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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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Unicorn2022 · 20/08/2023 18:38

Ivy and Thomas
Mary and Thomas

Jk987 · 20/08/2023 18:34

Thorald and Theodora ❤️

MinnieMountain · 20/08/2023 18:34

Pamela, married soldier, Minerva (would have if I had had a DD), Charles.
DS has the Charles’ middle name as his middle name.

IhearyouClemFandango · 20/08/2023 18:31

Bunty and Peter
Clarisse and ...not sure...

Sewfrickinamazeballs · 20/08/2023 18:30

Beryl Kathleen
Jozef Dennis

Mercurial123 · 20/08/2023 18:29

Alma and Fred

TheFormidableMrsC · 20/08/2023 18:27

Violet Elizabeth

Peter Edward

SimplyElementary · 20/08/2023 18:26

Shirley Daphne (Not keen)
Benjamin Richard (Better, but don't love it)

Middlelanehogger · 20/08/2023 18:23

Maskedpotato · 20/08/2023 15:25

The best two were William and Rose.

Don't let Kate hear you say that 🤐

avocadotofu · 20/08/2023 18:17

Catherine Lona
Rudolph John

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 20/08/2023 18:14

Edna Mavis. I think I'd have won the old lady name trend.

Albert Leslie.

Somanycats · 20/08/2023 18:11

Elsie Laura and Albert John. I think both sound great

RabbitsRock · 20/08/2023 18:09

Lizzie & Arthur
Agnes & George

BinkyBeaufort · 20/08/2023 18:09

Robert, Randolph, Emily and Amy

dressedforcomfort · 20/08/2023 18:07

Girl: Mamie /Mary
Boy: Thomas /John

I actually like all these options for a child today. Unfortunately, when we had DS one of the boy's names had already been used for a 1st cousin and the other just didn't work with my married surname....

lomondlady · 20/08/2023 17:29

Sheila Martha, Sarah (known as Sadie), Patrick, John (known as Jack)

Phos · 20/08/2023 17:23

Harry Leonard
Joyce Joan

I like Harry but not Leonard. Joyce and Joan would be ok in the middle but we don’t do honouring names.

MerryChristmasToYou · 20/08/2023 17:21

Harriet Maud is lovely.

Mine would be Catherine Elizabeth and William Arthur. Grin
Too Royal Family.

BigBoysDontCry · 20/08/2023 16:36

Robert x 2
Mary or Margaret

SpringIntoChaos · 20/08/2023 16:35

Eve Margaret/William James

Harry (unsure of middle name)/Elizabeth Grace Alexandra

Love all of those to be fair 💕

AdoraBell · 20/08/2023 16:35

Maternal side-

G- Elizabeth Sara
B- John

I don’t know about the paternal side.

DisforDarkChocolate · 20/08/2023 16:34

Harry, Betty, Jack. We did use Elizabeth which was probably my Grandma's real name.

Kingsleadhat · 20/08/2023 16:34

Annie, Ellen, Patrick, Frederick

ItLooksLikeChickenSoItMustBeChicken · 20/08/2023 16:33

Vera
Arthur

SquigglePigs · 20/08/2023 16:33

Edith, Kathleen and Jack