Teddy

Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore or Theodora. It may refer to:

Nickname

 * Teddy Atlas (born 1956), American boxing trainer and fight commentator
 * Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer
 * Teddy Bridgewater (born 1992), American football 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), 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 (1937—2017), 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
 * Teddy Lussi-Modeste (born 1978), French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher
 * 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
 * Teddy, Australian murder victim. He and his family were murdered by his son Sef Gonzalez

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 Burns, from the television series Man with a Plan
 * Father Ted Crilly, from the television series Father Ted
 * Teddy (Mr. Bean character), bear character from the television series Mr. Bean
 * Teddy, 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
 * Teddy Duncan, from the television series Good Luck Charlie
 * Edward "Teddy" Lupin, from the Harry Potter series
 * Teddy Ruxpin, an animatronic talking bear
 * Ted "Teddy" Talbot, Jr., in the TV series Rectify
 * Teddy, in the TV series Bob's Burgers
 * Teddy (Square root) Ortiz, a main character in the comic strip Big Nate
 * Teddy Klaue, from the film Krampus
 * Grizzly Teddy, from Demonic Toys
 * Teddy “KGB”, the main antagonist in the film Rounders
 * Teddy, playable character in Mother