Teddy is an English language
given name
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hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; 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 Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...
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Edward
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...
or
Theodore or
Theodora. It may refer to:
People
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Teddy Atlas
Theodore A. 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, was a for ...
(born 1956), American boxing trainer and fight commentator
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Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer
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Teddy Bridgewater
Theodore Edmond Bridgewater Jr. (born November 10, 1992) is an American professional football quarterback. He played college football for the Louisville Cardinals, winning the 2013 Sugar Bowl, and was selected as the final first round pick of ...
(born 1992), American football quarterback
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Teddy Dunn (born 1981), American actor
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Teddy Edwards
Theodore Marcus "Teddy" 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 ...
(1924–2003), American jazz saxophonist
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Tivadar Farkasházy (born 1945), Hungarian humorist, author, mathematician, economist and journalist
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Teddy Gipson (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 Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Early career
Higuera was named the rookie of the year with the Indios de Ciuda ...
(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 Barbadian 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.
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(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 from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...
(1932–2009), American senator from Massachusetts
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Teddy Kollek
Theodor "Teddy" Kollek (; 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, 1973, 1978 Jerusalem ...
(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 wrestling Referee (professional wrestling), referee, Manager (professional wrestling), manager and Authority figure (professional wrestling), authority figur ...
(born 1947), general manager for World Wrestling Entertainment
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Teddy Morgan
Edward 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 scorin ...
(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 Americans, Korean–American Rapping, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Park moved to the United States with his family as a young child. Wh ...
(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 music, soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pendergrass lived most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initial ...
(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 record producer, singer, and songwriter credited with the creation of the R&B and hip-hop fusion genre, new jack swing. Musical artists who utilized Riley's production and songwri ...
(born 1967), American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
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Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T.R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York politics, including serving as ...
(1858–1919), 26th president of the United States
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Teddy Scholten
Dorothea Margaretha "Teddy" Scholten (; 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.
Career
In ...
(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 (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 was part of the Manchester United team tha ...
(born 1966), English retired footballer
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Teddy Taylor
Sir Edward MacMillan Taylor (18 April 1937 – 20 September 2017), known as Teddy Taylor, 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 ...
(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 music, swing pianist", Wilson's piano style was gentle, elegant, and virtuosic. His style was high ...
(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 to 1935.
Early life
Yarosz was born the second of eight children on the North side of Pittsburgh, but wh ...
(1910–1974), world middleweight boxing champion (1934–1935)
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Teddy Yip (businessman)
Theodore Yip (; 2 June 1907 - 11 July 2003) was an Indonesian-Dutch businessman and a Formula One team owner of Theodore Racing in the 1970s. He was a polyglot.
Early life and business career
Yip, an ethnic Indonesian Chinese of Hakka ancestr ...
(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
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, co ...
(born 1990), Indonesian basketball player
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Teddy Robin
Kwan Wai Pang (; born 20 March 1945 in Guilin, Guangxi), known professionally as Teddy Robin (), is a Hong Kong English pop singer-songwriter, actor, and director and producer. He began his music career in mid 1960s when Hong Kong English pop ...
( born 1945 ), Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor, and director and producer
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Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Teddy Lussi-Modeste (born 25 March 1978) is a French Romani people in France, Romani film director, screenwriter and literature teacher. He wrote and directed the films ''Jimmy Rivière'' (2011), ''The Price of Success (2017 film), The Price of ...
(born 1978), French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher
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Teddy Riner
Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner (, ; born 7 April 1989) is a French heavyweight judoka. An eleven-time world champion in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division, two-time openweight world champion and one-time world champion with the French men's te ...
(born 1989), French judoka
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Teddy Tahu Rhodes (born 1966), New Zealand operatic baritone
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Teddy Stiga (born 2006), American ice hockey player
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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 former Triple jump#All-time top 25, triple jump world indoor record holder, achieved in winning the final and gold medal at ...
(born 1989), French triple jumper
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Teddy Wang (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
Teddy Geiger (born September 16, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer who first gained teen idol status with the song " For You I Will (Confidence)" in 2006. Geiger acted in the television series '' Love Monkey'' (2006) and ...
(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 is one-half of the RCW (Real Canadian Wrestling) Tag Tea ...
(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 Americans, Korean–American Rapping, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Park moved to the United States with his family as a young child. Wh ...
(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 producer, director, actor, and studio head who was known as the "King of Comedy" during his career.
Born in Danville, Quebec, he started acting i ...
'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 Poole, a character in ''The Unbelievable GwenPool''
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Teddy (Mr. Bean character), 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, 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 aired on Disney Channel from April 4, 2010, to February 16, 2014. It focuses on the Duncan family of Denver as they adjust to the births of their fourth and later fifth children, Charlotte "Char ...
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* 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 electronic children's toy in the form of a talking bear-like creature known as an 'Illiop'. The toy's mouth and eyes move while he tells stories about his adventures played on an audio tape cassette deck built into his back. ...
, 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 ...
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* Teddy, in the TV series ''
Bob's Burgers
''Bob's Burgers'' is an American animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is centered on the Belcher family—parents Bob Belcher, Bob and Linda Belcher, Linda and their three children, Tina Belcher, Tina, G ...
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* Teddy (Square root) Ortiz, a main character in the comic strip ''
Big Nate
''Big Nate'' (stylized as ''big NATE'' in the List of Big Nate collections, comic collections and ''BiG NATE'' in the Big Nate#Book series, books) is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce, syndicated since January ...
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* Teddy Klaue, from the film ''
Krampus
The Krampus () is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December (''Krampusnacht''; "Krampus Night"), imme ...
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* Grizzly Teddy, from ''
Demonic Toys''
* 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 wooden, plastic, or metal bat that has a cylindrical end. The players score b ...
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* Teddy, playable character in ''
Mother
A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...
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Tedy Bruschi
Tedy Lacap Bruschi (; born June 9, 1973) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats footba ...
(born 1973), American football player
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Teddy bear
A teddy bear, or simply a teddy, is a stuffed toy in the form of a bear. The teddy bear was named by Morris Michtom after the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt; it was developed apparently simultaneously in the first deca ...
, named after Theodore Roosevelt
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Teddy (garment)
A teddy, also called a camiknicker, is a garment which covers the torso and crotch in the one garment. It is a similar style of garment to a one-piece swimsuit or bodysuit, but is typically looser and sheerer. The garment is put on by stepping ...
, lingerie garment which covers the torso and crotch
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Teodoro Locsin Sr.
Teodoro Montelibano Locsin (December 24, 1914 – January 21, 2000) was a journalist, publisher of The Philippines Free Press Magazine and father of former Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr.
Early life
Teodoro Montelibano Locsi ...
(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:
Names
A shortened form of the following:
* Edmund
* Edward
* Thaddeus
* Theodore (given name)
Art, entertainment, and media Fictional characters
* Ted, a character in the post-apocalyptic short story '' I Have No Mouth, ...
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