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What are your grandfathers names?

348 replies

nomoreminibreaks · 16/11/2013 12:07

Sorry if this has been done to death but I'm due to give birth to DS2 in 6 weeks and I still haven't fallen in love with a name. DS is Henry so I thought I might find inspiration from this.

Mine are:

John (DS' middle name) and
Arthur (I like this and think it goes but DH isn't keen)

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MortifiedAnyFuckerAdams · 18/11/2013 20:14

Spencer and Unknown (which had a nice ring to it!)

HollyBen · 18/11/2013 20:12

James (love this) known as Jimmy (makes me shudder for some reason)
Thomas

Northumberlandlass · 18/11/2013 20:02

George (nick named Geordie)
Douglas

MERLYPUSS · 18/11/2013 20:01

Bill and Albert
Reginald and Arthur William

Dp - dunno think Denzil

SteeleyeStan · 18/11/2013 18:08

Emil and Karl

tipp2chicago · 18/11/2013 17:17

Martin and Cornelius (known as Marty & Con).

DuPainDuVinDuFromage · 18/11/2013 16:45

MadameLeBean , my grandpa was a Clifford too! Not many of them around, but unless there are some pretty big family secrets, we can't be related Grin

Not a name that is likely to make a comeback any time soon, I think...

AndWhenYouGetThere · 18/11/2013 16:39

Mervyn and William

SomeDizzyWhore1804 · 18/11/2013 16:38

Mine and DHs grandads were:
George
John
Harold
Ronald

Not a lot to love there, I'm afraid Grin George is the best one on the list.

SparklyFucker · 18/11/2013 16:30

My grandfathers were called William and Frank (late 1910's). Their grandfathers (my great great grandfathers) were John, William, Harry, Edward, Aaron, Richard, Ephraim, and Jervis - spanning the 1840's-1860's.

Mim78 · 18/11/2013 16:22

Sorry - grandfathers and great- grandfathers. Don't know what came over me!

Mim78 · 18/11/2013 16:21

My grandfather's were called Felice and Alfred.

Three of my great-grandfather's had names that could be shortened to Fred - Alfred, Alfredo and Frederick. Don't know what the other one was called!

RichManPoorManBeggarmanThief · 18/11/2013 14:00

Horace ( that's never coming back is it?) nn Horry, and Thomas, always called Tommy.

BananaRaces · 18/11/2013 13:55

Thomas and Kenneth

stillhopefulforanother · 18/11/2013 12:56

William and George

peppapigmustdie · 18/11/2013 10:56

Harold and Henry

commsgirl · 18/11/2013 10:55

Benjamin and Edgar.

Jiltedjohnsjulie · 17/11/2013 23:56

Frederick John and John Thomas.

WeileWeileWaile · 17/11/2013 23:49

Matthew & Thomas

CormoranStrike · 17/11/2013 23:48

Allan and John

KLou1105 · 17/11/2013 23:30

Phillip and Walter

Astarael · 17/11/2013 21:58

Charles and Terence (Terry)

Great uncles: William, David and John

Mogz · 17/11/2013 21:12

Donald and Nicholas James
Great uncles are Sonny and Leonard

I'd love to use them if our baby is a boy but they don't really go with our surname.

Arthur is a lovely, strong but kind name.

FreedomOfTheTess · 17/11/2013 18:22

Mum's dad: John
Dad's dad: Jack

DS1 is named Jack, which covered both grandfathers, with Jack being a diminutive of John.

MadameLeBean · 17/11/2013 15:20

Norman and Clifford Smile

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