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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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AverageJoan · 19/01/2023 18:27

I like Francis but not as Frank. When I was pregnant I liked Ralph and Isaac and Rupert

Twoinapod · 19/01/2023 18:23

I’m not a fan of Francis, seems a bit wet to me, and Frank seems too harsh.

what about something like Wilfred, you can have Will, Wilf, Fred or Freddie as options.

toastofthetown · 19/01/2023 17:06

Here’s a link to the ONS data set which has the top hundred names in England and Wales in ten yearly intervals from 1904. Lots of grandfather and great-grandfather names there.

Busybusybusydoingnothing · 19/01/2023 17:03

Stanley, Alfred, Percy were my grandfather names.

bluemumsbluedog · 19/01/2023 16:37

My grandfathers and great grandfathers names were Alfred, Gilbert, George, Isaac, Joseph and william

WinterFoxes · 19/01/2023 16:35

Ernest
Wilfred
Vincent
Theodore
Leonard
Alfred
Edwin
Lawrence
William
Matthew
Thomas
Simon
Godfrey
Edmund

IntentionalError · 19/01/2023 16:35

Norman
Derek
Nigel
Terence
Clive
Malcolm
Alan
Gordon
Graham / Graeme
Geoffrey
Leslie
Maurice
Keith

Westfacing · 19/01/2023 16:33

Albert
Walter
Edwin
Charles
Frederick

lauraslops · 19/01/2023 16:25

Francis is lovely.
My grandparents/great grandparents were
Gordon
Leslie
Percival
Walter

fidgetcube · 19/01/2023 16:03

Charles
ralph
frederick
arthur
samuel
william

Theoldwoman · 19/01/2023 15:32

Francis is my favourite boys name, I wouldn’t use Frank though unless he chose that when he’s older.

My grandfathers were:

Wyndham Francis and Ernest Cyril

Maryquitecontrary55 · 19/01/2023 15:06

My grandfathers were Ned and William. I only know one of my great grandfather's names. He was Peter. Just if you're looking for old man inspo.

quietnightmare · 19/01/2023 14:42

Rupert
Jonah
Troy
Ezra
Cecil
Henry
Silas
Malachi
Chester
Atticus
Beau
Guy
Wilfred
Eugene / gene
Cary
Arthur
Ansel
Amos
Clarence
Archie
Theodore
Quincy
Caleb

TheVanguardSix · 19/01/2023 14:41

I love Francis.
I immediately thought of Vincent as well.
Also, Vaughn (which is a surname, I know, but it’s nice as a first name).

My grandfathers were: Friedrich & Michael, great and great great grandfathers were Cyril, Elias, Nicholas… A few Antons peppered in the family tree on the Czech side. Lots of ‘Francis and Vincent’ on the Irish side.