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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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triggers34 · 20/08/2023 14:37

Girls - Mona and Joyce
Boys Stanley and Earnest

Of those I like Stan but had 2 girls

Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 20/08/2023 14:35

Jean Grace
William Keneth

Barleymilk · 20/08/2023 14:33

Dorothy,Vera,Andrew,Kenneth

Banditqueen12 · 20/08/2023 14:32

Elizabeth and Thomas
James and "that Bitch" :-)

HerMammy · 20/08/2023 14:31

Helen Elizabeth
Francis Norman

DamnAllTheJellyfish · 20/08/2023 14:30

Dilys may
Reggie ivernie

We've used one as a middle name

Songlines · 20/08/2023 14:28

Arthur Arthur
Edith Beatrice

All these names appear in my grandchildren 😀

ilovepixie · 20/08/2023 14:25

Martha, Thomas, Ruth, Albert

Jewelanemone · 20/08/2023 14:24

Eva and Gerald
Margaret and Edward

uncomfortablydumb53 · 20/08/2023 14:24

Sarah
Thomas

StopStartStop · 20/08/2023 14:23

Lily/Sarah Ann
Robert/George

Nothing wrong with any of those.

ohtowinthelottery · 20/08/2023 14:22

Dorothy Sarah Joseph Duncan

Lostinplaces · 20/08/2023 14:21

Kathleen Rosemary
Lawson Wayne

Damnthemansavetheempir · 20/08/2023 14:21

Florence, Eva, Edward, Jack

Tinytigertail · 20/08/2023 14:21

Elsie
Florence
Harry
Walter
Bar Walter, the others are all in general use again today!

JamieandRoybromance · 20/08/2023 14:20

Agnes Nellie and Ernest Norman Smile

LBFseBrom · 20/08/2023 14:20

Walter, Eleanor, Emma Rosetta, Henry.

continentallentil · 20/08/2023 14:19

Stella, Henry, Edith and Frederick.

Two of the cousins do have these names, and they are all very current of course..

NotHooray · 20/08/2023 14:17

Christine Patricia
Terrence Robert

Justcashnosweets · 20/08/2023 14:16

Marion, Elsie
Edward, John.

spanieleyes · 20/08/2023 14:14

Christopher Charles and Ellen Ellen!

Itsagrandoldteam · 20/08/2023 14:13

Hannah Mary
Stephen William

rogueone · 20/08/2023 14:13

Interestingly both my sets of grandparents had the same names

christina
john

Wtafis · 20/08/2023 14:13

Dinah Antonia
David Denis

we did bame one f the kids after grandparents

BiPolarBabe · 20/08/2023 14:12

Gladys Ann or Fredrick George
(Or Ann Gladys or George Fredrick)

With all the retro names nowadays I don't think anyone would blink at any of those

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