Tedi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TED-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
Tedi is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies).
What does Tedi mean?
Greek: pet form of Teodor, a form of Theodore
“gift of God”
A short form of Teodor, the form of Theodore used in several Eastern European languages.
Is Tedi a girl's or a boy's name?
Tedi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tedi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Tedi, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd.
2025 had the most boys named Tedi of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
Half of all the boys named Tedi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,617 boys in the UK were given Tedi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #29, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Tedi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
Names like Tedi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Obi, Bodhi, Theodore, Rowan, Rory, Achim, Levi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwafikayomi, Theo, Tobechukwu, Brody
Other spellings of Tedi
Names related to Tedi
More Greek names
Luca, Sophia, George, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Tedi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tedi, updated 20 October 2026.