Would yout Ted or Teddy on birth certificate?

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Not pg but ttc. Love Ted but not Edward so out of Ted and Teddy which one would you use on the birth certificate?

Is it the 'ee' sound at the end that makes people think Teddy is only appropriate for a baby, or the association with bear?

Do people feel the same about
Jamie
Andy (also association with Pandy)
Barry
Charlie
Eddie
Frankie
Gregory
Harry etc

Are these all 'baby' names too? I have to say, I just don't get it.

Angrypixie for me in terms of the list you give, I'd put on the birth certificate James for Jamie, Andrew for Andy, Charles for Charlie, Edward for Eddie, Francis for Frankie and Henry or Harrison for Harry.

Barry isn't a nickname for anything afaik, and neither is Gregory.

I don't personally feel that any of those names are only appropriate for a baby, obviously lots of men are known by those names throughout their lives, it's just that personally if I chose to call my child one of them, I'd like to give them the option to drop the nickname later if they wanted to.

I know lots of people who are known by their middle name throughout their lives but have a sensible CV name. Teddy sounds like a little boys name like Poppy - cute for a girl but can you imagine at 40 saying you're called Poppy?

So why not give him Teddy as his middle name if you can't bear Edward or Theodore but introduce him from day one as Teddy.

NOT Teddy, FGS

I would choose Edward, but call him Ted

I would put Edward or Theodore and call him Ted. Definitely not Teddy - that is a cutesy nickname for a little boy and lovely when he is little. But then both DS1 and DS2 have formal names on their birth certificates and are known by an established shortening. I've got a nephew called James known as Jamie too.

"Why not just call your child the name you like"

Because YOU are not the only one who has to live with it. In all probability your child will have to carry on with the name long after you are gone.

As a parent, I think I have a responsibility to avoid doing something that will cause acute embarrasment (or at least discomfort) for my childs whole life.

A vote for Ted here. But then I would

Many 'proper' names came from other names originally anyway or have been translated. I don't see how names like Sam, Ben, Jake and even Ted are not 'proper' enough to go on the birth cert. These days shortened forms are more common than originals (eg Alfie etc).

Clumsymum, yes obviously when choosing a name, it is a good idea to think of a name that you hope your child will enjoy living with. But when it comes down to it if you choose a name you like then that is because you think it is a nice name! I just think if you don't like the name Margaret, but love the name Meg, then Meg would be the best name to choose, and i don't see why this would hinder them in future life.

No way would I put Teddy on the birth certificate (sorry Shineon!). It's a cure nickname for a baby but... >

I'd use Ted. (well, I'd use Edward but choosing between Ted/Teddy, I'd go with Ted)

'"Why not just call your child the name you like"

Because YOU are not the only one who has to live with it. In all probability your child will have to carry on with the name long after you are gone.

As a parent, I think I have a responsibility to avoid doing something that will cause acute embarrasment (or at least discomfort) for my childs whole life.'

I know what I'm talking about - I have suffered a rhyming name because my mother "loved the name".

I didn't "become" my name, I suffered a hell of a lot of teasing because of it. It has shaped my personality but not in a good way.

Teddy. Or if you want a more formal name Theobald, Edwin, Edmund, Edgar, Edbert, Edison.

No, it's not unusual at all. It simply rhymed with my surname. Not that I'm still bitter about it and remind my mother of it regularly...

Ah I see Edmund and Theobald are out.

i say call your kid what YOU want, its your baby

i have a Theodore, who mainly gets called Theo, sometimes Ted.

an Oscar Reuben who gets called Ozz, or oscar roo, or roocake

a dylan who is deebee, or deebeestar

and Rudi who is just Rudi, lots of people asked if he was Rudolph on is birth certificate, ummm NO way.