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Loving the thread about grandmothers names...so let's do grandfathers names

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femmeaufoyer · 14/08/2012 17:17

The thread on grandmothers names has given me loads of inspiration for DC2, so I'm now looking for the same for male names.

Mine were William and Ronald
DH were William and Harry

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Theas18 · 02/10/2012 09:07

My grandads - Samson (must be due a come back surely!) and Harold (can't see that one though).

DH Edward and Charles. Well we have that covered Wink

Kids GP- Charles and geoffrey (a baby geoffrey would just be tto strange!)

lucylocket1975 · 01/10/2012 16:22

Edward and George
DPs Stephen John (known as Jack) and Robert

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LaplanderAndProud · 23/09/2012 03:40

Ándde Cáijá for my mother's father and Dánel Guhtur.

Iwillorderthefood · 22/09/2012 21:28

Both called Arthur DH's will out me

PiedWagtail · 22/09/2012 21:18

Arthur and William

hugoagogo · 22/09/2012 21:17

Edgar, Frank, Hugh and Iain- mine and dh's

HereBenson · 22/09/2012 21:11

Dh's Frank and Samuel

WantAnOrange · 22/09/2012 20:38

Peter and James (Jim).

HereBenson · 21/09/2012 16:32

Neil and Herbert.

JackReacher · 20/09/2012 10:32

Huckleberry and Wilfried ...... Just not brave enough to use

MerryCosIWonaGold · 20/09/2012 10:02

Evan and Alan

SilkStalkings · 20/09/2012 10:00

Morley and Edward

Fantail · 20/09/2012 09:53

Mine are Maurice & Stewart and DH's Albert (Albie) and Raynor.

Herrena · 19/09/2012 06:50

Ghaleb and Hubert on my side

Trevor and Moldwyn on DH's

Loving how many Alfreds there are:)

GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 19/09/2012 06:20

mine were Arthur and Maurice
DH were Gordon and Jack

Jojoba1986 · 19/09/2012 01:09

'Charles Derek' & 'Dudley Lionel Mortimer'... Beat that for a name! He hated it... I was quite tempted to borrow one for DS but my mum said he would have been horrified!

Both of DH's are/were Eric

schplappo · 18/09/2012 17:03

Wilfred and Philip; Andrew and Richard.

bionic77 · 18/09/2012 16:46

Stanley and Cecilia
William and Constance Ruby (she always used Ruby)

shockers · 28/08/2012 16:12

chinsup, I'm sure Lodwig was a Welsh warrior. My Great Grandmother was called Blodwin... another corker that didn't resurface in later generations Grin.

goingtoexplodesoon · 28/08/2012 15:09

My family had names which really showed what culture/place they came from.

goingtoexplodesoon · 28/08/2012 15:07

With middle names, mine are Lyell, Cadfael, Huw, Gethin (guess where they came from) and David (Davvy), Aharoni, Sinai, Shaul.

VeryGood · 27/08/2012 18:58

Grandfathers and great uncles on both sides: Edward, Baldwin, Joseph, Samuel, Lionel, Kingsley

Jelly15 · 27/08/2012 14:15

Percy and Thomas (really)

ItsMyLastOne · 25/08/2012 14:33

John (known as Jack) and Andrew

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