Would this annoy you or am I being hormonal

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DH and I are pretty set on Eddie for our son due this summer. His legal name would be Edward but we love the nn Eddie. Some of the older members of my family have said "oh lovely, I'll call him teddy." My response was "well his name will be Eddie, that's what he'll go by." But they keep referring to him as Teddy 😂 I don't have anything against Teddy, but that's not that name we picked. I'm now wishing I had just said Eddie and not even mentioned him being legally Edward. I don't want him to have multiple names, I'm not afraid to keep saying "it's Eddie," but it's annoying, just call him Eddie 😂

Would you be annoyed or shall I just keep saying "it's Eddie," and not be bothered?

Was Ted from 'Have you met Ted?' (HIMYM) not a Theodore too??

That is true, I get called Nin a lot by my Dad, which is apparently short for Little Un. I love Nin personally as its one of few nn's I have.

I would just put "Eddie" on the birth certificate or family and friends will just end up abbreviating it into whatever they like

Teddy is indeed short for Edward (or Theodore). I have a soon to be 9 year old Teddy, and we chose Edward for his birth certificate. We loved the name Teddy, but felt he might find it babyish as he gets older, so we chose Edward for the birth certificate so he’d have a larger choice of names when he’s older (Ted, Ed, Eddy, Edward, Teddy). Most of his mates call him Ted. We felt Theodore didn’t have as many options.

Teddy isn't even a nn for Edward is it?

It's certainly not an intuitive one. Ed or Eddie are much more natural and intuitive.

It's also easier to have the same initial as in Edward Smith or Ed Smith or E Smith