Teddy is an English language
given name
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, usually a
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...
of
Edward
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
or
Theodore
Theodore may refer to:
Places
* Theodore, Alabama, United States
* Theodore, Australian Capital Territory
* Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia
* Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada
* Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Sask ...
. It may refer to:
People
Nickname
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Teddy Atlas
Theodore A. "Teddy" Atlas Jr. (born July 29, 1956) is an American boxing trainer and fight commentator.
Early life
The son of a doctor, Atlas grew up in a wealthy area of Staten Island, New York City, New York. His mother, Mary Riley Atlas, w ...
(born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator
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Teddy Bourne
Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore. It may refer to:
People Nickname
* Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator
* Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer
* Tedd ...
(born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer
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Teddy Bridgewater
Theodore Edmond Bridgewater Jr. (born November 10, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL).
Born and raised in Miami, Florida, he graduated from Miami Northwestern high school ...
(born 1992), Minnesota Vikings quarterback
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Teddy Dunn
Edward Wilkes Dunn (born June 19, 1980) is an American lawyer and former actor known for his portrayal of Duncan Kane in the Rob Thomas television series ''Veronica Mars''.
Early life and education
Dunn grew up in Durham, North Carolina. He atte ...
(born 1981), American actor
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Teddy Edwards
Theodore Marcus Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Biography
Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. He learned to play at a very early age, first on alto saxophone and then ...
(1924–2003), American jazz saxophonist
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Tivadar Farkasházy
Tivadar Farkasházy (nickname "Teddy") (born 15 December 1945 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian humorist, author, and journalist.
Biography
He graduated at Corvinus University of Budapest majoring in economical planning/mathematics in 19 ...
(born 1945), Hungarian humorist, author, mathematician, economist and journalist
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Teddy Gipson
Sergerio Montez "Teddy" Gipson (born February 15, 1980) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Donar of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).
Professional career
Gipson started his professional career in 2003 with MyGui ...
(born 1980), American basketball player
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Teddy Higuera
Teodoro Higuera Valenzuela (born November 9, 1957) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He played for nine years (– and –) for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Early career
Higuera was named the rookie of th ...
(born 1957), former Major League Baseball pitcher
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Teddy Hoad
Edward Lisle Goldsworthy Hoad (January 29, 1896 – March 5, 1986) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' inaugural Test tour of England. He was the captain in the West Indies' first home Test in 1930. In all he played four Tests ...
(1896–1986), West Indian cricketer
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Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
(1932–2009), long-serving American Senator from Massachusetts
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Teddy Kollek
Theodor "Teddy" Kollek ( he, טדי קולק; 27 May 1911 – 2 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 197 ...
(1911–2007), six-time mayor of Jerusalem
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Theodore Long
Theodore Robert Rufus Long (born September 15, 1947) is an American former professional referee and manager known for his work for WWE and WCW serving as an on-screen authority figure. Long began his career in the National Wrestling Alliance ...
(born 1947), general manager for World Wrestling Entertainment
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Teddy Morgan
Edward "Teddy" Morgan (22 May 1880 – 1 September 1949) was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the victorious Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in the famous '' Match of the Century'' and is remembered for ...
(1880–1949), Welsh international rugby union player
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Teddy Park
Teddy Park (born Park Hong-jun on September 14, 1978), is a Korean–American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Park moved to the United States with his family as a young child. When he was 17 years old, P ...
(born 1978), record producer for YG Entertainment
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Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musi ...
(1950–2010), American singer and songwriter
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Teddy Pilley (1900–1982), linguist and conference interpreter
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Teddy Riley
Edward Theodore Riley (born October 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer credited with the creation of the New Jack Swing genre. Riley credits Barry Michael Cooper with giving the genre its name.Hogan, Paul. "Tedd ...
(born 1967), American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
(1858–1919), 26th President of the United States
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Teddy Scholten
Dorothea Margaretha "Teddy" Scholten (née van Zwieteren; 11 May 1926 – 8 April 2010) was a Dutch singer and television presenter. She is known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Een beetje", representing the Netherlands ...
