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Granny/Grandad names - for inspiration...

136 replies

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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rockinghertosleep · 27/06/2010 14:00

grandparents:
Martha Agnes
Vernon James
Elsie Marie
Anthony Michael

great grandparents:
Nora Marie
James Henry
can't remember the next set...
Oliver
Mary
Freda Henretta
Anthony Michael

LittleWhiteWolf · 27/06/2010 13:50

My grandparents are/were:

Tom and Dorothy
Elizabeth (but called Wendy, her middle name) and Donald.

DHs are/were:

John and Barbara
Alan and Valerie.

DH and I have already decided that if we have a boy in the future we will name him after my paternal great-grandad who was called Leonard.

Fenouille · 27/06/2010 13:49

Winifred May
Lilian
Eric
Thomas Herbert

Some grand- and great-aunts and uncles:
Rose
Cicely Amy
Elinor (love this name and spelling)
Julia
Dorothy
Robert
John (Jack)
May (Polly)
Harold
Mabel
Marion
Harry
Percy
Philip

I love old fashioned names! There are some great ideas on this thread.

5DollarShake · 27/06/2010 13:33

Me:
Ronald (Ron)
Isobel
Hamish
Jeanne

Him:
Ellen (Ellie)
Anthony (Tony)
Michael (Mickey)
Bridget (or maybe it was spelt Brigid)

comewhinewithme · 27/06/2010 13:01

Me-
Elsie
Harry
Lydia
Albert

Dp-
Doris
Harley
Pearl
Percy

spiderlight · 27/06/2010 12:53

Mary Elizabeth (known as May)
Melville George
Esther Mary
Daniel

treas · 27/06/2010 12:48

Me -
Doris
Len (Leonard)
Nancy
Walter

DH -
Dick (Richard)
Gladys
Arthur
Trixie

boodleboot · 27/06/2010 12:48

lillian daisy and john thomas

david and maureen jeanette

oopsandbabycoconut · 27/06/2010 12:48

Me

Anton + Anna
William + Agnes

DH

Henry and Doris
Henry and Lillian

BertieBasset · 27/06/2010 12:42

George Valentine (!)
Albert
Florence May
Mabel

Ernest
Ivy
Deborah
William

telsa · 27/06/2010 12:35

Rosina
George
Esther
Carl
Joseph
Getrude
Maisie
Gerald

mybootsaremuddy · 27/06/2010 11:37

Me
Elizabeth (Bet)
Charles
Florence (Floss)
Herbert(Bert)

DH
Dorothy (Dot)
Edwin
Edith
Jeremy

DCs have 'honorary' Gps called
Jonathan (john) and
Gwendoline Grace (GG)

mopsyflopsy · 27/06/2010 11:17

Dorothy
Quentin

Disenchanted3 · 27/06/2010 11:02

Maureen, Frank, Jean, John

ilovemydogandMrObama · 27/06/2010 11:00

Harry, Mary, (yes, really), Emilia, Barney

pranma · 27/06/2010 11:00

My dd who is more your age I suspect would have:
Ruth and James[Jimmy]
Sybil and Fred

pranma · 27/06/2010 10:59

Alice and Elias
Sarah[Sally] and James [Jim]

great gp
Harriet and William
Cammie and Maud [dont know Cammie's real name-Cameron I suppose]

Rockbird · 27/06/2010 10:10

Violet (Vi)
George
James (Jim)
Margaret (sometimes Peggy)

LaRagazzaInglese · 26/06/2010 23:49

ooh i like this thread can i list all my great aunts and uncles too?

Audrey
Jim
Lily
Bert
Wally
Midge
Joan
Ted
Amy
Anne
Gwyn
Peggy
Sam
Kitty
John
Joyce

LaRagazzaInglese · 26/06/2010 23:40

Gwyneth & Kenneth (Ken)
Mae & Charles (Chaz)

Eleonora & Antonino
Angela & Enrico

BikeRunSki · 26/06/2010 22:51

Rex
Evelyn
Helen
Arthur

Elsie
Frederick
Dorothy
Samuel

Ladybuglet · 26/06/2010 22:48

DH-

John & Rhoda
John & Mary

Me-

Florence MARY & Douglas
Hazel & Ted (Edward)

randomimposter · 26/06/2010 20:35

Albert and Eliza
Thomas and Mary (yes they were Irish...)

DP
Jack and Dorothy
Henry and Freda

cyteen · 26/06/2010 20:24

Erik
Joan
Lilian
John
Esme
Bill

hormonesnomore · 26/06/2010 20:24

Charles
Mary Jane
James
Amy

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