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DeadbeatYoda · 12/04/2023 19:49

Dassams · 12/04/2023 11:20

Teddy is very popular at the moment for babies and has been for dogs for the last decade so it’s not going to frighten the horses and he won’t get teased or anything.

ANY name can get teased!

And a Teddy 🧸 is definitely something little kids will find funny as a name!

M ok né of my Teddy's friends ever found it funny enough to mention. He's 16 now.

AppleKatie · 12/04/2023 19:51

Have you seen the average reception class register? Teddy is not getting any raised eyebrows at all.

AbsoIutelyLovely · 12/04/2023 19:52

I know a teddy. He really doesn’t suit his name as a big lumbering teen. Think about it

MrsMitford3 · 12/04/2023 19:57

Please don't give your poor DS Teddy as his full name

Theodore or Edward on birth certificate.

Call him what you like but let him have grown up options-he will thank you later!!!!!

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 12/04/2023 20:05

OK here's my experience - friend of my DS was Teddy until he was about 12 when he wanted to be called Ed or Edward and refused to answer to Teddy.

Killingmytime · 12/04/2023 20:17

if you don’t care, I don’t know why you asked, but here it is.
it’s fucking irritating.
it maybe cute as a child, but it’s irritating as fuck when you grow up.
when you’re constantly called something else, ( not just people taking the piss) when people always spell your name wrong, when you’re constantly giving your name out at work and correcting it too people…
when it messes things up at your college, at work etc…. repeat.
I would simply change it if it didn’t upset my family.

icanneverthinkofnc · 12/04/2023 20:25

My DGF was born in 1915. He was Arthur Edmund..he was nicknamed Teddy when he started working at 14 by his colleagues. It stuck. He was Teddy or Ted until he died. I didn't know what his real name was until I was nearly grown up.

Toddlerteaplease · 12/04/2023 20:39

Awful!

Toddlerteaplease · 12/04/2023 20:42

I've met a few Teddies, not met a teenage one yet. But I suspect it will be like the time met a 16 year old Alfie. It just doesn't sit right on an strapping teenager.

TwoPointFourCatsAndDogs · 12/04/2023 20:46

I know a Ted, aged 18. Short for Theodore, which is actually his middle name. He’s spoiled for choice as he could use his first name, Theodore or Theo but he chooses to be Ted. He’s a popular lad, pretty cool, never gets any stick over his name.

PercyJ · 12/04/2023 20:55

I love the name... but I am biased as I've got a 3 year old Teddy, we sometimes call him Ted. He was named after my grandad who was 'Grandad Ted'.... It's such a popular name now tho, everywhere we go we seem to find a Teddy.

CorvusPurpureus · 12/04/2023 20:57

I've got a Ned.

His birth certificate says Edmund.

He gets Ned or Nedster from me, Nedmund from his dad, Teddington from one sister & That Git Ned from the other, was known as Ed by default to most of his teachers, is EddietheTeddy as a gaming alias, Eddy to his mates...

I'm just glad he has the choices.

If I'd gone with Theodore, he could have had Ted or Theo.

Teddy seems a bit...limited options. & yes, too cutesy for an adult.

I really like the fact that my late teenager can try on different derivatives.

If I'd just called him Ned, he wouldn't have been able to try on Eddy. Edmund means he can, & keep it if he likes it.

bearcub1 · 12/04/2023 21:05

I’ve got a teenage Teddy, birth certificate is Edward, but he has never been known as Edward.
I’ve just asked him if he likes his name and he does and said, ‘if anything, Ild want to drop the Edward name, as it’s just embarrassing when people find out my real name, as it sounds so posh’ Disclaimer: he is a teen, so may well change his mind about this.
He has been known as Teddy all the way through primary, in secondary and his part time work.

roarfeckingroarr · 12/04/2023 21:39

Happy2baMum2be · 12/04/2023 09:35

ArcticBells · Today 09:31

dietcokelime · Today 09:19

Go with Edward or Theodore!! Don't lumber an adult man with the name of Teddy, it's very cute as a DC but gives them the opportunity to change it when they grow up

This. He'll hate being called Teddy when he's a CEO or MD!

