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What are your parents' names?

139 replies

MooseBreath · 10/03/2021 23:41

Names often skip a generation, so I was wondering what everyone's parents names are. It could be a vague look into the future...

Mine are Dan and Wendy
DH's are Nick and Michele

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Slub · 11/03/2021 14:04

Bono and Ali

Toilenstripes · 11/03/2021 13:03

Joy and Donald
IL are Christine and Geoffrey

FeistySheep · 11/03/2021 12:49

Alasdair and Jessie

Insert1x20p · 11/03/2021 12:44

David and Cassandra
Richard and Felicity (SMIL is Annabel)

Drunkenmonkey · 11/03/2021 12:38

To the people saying the mums are called Nicola, stop it you're making me feel old. Nicola was a 70's/80's name!

Drunkenmonkey · 11/03/2021 12:36

Sylvia and Michael.
I love the name Sylvia, I think my grandma chose so well as it's not too common in that age group (60's) and has a beautiful sound and meaning. If I have a DD she will have it as a middle name for sure.
All her friends are called Lynn or Sue, today's Evie and Isabelle maybe?

KindKylie · 11/03/2021 12:22

Isn't everyone's dad called Dave or Chris?! Maybe a couple of outlying Rob, John, Andy or Mike

I remember my mum saying after she left uni nearly every wedding was a Sue to a Chris Grin

Nearly all her friends have names involving/sounds like Lyn/Linda or are Sue or Liz.

I think names in later generations tend to have a lot more variety

HelebethH · 11/03/2021 12:22

Hazel Evelyn Cecilia
Stanley
Rosalia (pronounced Rose-ah-leah )

JayAlfredPrufrock · 11/03/2021 12:14

Ptolemy and Parthenope

HennyLenry · 11/03/2021 12:14

Stephen and Sharron

kunterbunting · 11/03/2021 12:14

William and Kate

PattyPan · 11/03/2021 12:13

When I was at school our parents all had very similar names - mums were Sue, Nicola, Amanda or Wendy and dads were Steven, Dave, Michael or Derek. I think I had about 6 friends whose mums were called Sue!

StColumbofNavron · 11/03/2021 12:09

Barbara. My dad has a very obscure foreign name (even unusual though a real name in his home country) so a bit outing when combined with my mum (plus I live in a very MN area).

mrsnec · 11/03/2021 11:50

My parent's are Alan and Elizabeth. Dh's Alan and Kathleen. I prefer names from our generation so named my extremely young DC names more popular in the late 70's and early 80's

Rainbowdino · 11/03/2021 11:45

Sharon and Anthony
IL - Michael and Ann

saracorona · 11/03/2021 11:43

Bridie and Mick
In laws Lizzie and Ernie

skeggycaggy · 11/03/2021 11:26

Jonathan and Christine.
John and Jane.

BlondehairRedlips · 11/03/2021 11:23

Tracy and Charles

weebarra · 11/03/2021 11:16

Parents, DHs parents, assorted relatives of that generation:
Henry, Linda, Wilma, Ann, George, Angus, Ross, Patricia, Alister, Malcolm, Helen. All in their 60/70s.

SportsBlah · 11/03/2021 11:13

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g I was thinking that, some of these posters will be naming parents the same age as me, lol

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 11/03/2021 11:11

I'm probably older than most of you.

Assorted names of the generations above ours in my family and my husband's:

Ann, John, Margaret, Lisbeth, Lizzie, Annie, Effie (short for Euphemia), Nichol, Sylvia, Colin, Finlay, Andrew, Willie, Martin, Graham, Audrey, Ted, Jessie, Winnie, David, Alec, Charles, Christine, Grant, Flora, Alistair, Horace, Sid, Violet, Lilian, Amy, Albert, Ronald, Dennis, Joan, Kath, Tony.

Not many in common use now.

WaxOnFeckOff · 11/03/2021 11:11

George, Henrietta, Philomena and Alexander

imyournextdoorneighbour · 11/03/2021 11:04

Peter and Pat

needasleep · 11/03/2021 11:00

Caroline (Carol) and Thomas (Tam)

Champy87 · 11/03/2021 10:54

@Hailtomyteeth

Ernest and Albertine.
Albertine needs to make a resurgence.