(1926–2010), Dutch singer
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Teddy Sheean
Edward "Teddy" Sheean, (28 December 1923 – 1 December 1942) was a sailor in the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War. Born in Tasmania, Sheean was employed as a farm labourer when he enlisted in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve ...
(1923–1942), Royal Australian Navy Second World War sailor awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia
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Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham, MBE (born 2 April 1966) is an English football manager and former player. He played as a forward, mostly as a second striker, in a 24-year professional career.
Sheringham began his career at Millwall, where ...
(born 1966), English retired footballer
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Teddy Taylor
Sir Edward MacMillan Taylor (18 April 1937 – 20 September 2017) was a British Conservative Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for forty years, from 1964 to 1979 for Glasgow Cathcart and from 1980 to 2005 for Southend Eas ...
(1937—2017), British conservative politician
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Teddy Wilson
Theodore Shaw Wilson (November 24, 1912 – July 31, 1986) was an American jazz pianist. Described by critic Scott Yanow as "the definitive swing pianist", Wilson had a sophisticated, elegant style. His work was featured on the records of ma ...
(1912–1986), American jazz pianist
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Teddy Yarosz
Thaddeus Jarosz (June 24, 1910 – March 29, 1974) was an American boxer. He held the world middleweight boxing championship from 1934–1935.
Early life
Yarosz was born the second of eight children on the North side of Pittsburgh, but ...
(1910–1974), world middleweight boxing champion (1934–1935)
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Teddy Yip (businessman)
Theodore Yip () was an Indonesian-Dutch businessman and a former Formula One team owner in the 1970s.
Early life and business career
Yip spoke many languages including six Chinese variants (most notably Hakka being his native tongue, Mandarin ...
(1907–2003), Formula One racing team owner
Given name
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Teddy Apriyana Romadonsyah
Teddy Apriyana Romadonsyah (born April 9, 1990), is an Indonesian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the JNE BSC Bandung Utama club of the Indonesian Basketball League.
He represented Indonesia's national basketball team
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(born 1990), Indonesian basketball player
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Teddy Riner
Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner (, ; born 7 April 1989) is a French judoka. He has won ten World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka (male or female) to do so, and three Olympic gold medals (two individual, one team). He has also won ...
(born 1989), French judoka
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Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (born 30 August 1966) is a New Zealand operatic baritone.
Early life
Rhodes was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 30 August 1966, to a British mother, Joyce, and a New Zealand father, Terrence Tahu Gravenor Rhodes. The Mao ...
(born 1966), New Zealand operatic baritone
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Teddy Tamgho
Teddy Tamgho (born 15 June 1989) is a French triple jumper and long jumper. He specialises in the triple jump. He is the current triple jump world indoor record holder at 17.92 m, achieved in winning the final and gold medal at the 2011 Europe ...
(born 1989), French triple jumper
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Teddy Wang
Teddy Wang Teh-huei (; 9 September 1933 – missing since 10 April 1990) was a Chinese people, Chinese businessman and founder of the Chinachem Group who was kidnapped for ransom in 1990, and later declared legally dead. His wife, Nina Wang later ...
(1933–?), Chinese businessman kidnapped in 1990 and declared legally dead
* Teddy, Australian murder victim. He and his family were murdered by his son
Sef Gonzalez
Stage name
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Teddy Geiger
Teresa Geiger (born September 16, 1988) also known by her stage name Teddy Geiger, is an American artist, songwriter and record producer.
Early life
Geiger was born on September 16, 1988, to Lorilyn Rizzo-Bridges and John Theodore Geiger, I. Sh ...
(born 1988), American singer and songwriter
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Teddy Hart
Edward Ellsworth Annis (born February 2, 1980) is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He currently wrestles on the independent circuit. He wrestled on a National scale for Major League Wrestling ...
(born 1980), ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Edward Annis
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Teddy Park
Teddy Park (born Park Hong-jun on September 14, 1978), is a Korean–American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Park moved to the United States with his family as a young child. When he was 17 years old, P ...
(born 1978), South Korean rapper and record producer
Animals
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Teddy (horse)
Teddy (1913–1936) was a French racehorse and an influential sire, especially for lines in Italy, France, and the United States. He is considered one of the most influential sires in the 20th century.