I dont really care if that's you think I wasn't asking for your opinion just people's actual experience with the name
Some people just enjoy trying to knock people down
Clearly there are a few people who enjoy knocking people down on this thread
Good luck to you all
I love the name Teddy and that's all that matters

That is not all that matters.

This is your child's name for life. Teddy is a cute nickname but it would be cruel to lumber an adult with Teddy.

DramaAlpaca · 12/04/2023 22:03

Ted is fine. Teddy is twee. OK on a small child but too cutesy for an adult.

Aquamarine1029 · 12/04/2023 23:48

I love the name Teddy and that's all that matters

Oh right, but you aren't the male human being who will have to live with this name for the rest of their entire life. The selfishness is astounding.

SugarNspices · 12/04/2023 23:54

My experience of the name teddy? I had a stuffed bear as a kid called teddy I lost him in a park on holiday and cried a lot. Brings back painful memories "where are you teddy!??" 😫

fairycupcakes · 13/04/2023 00:06

I know of 3 between ages 4-9
1 is a Theodore currently with the nn Teddy and Teds. Parents chose the full name Theodore so he has options to go by that or Theo aswell should he chose to. They wanted him to have options.

1 is just Teddy on BC and is known as Teddy or Ted/Teds.

1 is a girl, her name is Teddie.

I do think it’s lovely on children but personally I wouldn’t want to be called Teddy as an adult but then I’m in my early 30s and by the time the current children being named Teddy enter the workplace there will be all sorts of names far more “out there” than Teddy so I’m not sure why many mumsnetters think a name will affect the job/career or life the child will go on to do/have.

if you love it then go for it

BritInAus · 13/04/2023 00:23

Super popular. Every class / childcare room seems full of Freddies and Teddies.

TrippinEdBalls · 13/04/2023 00:47

I have an Edward who we call Teddy. I imagine he'll become a Ted or Ed as he gets older, which is absolutely fine. I don't see why Ted isn't a name for a grown man?

I know it's a reasonably popular name but we haven't ever had any problems with there being lots of other boys called Teddy around - he was the only one at nursery and now is the only one in his class, and one of two in his primary school. But in any case I have an unusual name and grew up hating it so I don't have the horror of my children having the same name as another child in their class that a lot of people on MN have - I love that they have names that absolutely everyone can spell and pronounce!

LBFseBrom · 13/04/2023 01:38

Happy2baMum2be · 12/04/2023 09:11

Baby boy due soon and love the name Teddy anyone have a Teddy?? what sort of comments do you get ??
Anyone have an older child or know an adult called Teddy any issues?
Don't want a longer name
Just love Teddy

I knew a couple of Teddys when I was a small child but I'm in my seventies. As they got older they wanted to be 'Ted' as Teddy is babyish (like Nick instead of Nicky). Their full names were Edward which is a classic name.

Think about what your child will like when he is older. Personally I don't like shortened or nick names on birth certificates regardless of what you might call your child - and I don't like 'Teddy' but it's up to you what you call him.

Kokeshi123 · 13/04/2023 01:52

I know people are saying that cutesy-poo names like Teddy are fine because "other people are using them too," but in my experience they are mostly used in the UK. If you are outside the UK with a name like Teddy, after a certain age, a lot of people will just laugh.

TrippinEdBalls · 13/04/2023 01:56

Kokeshi123 · 13/04/2023 01:52

I know people are saying that cutesy-poo names like Teddy are fine because "other people are using them too," but in my experience they are mostly used in the UK. If you are outside the UK with a name like Teddy, after a certain age, a lot of people will just laugh.

Will they? Where's that? That's astonishingly rude to laugh at other people's names, in any country!

teenagersandatoddler · 13/04/2023 02:52

Could you call him Ted and Teddy as a nickname?

Passthewine45 · 13/04/2023 03:59

My son is called Teddy - put Teddy on the birth certificate. We call him Teddy and Ted, and I imagine as he gets older he will be called Ted more.