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Original poster

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

267 replies

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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MotherJack · 17/08/2012 22:58

Theodore and Frank here.

I LOVE the name Theodore.

BadRoly · 17/08/2012 22:50

I had Eric and Ernie Grin

Eric Alfred and William Ernest (known as Ernie)

roughtyping · 17/08/2012 22:47

James and Thomas (Tom).

Kelly281 · 17/08/2012 22:34

Both were James

littlestgirlguide · 17/08/2012 21:58

My grandfathers were Leonard and Stanley. Dh's were Kenneth and William.
Love Leonard, DH hates it.

Ebb · 17/08/2012 21:19

Stanley and Ewett

Crumm24 · 17/08/2012 20:57

Austin and Donald.
DH's were Frank and Les.

Cwtchbach · 17/08/2012 20:41

Dennis and Roderick (Roddy)

Clawdy · 16/08/2012 17:58

Joe and Fred.

duchesse · 16/08/2012 12:41

DH's GFs were Christopher and Ronald.

duchesse · 16/08/2012 12:40

Aubrey and John (aka Jack)

countrybumpkin2 · 16/08/2012 12:34

James (nn Jim) & Walter (nn. Watt)

lottiegarbanzo · 16/08/2012 12:32

Robert and Elden.

Great unlcles Francis (Frank), Esmond, Jack.

CaptainWentworth · 16/08/2012 11:57

Mine were:
Hector (dad's side, Scottish- would love to use it for a little boy of mine one day)
Kenneth Kennedy (middle name after his mum's maiden name, and it's also my middle name after him. He died before I was born which makes me Sad. Mum always said I take after him, would have loved to have met him.

DH's maternal GF was William Pattison, known as Patt (also after a maiden name), he was a lovely man.
His other GF died many moons ago and was William known as Bill.

MadBusLady · 16/08/2012 11:25

My grandfathers were a rather pedestrian John and Thomas, but I also have:

Albert (great-grandfather)
Wilfrid, called Wilf (great uncle). LOVE this name, St Wilfrid kicked ass too.
Humphrey
Nelson
Joshua
Thomas Alfred
Reginald James
Shadrach, Meshach, Elijah, St. Vincent - four brothers, Quaker family!

crisisofidentity · 15/08/2012 23:30

Williiam ( Willie) and Owen aka O

aquashiv · 15/08/2012 23:16

Peter and James

bruffin · 15/08/2012 22:03

Blonde, my uncle was Maurice John Henry.

ladymariner · 15/08/2012 21:28

George and Henry here....fab names Grin

BulletProofMum · 15/08/2012 21:21

Clarence urdley de vere hill!!

Joseph

Step grandads both Edward but called ted and Eddie.

Lastofthepodpeople · 15/08/2012 21:20

Me: Jimmy and Patrick.
DH: Harold and Derek

blondiedollface · 15/08/2012 21:20

Mine are Maurice and was Maurice James Henry

DH's were Harry James and Edward

We've just had a DD but if she were a DS we'd have called him Henry James :)

ODearMe · 15/08/2012 21:16

My Grandfathers are Clifford and John :)

Starfishkiss · 15/08/2012 21:14

Eric and Edward, and Cornelius and Matthew

Bathsheba · 15/08/2012 21:09

Mine were Hugh and David