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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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insanityscratching · 14/08/2012 21:08

William but always called Bill and Frank

vvviola · 14/08/2012 21:08

Raymond and Thomas.

If DD2 had turned out to be a boy I was fighting for Raymond as a middle name. One of my biggest regrets is that Grandad died before I met DH. They would have got on famously - although I'm not sure the rest of us could have handled two of them with the same sense of humour!

littletomato · 14/08/2012 21:07

John and John. Yawn.

evilgiraffe · 14/08/2012 21:03

Mine are John and Kenneth.
DH's Leslie and Donald.

John is alright, at least!

Grandmothers are much more current, between us we have two Margarets, Patricia and Mary.

peggyblackett · 14/08/2012 21:01

William and Edward

FoofyShmooffer · 14/08/2012 21:00

Grandfathers - Peter and Fred.

Gt Grandfathers - William and John
Samuel and ?

nenehooo · 14/08/2012 21:00

My Grandad was Harry!!! Have a current thread about this as I want to name bump after him if it's a he and having argumens with DH over the popularity Grin
He was Henry George officially, and my other one I didn't know but was called Tom.
Only know one of DH's - Walter Earnest - known as Wally! Bless!

HotDAMNlifeisgood · 14/08/2012 20:59

Jacques and Leo

longjane · 14/08/2012 20:52

David Thomas John Frederick and Stephen
in any order

thetigerwhocametoteax · 14/08/2012 20:36

mine - philip and leonard
dh - william and sidney

ds1 middle name is william Smile

JoInScotland · 14/08/2012 20:36

Frederick and Walter

iheartmycat · 14/08/2012 20:34

Dominick and Joseph

G-Grandads were Francis, Terence, Joseph and Ernest.

DoIgetastickerforthat · 14/08/2012 20:32

Mum's dad was James but was known by his middle name, Gordon. Dad's dad was officially Thomas but went by Walter (not his middle name though).

CarriMarie · 14/08/2012 20:31

Arthur Stanley Cole (known as Art) and Thomas (known as Tom).

Great grandads were James Cole, Charles Edward, and Thomas

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UnnamedFemaleProtagonist · 14/08/2012 20:19

Wilfred Charles and Joseph John.

Frikadellen · 14/08/2012 20:10

Will be more obvious I grew up in Denmark here
Paternal grandfather Holger
Maternal Grandfather Evald
Step grandfather Soren

DH's
Paternal grandfather Harrold
Maternal Grandfather William

snickers251 · 14/08/2012 20:06

Donald and Desmond

ajandjjmum · 14/08/2012 19:59

William and Samuel

Feels really nice to acknowledge them like this - Samuel died when my DM was 4 and William when I was 5, so thank you for the thread OP. Smile

JimbosJetSet · 14/08/2012 19:58

Claude and Albert

ekupeg · 14/08/2012 19:58

Arthur

Frederick

McPhee · 14/08/2012 19:56

Herbert and Fred

WhereAreMyShoes · 14/08/2012 19:55

George and Walter (Wally)

fivegomadindorset · 14/08/2012 19:53

Joseph and Alec

DawnOfTheDee · 14/08/2012 19:52

They actually invented car navigation systems....

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