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Grandfather and Great Grandfather names

64 replies

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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Orangebadger · 19/01/2023 19:35

My grandfathers were called Stanley and Harry.
My great grandfathers, Frederick, Albert James, cannot remember the other ones name.

itsallgonepetetongagain · 19/01/2023 19:35

@Theoldwoman - Wyndham Francis are my son's middle names! They are family names on my husband's side

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 19/01/2023 19:32

We had an ancestor Basil. Not pronounced Bay-sil but Bassil.

Neverplayleapfrogwithmrpipes · 19/01/2023 19:32

My husband has a great grandfather called Brunel

Neverplayleapfrogwithmrpipes · 19/01/2023 19:31

My grandads were William and James
and my great grandads were
Albert Edward x2
Albert Barlow (Yes Barlow as a middle name)
and James Crosthwaite (The Crosthwaite again is a middle name)

MrsMitford3 · 19/01/2023 19:28

My grandfathers:

Francis Michael
Robert Duvall (family name)

crouchingpheasant · 19/01/2023 19:26

Bernard
Patrick
Herbert
James
Michael
Albert
Edward
Henry
Alexander

Hadtochangeforthisone · 19/01/2023 19:26

My gf were
Stanley
Ernest
William
Wilfred

Athenen0ctua · 19/01/2023 19:23

Edmund
Stephen
John
Frank
Peter
William
Edward
Francis
Norman
Derek
Mervyn
Trevor
Henry
Thomas
George
Joseph
James
Lawrence
Gerald
Anthony
Christopher
Arthur

Pinkdafodils · 19/01/2023 19:22

Vintage names for boys:

Walter
Ted
Winston
August
Archibald
Milton
Silas
Harris
Wiley
Stanley
Bennedict
Otto
Miles
Theodore
Quentin
Grover
Ezra
Caspian
Vance
Jasper

SnowAndIceLobelia · 19/01/2023 19:09

My grandfathers were Albert and John.

DH's grandfathers were Archibald and Jonathan

Joolsin · 19/01/2023 19:07

William
Samuel
Irwin
Joseph
Reginald
George

GrohlOnAPole · 19/01/2023 19:05

My grandfathers names were Kenneth (Ken) and James (jimmy).

Mumofgirls2017 · 19/01/2023 18:56

lawrence
edgar
ernest
leonard
lionel
orson
vincent
clarence
victor
roland
douglas
sidney
stanley
ivor
herbert
arnold
albert
eric
frederick
ivan
walter
wilfred
cedric

Neverknowinglysensible · 19/01/2023 18:52

My mum was named Frances after her Uncle Francis. My grandfather was Harold, although I can’t see that name becoming popular atm!
Other relatives’ names of the 1900’s were:
Llewelyn
John (lots of them)
Michael
Thomas
Gabriel (poor child, especially when his middle name was St John)
Frederick

4thonthe4th · 19/01/2023 18:49

Mine were Ellis, Rawson, George & Jack.

Penguinsista · 19/01/2023 18:49

We have a Francis in our family known as Franny. He's a great chap so it's a name I love

Underminer · 19/01/2023 18:48

Some names are really coming back. One of the mums at school had twins in October baller Kenneth and Keith.

Other recent newborns include:

Alan
Malcolm (known as Mac)
Stephen
Roy
Victor
Walter

old names from my family are

James
Arthur
Harold (perhaps avoid this thanks to Prince Harry’s book!)
William
Henry
Elijah

TheOtherBoleynGirls · 19/01/2023 18:48

DS is Douglas after both his great grandads

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BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 19/01/2023 18:42

My grandfathers and Great Grandfathers were named;

Maurice
James
Arthur
Robert

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Ritascornershop · 19/01/2023 18:39

My grandads were Victor and Alfred. My great uncles were George, Clifford, and Albert.

Phos · 19/01/2023 18:36

I love Francis but really don't like Frank.

My grandfather and great grandfathers were:
Harry
Leonard
Edward
Ernest
Clifford
Frederick

bobby81 · 19/01/2023 18:32

Ernest
Walter
William
Brian
Kenneth
Wilfred