Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoWhats the worst baby name?message-squaremessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down15
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareWhats the worst baby name?Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square176fedilink
minus-squareHermit_Lailoken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoMaybe it is an oldtimey name.
minus-squareFrostyElm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoShort for Thaddeus, but you’re right, the “Tad” spelling is apparently for the over-forty crowd. I don’t personally remember seeing “Thad” before the 90s, and then it left me wondering how to pronounce it when I did.
minus-squareMayor Poopington@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoprobably same reason “Bill” is short for “William”
Maybe it is an oldtimey name.
Short for Thaddeus, but you’re right, the “Tad” spelling is apparently for the over-forty crowd. I don’t personally remember seeing “Thad” before the 90s, and then it left me wondering how to pronounce it when I did.
shouldnt it be THAD and tad.
probably same reason “Bill” is short for “William”