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Teddy-Lee

Gender
Boy
Say it
TED-ee-LEE
Origin
Old English
UK rank, 2025
#2,511 for boys

Teddy-Lee is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “rich guardian or gift of God + clearing, meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).

What does Teddy-Lee mean?

Old English: Teddy + Lee

“rich guardian or gift of God + clearing, meadow”

Joins Teddy (Old English, “rich guardian or gift of God”) and Lee (English, “clearing, meadow”).

Meanings borrowed from Teddy and Lee.

Is Teddy-Lee a girl's or a boy's name?

Teddy-Lee is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Teddy-Lee in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,511among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Teddy-Lee, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Teddy-Lee than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Teddy-Lee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

2012Busiest: 16 in 20222025
Teddy-Lee in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
202411#2,149
202315#1,715
202216#1,639
202113#1,876
20206#3,108
201914#1,756
20189#2,388
201711#2,174
20166#3,241
20155#3,527
20144#4,063
20130–
20124#4,147

Names like Teddy-Lee

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

More Old English names

Every Old English name

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-Lee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teddy-lee, updated 20 October 2026.