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The boy's name Ted \ted\ is pronounced ted. It is of English origin. Short form of Theodore (Greek) "God's gift" or Edward (Old English) "wealth protector". Tedrick is a variant of the old German name Theodoric, "power of the tribe". Tedman refers to Saint Edmund. Newscaster Ted Koppel; actor Ted Danson.

Ted has 6 variant forms: Tedd, Teddey, Teddie, Teddy, Tedric and Tedrick.

For more information, see also related names Edgar, Edwin and Theobald.

Baby names that sound like Ted are Tad and Tod.

Ted is a very popular male first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Ted. Click here to compare Ted with related baby names.

United States Top 1000 rankings for: Ted
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Ted

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