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Boy · English short form
Ted
Say it: TED
Meaning
A short form of Edward (Old English ead 'wealth' and weard 'guardian') or Theodore (Greek 'gift of God').
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given as a full name in the US since the 1880s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1930s
In the United States
- 75,213 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1933, about 1 in 953 boys
- 34 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Ted Williams, American baseball player
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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