Boys names Ted/teddy

[AnxiousAnnie86]

Hey all! Do you think Ted/teddy is okay as a name on its own rather then a nickname or shortened form Theodore or Edward? Theodore is my best friends fave name - to be shortened to Theo and I'm just not a massive fan of Edward xx

I know an adult Ted and it suits him really well!

I think Teddy on the birth certificate is fine. I don’t actually see the point in giving your child a formal/ long name you never intend to use. By the time he is an adult, there will be a much wider range of names in use than when we were coming of age.

I would put Edward/Edwin/Edgar/Edouardo on his birth certificate. Definitely not Teddy, and I think Ted is borderline personally.

I knew a Teddy who changed his name back to Edward when he went to high school, so I’d stick with Ted.

You could have it short for Edmund or Edgar

Someone I know has a ds with “Thomas Edward” on the birth certificate but is called Ted or Teddy daily (still just a toddler).

Ted on birth certificate is fine. Teddy as a nickname

When ds was a few days old my husband walked in and greeted us like this.
Hello misisam

Hello Mr Bundy

Haha my ds is definitely not like Ted Bundy though. He is a sweetheart.

If it helps, my son's middle name is Edison. We did consider it as a first name and would have shortened it to Ted.

I think Ted/Teddy is sweet, but deffo not as full names - it's the name of a child's toy. I think it's like calling your daughter Dolly as a full name, too twee for an adult all the time.

I'd put Edward or Theodore on the birth cert (or Edwin, Edmund, Edgar or Thaddius)

Love Ted not Teddy, love Bert not Bertie, Sebastian is a great name as and nn Seb. I really dislike y / ie names on birth certificate.

I happen to have a lot of 'associates 'on Facebook who name given their children nickname names as their birth certificate names. Think Lottie type names uhhhh, just not my cup of tea officially. I think nn develop.

Ted/ Teddy is my favourite boys name but DH didn’t like Edward so we didn’t use it, as I wasn’t keen on Ted as a name by itself. Shame because DS is such a Teddy! Edmund is another option?

My Ted is a teen and is rocking it!

I’m biased as I have an Edward who is nearly 8 and we always call him Ted. I wouldn’t want that on his birthday certificate though. I just feel the full name gives HIM options as he grows up.

Its incredibly common at the moment so I think by the time all the little Teddys are adult, there will be so many of them it will no longer seem like a "cutesy" name, and just be seen as totally normal

Teddy =Bear, Ted=Bundy.

I know 3 boys named Teddy. It’s the new ‘naughty boy’ name, accorting to my YR teacher friend.

As an adult Ted would sound quite (dare I say) common? Teddy quite ridiculous

I'd go for Edward or Theodore

Saying that I call my Alexander, Al.

I'd go with Sebastian.

I do like Ted, (unfortunate about Ted Bundy! I'd never made that connection before, but he does still get talked about a lot I think. They loosely base some characters on him in movies and tv shows, so maybe more relevant than you'd think)?

Has Edmund been suggested yet? Could that become Teddy?

There is a character in Prison Break called Theodore / Teddy Bagwell...now thinking he is meant to be like Ted Bundy! Would make sense.

It's awful imo. Theodore, Edward, Edmund or Edwin are lovely.

Sebastian is a fantastic name.

I know that popularity doesn't bother many people but Ted / Teddy really is very, very popular indeed.