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Generation Grandad Names

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TheFantasticFixit · 12/08/2013 15:59

I know this has probably been done a 100 times but please indulge me, I'm rather hormonal ATM with bloody awful morning sickness.

So.. Olde worlde boys names?

So far I have Wilf(red)
And Herbert

But I know you have lots more!

To go with a big sister called Bess, if that matters...

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tallulah · 12/08/2013 19:07

Frank
Victor
John
Leslie
Bertram
Albert
Raymond
Walter
Algernon
Ernest
Edwin

FoofFighter · 12/08/2013 19:01

Names in my family going back are:

Kenneth
Sidney
Walter
Ronald
Leonard
Ernest
Levi
Harry
James

invicta · 12/08/2013 18:59

Leonard
Cyril
Percy
Reginald
Harold
Donald
Albert

Henry, Harry , George, - all popular today but I've always considered to be old names

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 12/08/2013 18:54

Granddads were William Edward and Robert. Their brothers were John, George, Dennis, Thomas and Peter.

Bowlersarm · 12/08/2013 18:46

Frank
Robert
John
Alfred

Caip · 12/08/2013 18:45

Reginald (Reggie)

froubylou · 12/08/2013 18:43

Percy. My grandads name.

And DP wont hear of it for baby lol.

picnicbasketcase · 12/08/2013 18:41

Arthur
Albert
John
Herbert
Percy
Bill
Frank
Morris
Donald

PipkinsPal · 12/08/2013 18:38

And I have an Uncle Cyril

PipkinsPal · 12/08/2013 18:37

My Dad and his brothers were called -
Kenneth
Malcolm
Byron
Joseph
Owen
Ronald
What about
Hector
Royston
Raymond
Clive

sonlypuppyfat · 12/08/2013 18:15

ernest Confused

RiceorChips · 12/08/2013 18:04

My grandfathers were called Kenneth and Frederick.
DH's were Arnold and Joseph.

How about:
Leonard
Maurice
Ernest
Lionel
Abe
Francis / Frank
Gerald
Jeremy
Charles
Norris
Dirk
Horace

MadameJosephine · 12/08/2013 17:27

Walter
Stanley
Albert

FromageFrog · 12/08/2013 17:27

Albert nn Albie

PipkinsPal · 12/08/2013 16:02

My Grampa was called Sydney Horatio. He was born exactly 100 years after the Battle of Trafalgar. He had twin brothers called Tommy and Arthur.

mummylin2495 · 12/08/2013 16:00

Edmund nn ted