Meanings & Origins of Ted
What does Ted mean? What is the origin?
Meaning
Ted \ted\ as a boy's name is pronounced ted. It is of English origin. Short form of Theodore (Greek) "God's gift" or Edward (Old English) "wealthy guard". 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.
Meaning
Abbreviation of Theodore.
More Details About Ted
How popular is Ted? Any other details?
How to pronounce, Ted?
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Popularity of Ted
There were 49 US births last year.
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