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If you called your child after your grandparents, what would they be?

155 replies

mauvish · 20/08/2023 13:41

Girl - Harriet Maud (I would have been fine with Harriet, but not Maud!)
Boy - Alfred John

My DGD would be Penelope Susan (sounds OK, I think); my DGS would be Simon Sean (not so keen!)

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babysharkdoodoodedoodedoo · 20/11/2023 08:32

Ivan & Roma

FunnysInLaJardin · 19/11/2023 23:19

Caroline and Thomas or David and Miriam.

All fine with me. In fact the DS's have their great grandfathers names as middle names

ButtonDownBev · 19/11/2023 23:16

Irene and William is one set
Judith and Lesley the other.

I quite like Irene and william, not so keen on the other two names

caringcarer · 21/08/2023 01:18

Paternal
Alice Maud Mary
Robert John

Maternal
Dorcus Ellen
Philip John

Leapintothelightning · 20/08/2023 22:29

Girl - Roberta Ella
Boy - Colin William

RavingStyle · 20/08/2023 22:29

Katherine (Kay) and Violet,
and
Frank and Zenon...

Like them all, but not sure Zenon would work well here in Wales!

Recycledblonde · 20/08/2023 22:19

Miriam, Harry, Catherine, Edward

RenoDakota · 20/08/2023 22:16

Laura, Fred, Gertrude, Stanley.

PresentPrincess1 · 20/08/2023 22:11

Anne Marie
Clifford Geoffrey

Andante57 · 20/08/2023 21:17

Mary Sydney
David Edward (Eddie)

Racingadmin · 20/08/2023 21:14

Shelia Agnes may

Peter Edward George

CatHeartLovePink · 20/08/2023 20:46

John David Henry Frederick
Gillian Sheela Marie

Have delibrately mixed the names as part of my DC name is in there.

floraswiltingflower · 20/08/2023 19:54

Robert and Elizabeth

BorgQueen · 20/08/2023 19:51

Carrie or Ermine.
William or George.

beachsandseaicecream · 20/08/2023 19:51

Barbara Margaret
Robert Norman

newrubylane · 20/08/2023 19:45

Margaret Fay
John Horace

I'm not so sure about Horace!

MojoJojo71 · 20/08/2023 19:41

they’d have the names they have now because I already did

Theoldcuriosityshop · 20/08/2023 19:33

Lilian, Albert
Thomas, Ida.

Simonjt · 20/08/2023 19:31

Victoria, quite nice and actually you don’t meet many young children called Victoria.

MumofSpud · 20/08/2023 19:05

Elizabeth (but always known as Betty)
Tom (DS' middle name)

Carolina Violet (DD was nearly Violet but it is her middle name!)
Maurice

useitorlose · 20/08/2023 18:59

Ernest Ralph
Margery Eleanor Victoria (sounds much posher than the reality as 1 of 8 children living as a household of ten people in a space designed for 4)

Matilda (don't know if she had a middle name)
Horace John

plehpleh · 20/08/2023 18:50

Janine Shiela

Louis Philip

Lovelynames123 · 20/08/2023 18:47

Kathleen Elizabeth and Peter John, nothing horrendous...me on the other hand could've been named Ethel Wahlberg!

yomellamoHelly · 20/08/2023 18:46

Barry / Ernest
Nora / Lorna

REBM · 20/08/2023 18:44

Myfanwy/ Elizabeth
Leslie/ Thomas
My children.... by chance are named after my great grandparents

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