Teddy

Teddy is an English language masculine given name: usually a familiar or nickname form of Edward or Theodore. Specifically, it may refer to:

People

Nickname

Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator
Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer
Teddy Bridgewater (born 1992), Minnesota Vikings quarterback
Teddy Dunn (born 1981), American actor
Teddy Edwards (1924–2003), American jazz saxophonist
Tivadar Farkasházy (born 1945), Hungarian humorist, author, mathematician, economist and journalist
Teddy Gipson (born 1980), American basketball player
Teddy Higuera (born 1957), former Major League Baseball pitcher
Teddy Hoad (1896–1986), West Indian cricketer
Ted Kennedy (1932–2009), long-serving American Senator from Massachusetts
Teddy Kollek (1911–2007), six-time mayor of Jerusalem
Theodore Long (born 1947), general manager for World Wrestling Entertainment
Teddy Morgan (1880–1949), Welsh international rugby union player
Teddy Park (born 1978), record producer for YG Entertainment
Teddy Pendergrass (1950–2010), American singer and songwriter
Teddy Pilley (1900–1982), linguist and conference interpreter
Teddy Riley (born 1967), American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th President of the United States
Teddy Scholten (1926–2010), Dutch singer
Teddy Sheean (1923–1942), Royal Australian Navy Second World War sailor awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia
Teddy Sheringham (born 1966), English retired footballer
Teddy Taylor (born 1937), British conservative politician
Teddy Wilson (1912–1986), American jazz pianist
Teddy Yarosz (1910–1974), world middleweight boxing champion (1934–1935)
Teddy Yip (businessman) (1907–2003), Formula One racing team owner

Given name

Teddy Apriyana Romadonsyah (born 1990), Indonesian basketball player
Tedy Bruschi (born 1973), American football player
Teddy Riner (born 1989), French judoka
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (born 1966), New Zealand operatic baritone
Teddy Tamgho (born 1989), French triple jumper
Teddy Wang (1933–?), Chinese businessman kidnapped in 1990 and declared legally dead

Stage name

Teddy Geiger (born 1988), American singer and songwriter
Teddy Hart (born 1980), ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Edward Annis
Teddy Park (born 1978), South Korean rapper and record producer

Animals

Teddy (horse), a racehorse and sire
Teddy, Mack Sennett's dog in his silent movies

Fictional characters

Father Ted Crilly, from the television series Father Ted
Teddy (Mr. Bean character), from the television series Mr. Bean
Teddy, character in Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown
Teddy, coroner's assistant in Halloween III: Season of the Witch, played by Wendy Wessberg
Teddy Altman, a doctor on the TV series Grey's Anatomy, played by Kim Raver
Edward "Teddy" Lupin, from the Harry Potter series
Teddy Ruxpin, an animatronic talking bear
Ted "Teddy" Talbot, Jr., a fictional character in the TV series Rectify
Teddy, a fictional character in the TV series Bob's Burgers

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