Racing career
Teddy was sold to captain ...
, a racehorse and sire
* Teddy,
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'.
Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...
's dog in his silent movies
Fictional characters
* Teddy Burns, from the television series ''
Man with a Plan''
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Father Ted Crilly
Father Ted Crilly is the Title character, eponymous main character of the British Channel 4 situation comedy ''Father Ted''. Created by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews (writer), Arthur Mathews, Ted was portrayed by comedian Dermot Morgan for th ...
, from the television series ''Father Ted''
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Teddy (Mr. Bean character)
''Mr. Bean'' is a British sitcom created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, produced by Tiger Aspect and starring Atkinson as the title character. The sitcom consists of 15 episodes that were co-written by Atkinson alongside Curtis and R ...
, bear character from the television series ''Mr. Bean''
* Teddy, in ''
Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown''
* Teddy, coroner's assistant in ''
Halloween III: Season of the Witch'', played by Wendy Wessberg
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Teddy Altman
Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore (given name), Theodore. It may refer to:
People Nickname
* Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator
* Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olymp ...
, a doctor on the TV series ''Grey's Anatomy'', played by Kim Raver
* Teddy Duncan, from the television series ''
Good Luck Charlie
''Good Luck Charlie'' is an American sitcom that originally aired on Disney Channel from April 4, 2010, to February 16, 2014. The series' creators, Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, no ...
''
* Edward "Teddy" Lupin, from the ''
Harry Potter
''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...
'' series
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Teddy Ruxpin
Teddy Ruxpin is an animatronic children's toy in the form of a talking 'Illiop', a creature which looks like a bear. The toy's mouth and eyes move while he reenacts stories played on an audio tape cassette deck built into its back. It was crea ...
, an animatronic talking bear
* Ted "Teddy" Talbot, Jr., in the TV series ''
Rectify
''Rectify'' is an American television drama series exploring the life of a man after he is released from prison after nearly 20 years on death row following a wrongful conviction. It was created by Ray McKinnon and is the first original series f ...
''
* Teddy, in the TV series ''
Bob's Burgers
''Bob's Burgers'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard that premiered on Fox on January 9, 2011. The show centers on the Belcher family—parents Bob and Linda and their three children, Tina, Gene, and Louise—who r ...
''
* Teddy (Square root) Ortiz, a main character in the comic strip ''
Big Nate''
* Teddy Klaue, from the film ''
Krampus
Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure in the Central and Eastern Alpine folklore
Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral tra ...
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* Grizzly Teddy, from ''
Demonic Toys
''Demonic Toys'' is a 1992 American direct-to-video horror comedy film produced by Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment and directed by Peter Manoogian. The film centers on a police officer who is terrorized by the title characters after a botch ...
''
* Teddy “KGB”, the main antagonist in the film ''
Rounders
Rounders is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a rounded end wooden, plastic, or metal bat. The players score by running aroun ...
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* Teddy, playable character in ''
Mother
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A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given childbirth, birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the cas ...
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See also
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Tedy Bruschi
Tedy Lacap Bruschi (; born June 9, 1973) is a former professional American football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, who currently serves as the senior advisor to the head coach at University o ...
(born 1973), American football player
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Teddy bear
A teddy bear is a stuffed toy in the form of a bear. Developed apparently simultaneously by toymakers Morris Michtom in the U.S. and Richard Steiff under his aunt Margarete Steiff's company in Germany in the early 20th century, the teddy bear, ...
, named after Theodore Roosevelt
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Teodoro Locsin Sr.
Teodoro "Teddy Boy" Montelibano Locsin (December 24, 1914 – January 22, 2000) was a journalist, publisher of The Philippines Free Press Magazine and father of current Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr.
Early life
Teodoro Mont ...
(1914–2000), Filipino journalist nicknamed "Teddy Boy"
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Teodoro Locsin Jr. (born 1948), Filipino politician, diplomat, lawyer and former journalist nicknamed "Teddy Boy", son of the above
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Ted (disambiguation)
TED may refer to:
Economics and finance
* TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar
Education
* ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association
** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey
** Transvaal Education Depar ...
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