Has anyone used Ted on the birth certificate and regretted it?

[bytheMoonlight]

DH and I love Ted but I am not keen on Edward and really do not like Ed or Eddie.

So I am thinking of putting Ted on the birth certificate which causes two issues.

My mum is against using 'nicknames' on a birth certificate and although I feel the same, I think Ted could stand as a name in its own right.

So has anyone used Ted and regretted it? Does anyone else think this is a really bad idea?

Oh the second issue is that our suurname is only three letters so using Ted creates a very short name.

What about Theodore? Can also be short for Ted? No experience I'm afraid but am I too am not a real fan of nicknames on a birth certificate but its up to you.

I would put the longer name on the BC and then use Ted as a NN. But then I'm probably the same generation as your mother!

I do know of a family with 3 DS Tim, Sam & Ben. That's the names parents wanted so that's whats on BCs. They have no middle names either.

Go for it, Ted is great, I would just use that. I haven't done exact same name but with another boys name for one of my DSs, just used the short form, and never regretted it. Only when he was born did people ask if it was short for ... it is probably more common in it's own right anyway. I don't see the point in a 'formal' name, I have one and it seems weird when people call me it. Ted is fine for a doctor etc too as it is a strong name like Ben, Jake, etc and not babyish like Archie, Alfie etc.

Most of this generation will have shortened names anyway so by then probably a minority will have been registered with the formal names, you only have to look at the statistics to see it happening. i also say quite often on here that a nickname is a made up form around the name like Shaz, Daz etc and a shortened form is dropping some letters off a longer name like Ted off Teddy, Ben off Benjamin etc.

Forgot to say, last time I was at baby clinic there were 2 Teddy's and that was their registered name.

DS is Max, and we are very happy that we didn't go for any of the full versions, as didn't particularly like them.

DD is always called by the shortened version of her name,although the full version was registered. I always joke that if she becomes a barrister, the full version will sound very grand in Court!

I've always thought of Ted as a stand alone name. My nephew is Edward and I never think calling him Ted - just Ed.

I knew someone who called their son just Ted and it worked well.

My DD is Evie and I must admit I have regretted not calling her Eva or something more grown up on the birth certificate (in fact I've recently posted about this) but Evie looks and sounds very pet namey and I don't think Ted does.

I'm with your mother

I'm not a huge fan (or wasn't) of DS2 s full name - but he's 7 now - and he likes it

So give him the choice. He may like Edward, or Ed, or Eddie when he is older. Or he may like Ted, so you haven't lost anything.

BTW - Ted is a great name (as is Edward - and I also like Eddie)

Personally I would prefer to use a full name, but there's nothing to stop you using just Ted if that's what you would like. People might keep asking you "what's it short for?" though.

I like Mimi1977's idea of Theodore. Other ideas could be Edwin, Edmund or even Tedric, Winsted or Halsted if you happen to like unusual names!

We're planning to do the same when DS2 is born next month! I love it - think it's a great name although sounds like it might be getting popular.

We've thought long and hard about it and just don't like any of the Ed- names. Also my brother is a Sam, not a Samuel, and has been for 30 years so I don't really think of it as a problem.

Maybe use Teddy on the certificate and just call him Ted or Teddy if you like; that's what I might do if I choose the name. Theodore is also nice.

Hi,
I have a Ted/Teddy. We registered and got him a passport with the name 'Ted', but family reactions to the name made me officially change it to Theodore. He's now 2 and never goes by the name Theodore and it almost irritates me when they use his full name at the doctors so in one way I regret changing his name from Ted. Other people comment that it gives him more options when he's older, i.e. to Theo, in fact it was my rationing when thinking of the name, but now it would really bother me if he started going by Theo as it's not his name!!! A major reasoning for having a full name is the meaning: Ted is officially a short form of Edward or Theodore and the meaning reflects that, it doesn't have a meaning in itself. So the moral of my rambling is choose Ted if thats what you prefer