Ted

Shortened form of Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus or Edmund.

• IPA^(key): /tɛd/
• Rhymes: -ɛd

Ted

1. A nickname for the male given names Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, and Edmund.
   • 2025 July 16, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump tells fictional story about his uncle and the Unabomber”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Second, Kaczynski attended Harvard University and the University of Michigan, not MIT. An MIT spokesperson said in a Wednesday email: “We have no enrollment record or information that Ted Kaczynski ever attended MIT.”

• (male given name): Eddie, Eddy, Tedd, Teddie, Teddy

Ted (plural Teds)

1. (informal) A Teddy boy.

• DET, DTE, Det, Det., EDT, ETD, det.

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Ted c (genitive Teds)

1. a male given name borrowed from English

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