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Toby or Teddy?

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MsMiaWallace · 31/05/2020 10:33

So we narrowed boys names down to Toby. DH has thrown Teddy into the mix now!

Which do you prefer? Toby or Teddy?
Middle name will be Charles.

We already have a Harry & Freddie.
I was worried Teddy is a lot like Freddie??

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milienhaus · 31/05/2020 10:35

Teddy is very very popular at the moment and since it also rhymes with Freddie I would go Toby! Very nice name.

Adelais · 31/05/2020 10:57

Toby. Teddy is super popular now.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 31/05/2020 11:03

Not Freddie and Teddy, that would be silly.

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 31/05/2020 11:04

I love the name Teddy (as a nickname for Theodore) and that would have been the name we chose if DD2 had been a boy. However, with Freddie already, it will be too similar.

babynamelover · 31/05/2020 11:23

I think Freddie and Teddy are too close.
I like Toby, Tobias is lovely for full.

OnABeachSomewhere · 31/05/2020 11:56

I prefer Toby. I know Teddy is a real name but I always think of the toy.

villainousbroodmare · 31/05/2020 11:59

Toby for sure, Teddy is a toy bear.

Swishtail · 31/05/2020 12:02

Toby but put Tobias on the BC do you have something to call him when you are angry Grin

Swishtail · 31/05/2020 12:02

so not do Blush

SnowdropFox · 31/05/2020 12:48

Toby as Teddy is pretty popular and doesn't go well with Freddie.

WisestIsShe · 31/05/2020 12:49

Toby, definitely.

MikeUniformMike · 31/05/2020 13:35

Toby

pinktaxi · 31/05/2020 13:43

Next doors dog is a Teddy, so I'm with Toby

sweetnosugar · 31/05/2020 13:48

Where I live Toby/Tobias is very popular. I actually love the name Teddy, the only one I know is a relative of mine.

Pemba · 31/05/2020 14:02

You can't have Freddie and Teddy, just sounds daft! Teddy is too popular now, but sounds quite babyish really. OK as a shortening of Theodore or Edward.

So I'd go with Toby (or Tobias on the certificate as a pp suggested).

captainraymondholt · 31/05/2020 14:03

I like them both but prefer Toby.
But you can't have a Freddie and Teddy!

DramaAlpaca · 31/05/2020 14:04

Toby

Mollymalone123 · 31/05/2020 14:04

Sorry but Teddy is my dog’s name.Obviously I love it but think it’s a bit twee.Toby def

123Dancewithme · 31/05/2020 14:22

You can’t have a Freddie and a Teddy Grin

Peachbubble · 31/05/2020 14:31

Stick with Toby.

Pleasenodont · 31/05/2020 14:36

Teddy rhymes with Freddie, just sounds ridiculous!

I don’t mind Teddy as a diminutive of Edward or Theodore but hate it as a stand alone name, I’d hate to just be ‘Teddy’ on my birth certificate. It’s cute for a baby but not an adult.

I’d go with Toby (Tobias).

Standrewsschool · 31/05/2020 14:36

Teddy is very popular, plus too similar to Freddie. Also, I see it as a nn for Edward. If Freddy’s name was a Frederick, and Teddy was Edward, that wouldn’t be so bad.

On that basis, I vote Toby.

FizzyGreenWater · 31/05/2020 15:16

Freddie and Teddy?!

No, unless they happen to be hamsters.

Toby is lovely and complements Freddie really well.

daisypond · 31/05/2020 15:22

Toby

Orphlids · 31/05/2020 22:54

I’d hate to be a grown man named Teddy. Toby is marginally better.

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