I absolutely love it with the nickname
Jed. Although
Jed has a hillbilly vibe for many, (I think "The
Beverly Hillbillies" producers must have chosen the name because it already had a hillbilly vibe), I knew a very sophisticated, intelligent British man named
Jed. That offset the hillbilly vibe for me. In his case, I don't know whether or not
Jed was a nickname, and if so, for what. I'd never put
Jed on a birth certificate, it would have to be
Jedidiah.