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What was your Grandad's name?

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RosieLemonade · 28/11/2021 17:04

I had Frank. DH had Peter and John.

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Dee03 · 03/12/2021 02:40

Ronnie and Leslie

Ifixfastjets · 03/12/2021 02:14

Mine still is called paul. Which is what my parents would have named me if I was a boy.
My other one was frederick. I never met him. He died when my dad was young

Mumofgirls2017 · 02/12/2021 18:02

Fred and Herbert
Gg were Arthur and william

Alice909 · 02/12/2021 12:37

Ernest and Gerald

KloppsTeeth · 02/12/2021 02:35

Between DH and I we had

Horatio Victor

Isambard (his parents were inspired by the great man).

Alf

Bill

Colouringaddict · 02/12/2021 02:25

I was lucky enough to have 3 Grandads (one was a step grandad but loved me like his own) and all 3 were called John. My paternal grandfather was known and called by his middle name as his father was also called John. My dad was given the exact same name as his father. No imagination in my family!

HerRoyalNotness · 02/12/2021 02:18

Walter aka Bruce and Tomas

Elspethelf · 02/12/2021 02:08

Cedric Harold (Harry) and Richard Alick

HoundofHades · 01/12/2021 17:21

Great-grandfathers were Francis Charles (known as Frank), Ronald Ernest, James Herbert (known as Jim/Jimmy) and Henry (always called Harry).

Grandfathers were Ronald Charles (known as Ron), Hugh Stanley (or "Uncle Stan") and Peter.

I know someone whose daughter had a little boy during the summer and called him after her late grandfather. The daughter never really knew her grandfather, but my friend and he were really close, and she cried when her daughter introduced her to her Dad's namesake. I thought it was a lovely gesture and a way of keeping his memory (he was a lovely man) alive.

robinwoo · 01/12/2021 16:10

Reginald and Stanley

catandpupmum · 01/12/2021 16:08

Mine:
Grandfathers - Graham and Arno
Great grandfathers - Luther, Horace and Adalbert (not sure on the other one!)

TatianaBis · 01/12/2021 13:21

Edmund and Laurence.

upaladderagain · 01/12/2021 13:00

Randolph (Randy)
Robert

Theoldwoman · 01/12/2021 12:59

Ernest and Wyndham

CliveAntichrist · 01/12/2021 12:35

Bernard and Frederick

bubblebath62636 · 01/12/2021 12:32

Thomas 😊
What we will name our son if we ever have one.

louderthan · 01/12/2021 12:32

Alfred and Russell

NemosPoorlyFinn · 01/12/2021 12:30

Cyril and George but George but he went by the name Bob

JennetHumfrye · 01/12/2021 12:26

[quote groovergirl]@jennethumfrye Islywyn! I've never heard of this before, but I love it. Is it usually a surname or a given name?

My GDs were Thomas and Edward, nice but nothing interestingly vintage.[/quote]
Hello!

I love it too. I believe it's a Welsh given name. My grandad was from Aberdare!

groovergirl · 01/12/2021 12:24

@jennethumfrye Islywyn! I've never heard of this before, but I love it. Is it usually a surname or a given name?

My GDs were Thomas and Edward, nice but nothing interestingly vintage.

Lucyinthesky07 · 01/12/2021 12:21

Reginald (always known as Reg). He always used to say how much he hated his name.

bxbynxmelxver4 · 01/12/2021 11:49

Daniel

whereshalligo · 01/12/2021 08:13

Albert but called Grandad Dick and Horace called Grandad Bob bizarrely

careerchangeperhaps · 01/12/2021 08:04

Lloyd and Harry

GreenWhiteViolet · 30/11/2021 23:40

Daniel and Maurice