Teddy

For other uses, see Teddy (disambiguation).

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 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

• Teddy, 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

See also

• Teddy bear
• Ted (disambiguation)