Teddy James

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Teddy James (Last name) Opinions??

I think that 'Teddy' is so intrinsically entrenched in everyone's minds as being Teddy Bear, the soft toy we all know and love, anyone given that as a name is going to get teased, or at best it commented upon all their lives.
I wouldn't give it to a child.

I like the name James.

Maybe if you went for Edward, then you could call him Teddy, but give him an alternative if he wanted to use it later in life ?

I love it, but completely agree with going Edward James so he has options later on.

Everything @Kite22 said ^^

Teddy is very cute for a young child, not so great for an adult. I would go for Edward, Edwin or Theodore and call him Teddy for short and he's still got the option of a stronger name as an adult.

Love it

I think Theodore James or Edward James are both lovely.
I like Teddy but I will say from personal experience some dc feel they outgrow the name and are grateful for other options.

Agree with previous posters, Teddy James is very cute for a little boy but Teddy is too much a nickname for a grown up. Edward or Theodore (or even Edwin or Edmund) with the nickname Teddy is better.

James is a lovely name by the way.

I love the name James but that's your surname? 🤔
Teddy? Personally no, but I have a few friends who chose it.

Teddy as a full given name for a grown man is awful. Your baby won't be a baby forever.

I love it. Yea know a 50 year old 200lb Teddy and it suits him brilliantly so I don't agree it's a name you outgrow

No, I wouldn’t inflict that on a child. Teddy is a soft toy or an item of underwear. Give him a proper name.

I wouldn’t enjoy introducing myself as Teddy if I were a fifty years old man. Much too cutesy. Also, it’s so overused. Little Teddys everywhere, just waiting to grow up and feel a mild sense of resentment about their name.

I only hear ‘Teddy’ in the voice of Mr Bean…

Teddy is not a name for an adult.

Far too 'cutesy' for my taste - even for a baby.

Theodore James or Edward James are fine and you can still call him Teddy but he won't be a baby/toddler forever and he needs a name that will work as an adult too and I don't think Teddy alone does

I always think of the pub test...if his mate shouts across the pub 'Teddy, mate...do you want a pint?'...if it sounds ridiculous then it's not a name that is suitable for an adult!

@LittleLottieChaos

I only hear ‘Teddy’ in the voice of Mr Bean…

😂 this made me laugh!

I love the name Teddy, but agree I can't imagine calling an older man it

I like it.He will get called Ted as an adult.I agree with other posters though.Give the longer name Edward so he has the choice.I've done that with my daughter.Never uses the longer version of her name but she likes having it. As do I with my name.

My friend just called her baby this! It’s lovely.

My nephew was Teddy (from Edward) and we had Ed and Ted in the family.
He changed to Edward in primary school as he hated it.

Love it. Has a really good flow to it.

The Teddy I knew changed his name to Edward (know as Ed ) at 15 and never changed it back.

Teddy isn’t cute for a baby yet alone a child.

No you can't have a man called Teddy, imagine going through school with that.
Even in nursery I can see confusion with actual teddies 🧸, lower primary it might work, later primary he will outgrow it.

I could actually imagine it getting ditched altogether or becoming Bear 🐻.

@Orphlids

I wouldn’t enjoy introducing myself as Teddy if I were a fifty years old man. Much too cutesy. Also, it’s so overused. Little Teddys everywhere, just waiting to grow up and feel a mild sense of resentment about their name.

A grown man can be Ted though, lots of older men are called that.

I love James.
Edward James or Edmund James sounds great with Teddy as a nickname.

I know an adult Teddy. He's Edward officially and as soon as he got to uni he introduced himself to everyone as Ed. It's only those of us who've known him since primary school that still call him Teddy.

Teddy is cute for a child but not a grown man.