"Ted" being a diminutive (shortend form) for "Teddy", which again is the diminutive for "Edward" and Theodore.
"Edward" is the English form from the Anglo-Saxon "Eadweard"; "ead" = "property, estate" and "weard" = "protector". Thus "Edward" means "Property-Protector".
It seems to me that with all those "d(t)" sounds and the natural urge to make a name of endearment shorter than the full "official" name, it just comes out to "Ted" - and even "Ed".
2006-03-10 15:25:47 UTC
Wow, this is interesting news to me!
I never even knew it was short for Edwards.
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