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

People

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 Getty Gaston (1917–2013), American author and singer
  • Teddy Gipson (born 1980), American basketball player
  • Teddy Grace (1905–1992), American singer
  • 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 Quinlivan (born 1994), American model
  • Teddy Riley (born 1967), American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
  • Teddy Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th president of the United States
  • Teddy Sampson (1895–1970), American actress
  • Teddy Scholten (1926–2010), Dutch singer
  • Teddy or Teddi Schwartz (1914–2017), American Yiddish-language singer, writer and translator
  • 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 Sinclair (born 1986), British singer and actress
  • 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 Averlant (born 1999), Gabonese footballer
  • Teddy Corpuz, Filipino singer, television presenter, actor and comedian
  • Teddy Indra Wijaya (born 1989), Indonesian military officer and politician
  • Teddy Louise Kasella-Bantu, Tanzanian politician
  • Teddy Robin (born 1945), Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor, and director and producer
  • Teddy Lussi-Modeste (born 1978), French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher
  • Teddy Nakimuli (born 2003), Ugandan boxer
  • Teddy Nambooze, Ugandan accountant and legislator
  • Teddy Reavis, American actress
  • Teddy Riner (born 1989), French judoka
  • Teddy Tahu Rhodes (born 1966), New Zealand operatic baritone
  • Teddy Stiga (born 2006), American ice hockey player
  • 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
  • Teddy Swims (born 1992), American singer and songwriter

Animals

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

Fictional characters

  • Teddy Altman, a doctor on the TV series Grey's Anatomy
  • Teddy Burns, from the TV series Man with a Plan
  • Father Ted Crilly, from the TV series Father Ted
  • Teddy Duncan, from the television series Good Luck Charlie
  • Teddy Klaue, from the film Krampus
  • Edward "Teddy" Lupin, from the Harry Potter series
  • Teddy (Square root) Ortiz, a main character in the comic strip Big Nate
  • Teddy Ruxpin, an animatronic talking bear
  • Ted "Teddy" Talbot, Jr., in the TV series Rectify
  • Teddy (Mr. Bean character), a bear character from the TV series Mr. Bean
  • Teddy, in the TV series Bob's Burgers
  • Teddy “KGB”, the main antagonist in the film Rounders
  • Teddy, in the film Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown
  • Teddy, coroner's assistant in the film Halloween III: Season of the Witch
  • Grizzly Teddy, in the film Demonic Toys
  • Teddy, a playable character in the video game Mother

Other

  • Teddy bear

See also

  • Tedy Bruschi (born 1973), American football player
  • Teodoro Locsin Sr. (1914–2000), Filipino journalist nicknamed "Teddy Boy"
  • Teodoro Locsin Jr. (born 1948), Filipino politician, diplomat, lawyer and former journalist nicknamed "Teddy Boy", son of the above
  • Ted (disambiguation)