Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhats the worst baby name?message-squaremessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down16
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareWhats the worst baby name?Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square181fedilink
minus-squareHermit_Lailoken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoMaybe it is an oldtimey name.
minus-squareChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-up1·1 month 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”