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Original poster

Grandad names

107 replies

AlbertVictoriaPlum · 04/04/2023 19:38

Throw your favourites at me please. Not Stanley or Wilfred as we have these in the family

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Yankeedoodlemandy · 04/04/2023 20:24

Most names being suggested here would be great grandparent or great great grandparent names here. Grandad names would surely be Michael, Steve, Dave, Pete etc based on them being in their fifties or sixties .

doorwo · 04/04/2023 20:23

MY grandads: Ron & Mike

My kids': Richard & David plus Campbell/Ray(DSS' grandads)

My grandkids': Paul and ??? (dunno yet, I'm not a grandma for the moment)

WildAloofRebel · 04/04/2023 20:22

Kids I know with vintage sort of names:

Gus
Derrick
Desmond x2
Peter
Wilbur
Wilfred x 100
Bertie x 1000
Arthur x a million

WildAloofRebel · 04/04/2023 20:19

The grandads I know are called things like Nigel, Brian, Robert, Terry, Martin, Richard, Keith, David.

But I’m guessing you want a generation or 2 older than that? 😄

BertieBotts · 04/04/2023 20:18

Alfred is my favourite. I like that it can be Alfie or Freddie.

Alexander is a nice classic name too. Not as out of fashion as some of the others though.

Somanycats · 04/04/2023 20:17

Grandads in our family, Jonathan, Damien, Kevin, Steve,

Hazelnuttella · 04/04/2023 20:17

Cedric

PollyPeeves · 04/04/2023 20:17

Archie
Bryce
Edwin
Alfred
Harold

LysHastighed · 04/04/2023 20:15

There’s a Bernard in my daughter’s class; it surprised me how nice it sounds when you aren’t expecting it.
Geoffrey
Lionel
Gus
Frank

thebaneofmylifeisacat · 04/04/2023 20:14

I think you might mean great grandads op.

Love that era of names but most grandads now are 45/55 starting age 😂

TenThousandSpoons · 04/04/2023 20:13

George
Arthur
Fred
John
Norman

Squirma · 04/04/2023 20:11

Robert
Peter

TomatoSandwiches · 04/04/2023 20:06

Henry
Roy
John
Harold
Eric
Victor
Stewart
Christopher
Walter
Ernest

HuggingtheHRT · 04/04/2023 20:03

Edgar
Edmund
Lawrence
Thomas
Samuel
George
Frederick
Kenneth
Henry
Ernest
Arthur

Findyourneutralspace · 04/04/2023 19:57

Bertie
Frank
Eddie
Joseph

Howtohideasausage · 04/04/2023 19:55

Cyril
Edmund
John

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 04/04/2023 19:55

thebaneofmylifeisacat · 04/04/2023 19:51

Kevin and Ian 😂

Raise you mark and Gary 😂

I think posters are going to have to start being more specific about what era they are going for.

Grandads in our family are now Andy, Nigel, Darren, Barry and Steve 😀

Rollerpiggy · 04/04/2023 19:51

Arthur.

thebaneofmylifeisacat · 04/04/2023 19:51

Kevin and Ian 😂

Raise you mark and Gary 😂

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 04/04/2023 19:48

Roger
Richard
Jeffrey
Alan
Christopher

Fartughtyred · 04/04/2023 19:46

Herbert
Oswald
Albert
Bernard
Walter

iusedtobeasize8 · 04/04/2023 19:45

Fred
Lennie

VickerishAllsort · 04/04/2023 19:45

DH is a grandad and he's Kevin. DB is a grandad too and he's Iain.
But I don't suppose you'll be choosing either of those.

wendywoopywoo222 · 04/04/2023 19:43

I love Roy but also met such a cute little Percy last week. I like that too.

SparkleSpangle · 04/04/2023 19:42

Victor
Albert
Ronald
Richard

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