Ted for a boy?

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DF and I had decided that if our new baby is a boy we would call him Thomas but on Sunday we were chatting and got to talking about Theodore.

Now I love Theo and did also for DS but DF felt that the meaning was not good. Theodore means god's gift so Theo means "God".

If we went for this he would call the baby Ted or Teddy, I quite like it and there is always the option of him being called Theo if he grows out of being a Teddy.

What do others think?

Really like Ted. Would use it except we already have a cat called Eddie/Teddy/Ted/EDWARD!!!!!!

We coudln't decided whether to register him at the vet's in my or DH's surname (i didn't change my name until recently). The vet has a great sense of humour and has him registered as Edward Gray-Catt.

Theodore/Ted is what I'll be calling a boy if I ever have one, so I approve!

Ted is one of the best names ! In this country I think that it is more usually a short form of Edward; most of the Theodore Teds I know are American. I like Theo too, but not so keen on Theodore. I also like Edward and Edmund. My great-uncle was calleld Edmund but always known as Ted. I do know a little Ted who is a Theodore and another who is an Edward; I also know a Ned who is just Ned and and Edward who is just Edward.

I love it..am working on DH though.

I prefer Ed

Our son is Teddy or sometimes Ted, short for Edward, so obviously I like that!

Theodore was also on our short list though, and again would have been called Ted/Teddy. I agree about the meaning of Theodore being very nice, and that shortening it to just 'God' didn't feel quite right, although really as the short-form just stands for the whole name, I don't think you need to worry about that too much.

My DS is Elijah, generally known as Eli, which also means 'God' on its own. Never really thought about it as it only stands for Elijah iyswim. Maybe wouldn't have named him 'Eli' as his full name, but then the meaning of names is very important to DH and I.