Teddy bear Mkpúrù èdè íke bụ otu n'ime ụdị egwuregwu ndị dị nro na-ewu ewu na òtù nzuzo na narị afọ nke 20 na mmalite nke narị afọ nke 21: anụ ọhịa bea nke ejiri ihe dị nro mee ihe. N'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Europe na America, a maara ya nke ọma n'okpuru aha "Teddy" (Bekee teddy bear, German Teddybär), nke jikọtara ya na aha Onye isi ala US Theodore Roosevelt. N'asụsụ Russian, aha "teddy bear" eguzobewo, ọ bụ ezie na ugbu a ọ bụghị anụ ọhịa bea niile nke ụdị a bụ nke plush. Teddy bear sitere na ụlọ ọrụ Europe na America dị iche iche nke mmalite narị afọ nke 20 (mepụtara tupu Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ) bụ mkpokọta ewu ewu. N'afọ 1902, Onye isi ala US Theodore Roosevelt gbanarị anụ ọhịa ojii America na ichu nta, nke otu ndị na-achụ nta nwere nkịta chụpụrụ, gbuo ọkara ma kee ya na osisi (willow). A kpọrọ Roosevelt ka ọ gbaa anụ oriri.