Teddy-Ray
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TED-ee-RAY
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Teddy-Ray is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “rich guardian or gift of God + counsel protector”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Teddy-Ray mean?
Old English: Teddy + Ray
“rich guardian or gift of God + counsel protector”
Joins Teddy (Old English, “rich guardian or gift of God”) and Ray (Germanic, “counsel protector”).
Meanings borrowed from Teddy and Ray.
Is Teddy-Ray a girl's or a boy's name?
Teddy-Ray 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-Ray in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Teddy-Ray, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Teddy-Ray in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Teddy-Ray in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
Names like Teddy-Ray
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teddy, Brody, Theodore, Rory, Finn, Rowan, Cillian, Tommy, Tobias, Cassian, Oakley, Henry
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-Ray: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/teddy-ray, updated 20 October 2026.