Teddy-John
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TED-ee-JON
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Teddy-John is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “rich guardian or gift of God + God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Teddy-John mean?
Old English: Teddy + John
“rich guardian or gift of God + God is gracious”
Joins Teddy (Old English, “rich guardian or gift of God”) and John (Hebrew, “God is gracious”).
Meanings borrowed from Teddy and John.
Is Teddy-John a girl's or a boy's name?
Teddy-John is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Teddy-John in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Teddy-John, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Teddy-John than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Teddy-John in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Teddy-John in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
Names like Teddy-John
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rowan Teddy Theodore Cillian Rory Finn Cassian Robin Ronan Tommy Brody Tobias
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Waylon Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar Alden
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Teddy-John: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teddy-john, updated 20 October 2026.