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Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Granny/Grandad names - for inspiration...

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sunchild77 · 26/06/2010 17:09

I quite like the trend for old names at the moment, So Just a quick survey : What where your grandparents names?

Me:-Robert
Robert Alexander
Gladys Margaret
Jeannie

DH - Murdoch
Sidney
Dorothy Madeline
Helen

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whiteflame · 03/07/2010 22:22

Leonard
Frances
Herbert
Ida

thomasmad · 03/07/2010 22:08

We have three boys. DS No. 1 is Andrew Douglas as I have a scottish hubby!! Twin boys 2 and 3 arrived suddenly at 28wks and we thought of their names in 20 mins as the hospital chaplain was on her way to baptise them. For quickness we decided on Dad's first names as middle names and have an Alexander Francis, after f-in -law Frank and a Gregor Donald, very scottish but unfortunately my Dad was Donald and we could not have two lots of A.D initials. It suits him though it is a strong name and he is our little fighter!!! Both boys doing really well now - a year on. Drawing up a family tree recently it was lovely to see the grandparents names being used and it makes their names a touch unusual. Met a little Jean at a toddler group the other day. Love traditional names.

LovelyJudy · 03/07/2010 21:36

Edith
Nicholas
Amelia Kate (Kittie)
David

BessieBoots · 03/07/2010 21:27

What a lovely thread! I love classic names too... I am loving John atm, it's so cool...

Una and Dafydd (Dafydd is DSs middle name)
Jean and John

SpringHeeledJack · 03/07/2010 21:11

Lily
Stan

Margaret
Ronald (Ron)

...have used Stan as a middle and Margaret as a first name

feedthegoat · 03/07/2010 21:05

John
Dorothy (Dot)

Ronald (Ron)
Pauline

Great Granparents (well, the ones I can remember the names of)

Clifford
Louisa
Willoughby
Ethel

PaulineCampbellJones · 03/07/2010 20:57

William & Maria (Ria)
Robert & Margaret (Hilda)

saltyseadog · 03/07/2010 20:14

Edward
Kathleen

Iris
William

LuluF · 03/07/2010 20:12

Me
Phyllis & Jock
Raymond & Joyce

Great grandparents
George & Annie
Frederick & Esther

DH
Jane & James
Aubrey & Ruby

Original poster

sunchild77 · 03/07/2010 18:20

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seanybosmummysfedupwaiting · 30/06/2010 21:50

Oh and my great grandparents were:

Minnie
Josephine
Daniel

seanybosmummysfedupwaiting · 30/06/2010 21:48

Patrick
Joseph (Josie)
Sarah (Sadie)
Maire (May)

Not sure about dps though i know one was called Vincent

Galena · 30/06/2010 20:16

DH
John
Christine
Barbara
?

(Mine are further up)

plaggycheese · 30/06/2010 20:12

Fred
Edith
Phyllis
Cyril

William
Violet
Joseph
Harriet

Jamieandhismagictorch · 30/06/2010 12:24

.. sorry, that was Hadyn

Jamieandhismagictorch · 30/06/2010 12:24

Victor
Robert
Constance (Connie)
Gwen
Haydyn

Patsy99 · 30/06/2010 10:35

Me:

Robert + Marjorie
Cecily + Stanley

DH:

Ellis + Constance
William + Enid

radstar · 29/06/2010 22:38

roland
george
phyllis
bella
sabrina (sibby)
frederick
tilly
peggy
robert (bob)
beatrice (bea)
constance (connie)
florence (flossie)
bertha
gladys
lena
helena (nellie)
daisy
bert

included the great aunts/uncles I can remember

edwardcullensotherwoman · 28/06/2010 12:31

girls:
phyllis, hazel, norah, gwenllian, lillian
boys:
peter, archie, walter, reuben

can't remember the others, sorry. These include great gps too.
There are some really lovely names on this thread, what a great idea!

InThisSequinBraYesYouOlaJordan · 28/06/2010 12:23

Me: Jack and Alice
John and Margaret (Maggie)

DH: Rosalie and Alexander
and No Idea - I must ask him. Mind you, I bet he wouldn't know my grandparents' names.

buzzybee · 28/06/2010 12:17

Olive and Garthorn ("Gar" also called Dick for some reason!)

Berta and Colin

I called my DD2 Beatrix after Grandma Berta - same letters, just mixed up a little and with a twist at the end!

FreakoidOrganisoid · 28/06/2010 11:50

Charles
Jack
Flavius
Augustus

Irma
Hilda
Virginia
Alice

gladders · 28/06/2010 11:50

Jane and Evan
Zena and Kenneth

DastardlyandSmugly · 28/06/2010 11:37

My grandparents were Fred & Martha, Jack and Pauline Madeleine Yohanna.

Great-grandparents that I know of were Ava and Estrathia.

imahappycamper · 28/06/2010 11:24

Neil and Violet
Herbert and Helen

Chose Helen for DD

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