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Grandfather and Great Grandfather names

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Boyandgirlmama23 · 19/01/2023 14:34

Looking for an old name.. recently posted about Francis but DP is still unsure. It is my firm favourite

Francis George but to be known and introduced as Frank
I do love just Frank but my other DS has a name which gives him many options when he is older if he choose to use

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Carryonmarion · 25/01/2023 17:43

One of my grandads was Leslie (Les) but dont know beyond that and my Grandad and his dad were called Joseph (Joe) which I love

Everyonehasavoice · 25/01/2023 13:01

NameChange005 · 25/01/2023 12:55

All my grandparents names were timeless names like Michael and William.
Francis is lovely and also timeless.

St Francis….patron saint of animals. Which is lovely….if you believe in that sort of thing. ( apologies if you don’t )

NameChange005 · 25/01/2023 12:55

All my grandparents names were timeless names like Michael and William.
Francis is lovely and also timeless.

octoberfarm · 25/01/2023 03:19

Alan, George, Francis x 2, Albert and Stephen.

Everyonehasavoice · 25/01/2023 03:02

Some really great names here, so I’ll chip in
Grandfathers
Michael and James
great grandfathers
Michael, Michael, Michael and you guessed it Michael

Guess what my brothers name is….😂

KikoMooCow · 21/01/2023 08:56

Cecil
Donald /Don
George
Sydney /Syd
Charles /Charlie
Cyril
Patrick /Pat
Albert / Bert
Edward /Ted

Goldpaw · 20/01/2023 00:37

My granddad's were Harold and Arthur. Great granddad's Henry, Hugh, George Henry and Richard Henry.

SingingSands · 20/01/2023 00:32

All my grandfathers waaaay back into the mists of time were called James. I don't think originality runs in my family 😂

caringcarer · 20/01/2023 00:25

My Dad was Francis Ernest. His brothers were William (Billy), Albert, Stanley and Robert John.

Rosalindisafuckingnightmare · 19/01/2023 23:51

Loving Wyndham! But also think Francis/Frank is a goer.

Those generations in my family
Alan, Thomas, John, Hugh, Willie, Davy, Monty

Similar to Wyndham
Tudor, Brynley, Meirion, Selwyn

LittleBlueBrioTrain · 19/01/2023 23:39

My grandfathers were William and Bernard. Great grandfathers that I know of were Walter, Ezekiel and Theophilus

Pinkdafodils · 19/01/2023 23:30

I love these old names, especially
Walter
Stanley
Quentin
Leonard
Wilfred

Mybumlooksbig · 19/01/2023 23:24

My son's middle name is Walter after my grandad 🤩

DelphiniumBlue · 19/01/2023 23:21

Grandad born around 1905 and his brothers were Leonard Bernard Ralph Frank William Frederick , other family were Maurice George Harold Richard .
Forgive my lack of commas as on phone!

wendywoopywoo222 · 19/01/2023 21:13

I love the name Frank.

My grandfathers were Earnest known as Ernie and Stanley knows as Stan.

FirstnameSuesecondnamePerb · 19/01/2023 21:08

Mine were Charles and Hugo (he was German).

xprincessxjanetx · 19/01/2023 21:06

I don't know my GGF's names but my GF's were called Dennis and Walter.

TribeD · 19/01/2023 20:48

Not all grandfathers but some of male family members

Cornelius (my favourite of all their names)
Francis
Innes
Robert
Vernon
Michael
Raymond
Henry
David
William
George
James
Frederick
Charles
Dennis
Stanley

The only one I'm not hugely keen on is Raymond.

Krakenes · 19/01/2023 20:39

Mine was called Frank as his full name. Probably not that common now!

Ambroserock · 19/01/2023 20:37

Francis is lovely.
Grandfather's names were Arthur Edward and Geoffrey Alan.
Great Grandfather's were James and Joseph.

SunSandAndLotsOfGin · 19/01/2023 20:27

My grandfathers were Dennis, Arthur and Jack.
I love Francis.

cheapskatemum · 19/01/2023 19:40

My Grandfathers' names were:
Stanley
Thomas Harry

I've just realised that I have no idea what my Great Grandfathers were called!

Lulu1919 · 19/01/2023 19:39

Bertie
Sidney
Albert
Raymond
Claude
All names my grandfathers had

Neverplayleapfrogwithmrpipes · 19/01/2023 19:37

Other names going further back into mine and my husbands trees are

Issac
Evan
Wyndham
Stanley
Alfred
Andrus
Abram
Skillion
Clarence

Athenen0ctua · 19/01/2023 19:37

Charles
David
Frederick
Wilfred
Alfred
Albert
Ernest
Jesse
Hugh