound right lol

Sorry, yes I think he's likely to be teased asking with all the Teresa Greens and Rory Lyons!

*along with

I wouldn’t give him a name that would make him a target for bullying at school
I always liked the babe Rory

Name not babe, lol

I wouldn't call him teddy as I do think kids would tease him with teddy bear.
Louie is a lovely name though

Just use Theo from the start..

Use Theo

Yeah I would avoid Teddy! Maybe even rory (roary bear).

Louis is nice

Yes just call him Theo. When he's a teen / adult he might think it's a laugh to be called Teddy Baird but you can't inflict it on him as a child!

Thanks all, I thought that would be the case but hoped it wouldn’t! Not a huge fan of Theo weirdly enough.

Back to completely blank drawing board 😩

I think Theo is lovely and would work fine with surname!

Love your other suggestions of
Rory
Flynn
Louie
But probably like Theo/Theodore best

Is it a blank drawing board though @Helpmechoose321 ? You seem like you have already sorted your alternatives

I wouldn’t use teddy

All your other names are lovely

They are other names that we like but don’t like any of them enough to choose as a forever name. They were just examples of the types of name we are keen on.

Theodore is the only one we liked enough to call him. I suppose Teddy could just be a pet name we call him at home and Theo/Theodore at school etc

If you call him Theodore but use Theo from the start, then surely that name will stick. Rory would be my next choice.

Theodore is lovely, but if you don’t like it enough to call him by that or the most obvious short form, Theo, it sounds as if it’s actually the name Teddy that you really like...?

Teddy Baird is nothing like Mike Hunt . One is a cute pun that he may get teased about a bit but it's likely to be good natured. Mike Hunt sounds like a swearword.

Yes possibly @FeigningHorror , as explained we were would have chosen that as the long version so that when he grew up (even just to primary school age), we could use those names!

Edward is also an option if you like nickname Teddy

Or just Ted?

How about the name “Ned”? I love that name

I would use a longer name with Baird personally.

Alexander
Sebastian
Laurence
Gabriel

@FluffyEggsontoast don’t like the name Edward at all. And we are Scottish so Ned has it’s own problems up here!

@NoSauce I do like the name Alexander.

A few others we have on our “like” list are

Kit
Carter

Don't use Teddy. He will most definitely be teased his entire life, from school right into work.

Theo is nice. Just use that. No need to turn it into a Teddy.

Kit is GORGEOUS @Helpmechoose321

I like carter too. Or Parker

Suggestions with good nicknames:

Wilf(red)
Barnaby
Nathan/Nathaniel - Nate
Rafferty / Raffy
Sidney /Sid

Other ideas:

Eli
Ellis
Miles / Milo
Seth
Cole
Otis
Eric
Casper
Rudy/Rudi
Dexter
Blake
Angus
Dominic
Idris
Percy
Caleb