boy's name
Teidí
TED-ee (Irish)
- Origin Irish
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 2
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 100 (Ireland)
- Births on record 168
Ireland
#99
2025 births
Teidí is a boy's name that is the English Teddy respelled in Irish orthography, and it is one of the newest entries in Ireland's top hundred. It ranks 99th in Ireland and is at its recorded peak now.
- Teidí is a name of Irish origin.
- Peaked in Ireland in 2025, when 64 babies were given the name.
- It is a recent arrival in the birth records in Ireland.
- Today about 1 in 773 babies in Ireland is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 2019.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Teidí Over Time
Births per decade in Ireland, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, which so far covers 2020 to 2025.
Show the numbers
| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 4 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 160 |
What Teidí Means
Teidí has no Irish meaning. It is Teddy written to Irish spelling rules, and Teddy is a diminutive of Edward, meaning rich guardian, or of Theodore, meaning gift of God — the two are unrelated to each other.
Where Teidí Comes From
Teidí is the Irish spelling of Teddy, which is a diminutive of two separate names. Edward comes from the Old English Eadweard, ead, wealth or fortune, and weard, a guardian, and is one of the very few Anglo-Saxon names to survive the Norman conquest, kept alive by the cult of Edward the Confessor. Theodore comes from the Greek Theodoros, theos, God, and doron, a gift, and reached English separately. Teddy has served for both since the eighteenth century, and Theodore Roosevelt supplied the teddy bear in 1902 after a hunting incident. What is new is the Irish respelling: Teidí follows the pattern by which Irish absorbs foreign names into its own orthography, the same process that produced Séamus from James and Pádraig from Patricius. It is that process running in the twenty-first century rather than the twelfth.
Teidí in Use
Teidí ranks 99th in Ireland with 64 births in 2025 and it is on record only from 2019, with a peak in 2025 — the shortest history of any name in Ireland's top hundred. It holds 4,460th in England and Wales, where Teddy itself is a top-fifty name, so the demand is the same and only the spelling differs. It is new.
How Popular Is Teidí?
In 2025, Teidí was given to 58 babies in Ireland, ranking #99 that year. It is one of the most popular names in Ireland.
Where Teidí Is Used
Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.
How Teidí Is Spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Téidí | Téidí is a rare spelling of Teidí, written with a fada and recorded 12 times, mostly in Ireland. | 12 |
| Teidi | Teidi is a spelling of Teidí, used in England and Wales, where it ranks #4,460. | 4 |
Names That Peaked Alongside Teidí
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents Who Like Teidí Also Like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Teidí over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
How to Say Teidí
- Irish TED-ee /ˈtʲɛdʲiː/
Teidí in Other Languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling Names for Teidí
Names from the same era that do not rhyme or share an initial with Teidí — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common Questions About Teidí
What does the name Teidí mean?
It has no Irish meaning. It is Teddy respelled to Irish orthography, and Teddy is short for Edward or Theodore.
How do you pronounce Teidí?
TED-ee, the same as Teddy.
Is Teidí a traditional Irish name?
No. It is very recent — it is on record only from 2019 — but it follows an old Irish habit of respelling foreign names.
How popular is Teidí?
Ninety-ninth in Ireland.
Is Teidí a girl's or a boy's name?
Teidí is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
How many syllables are in Teidí?
Teidí has 2 syllables.
Is Teidí a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Teidí currently ranks #99 in Ireland. It is a recent arrival in the birth records. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.