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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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mistressploppy · 26/06/2010 20:20

Me:
Alan
Mary
George
Gladys

DH:
Winifred
William
Frank
Paula

Lavitabella · 26/06/2010 20:14

me:
Malcolm
Margaret
Gwendolynne
Harry

DP:
Giovanni
Edoarda
Maria
Aniello

AlfredaMantolini · 26/06/2010 20:12

me:
Winifred
Stanley
Betty
John Norman

DH:
Frank
Matilda
two others whose names I don't know!

sparklyrainbow · 26/06/2010 20:09

me:
John
Eileen
Allan
Rose

(planning this bean will be Helen Rose if it is a girl after both Nans- Helen being a related name to Eileen)

DH:
Patricia
Henry
Pamela
John

asdx2 · 26/06/2010 19:51

Mine were Dorothy May and Frank and Gladys Annie (always Kate) and William (always Bill)

Dh Samuel and Henry but doesn't know his Grandma's

Igglybuff · 26/06/2010 19:23

I really like Olive!

Igglybuff · 26/06/2010 19:21

we've got
Wilbur
Betty
Nora
William
James
Sybil
Colin
Jean

JudgyVonCatsbum · 26/06/2010 19:15

Me

Olive
Denzil

William
Joan

DH

James
Joan

Irene (Rene)
Walter

MrsvWoolf · 26/06/2010 19:14

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DanJARMouse · 26/06/2010 19:09

Agnes (called Nancy)
James

James
Margaret

Elsie
Samuel

Khara · 26/06/2010 19:07

Me:Alfred
Frances
Norman
Gladys

DH:Edward
Dora
Bernard
Edna

Tillyscoutsmum · 26/06/2010 19:02

Mine were

Matilda
Lesley
Margaret
Raymond

DH's

Caroline
Rennie
Andrew
Elsie

MercyMe · 26/06/2010 19:01

Me

Henrietta (it's beginning to grow on me)
Jack
Eion
Dorothy

DH

Sheila
Tom
Susan
Alexander

Raahh · 26/06/2010 18:53

used Peter

Raahh · 26/06/2010 18:52

Me- Peter, florence ( Peter for Ds's mid name), really wanted Florence for dd2)
Francis (frank) Doreen (no plans to use either! Gran and Mum both called Doreen, neither are offended)

harley85 · 26/06/2010 18:32

Dorothy + Samuel
Irene + Harry
Pamala + George

emmyloo2 · 26/06/2010 18:32

Edward and Audrey
Marion and George

schroeder · 26/06/2010 18:21

My Grandparents:
Margaret and Edgar
Frank and Gladys

DH's Granny is Lila which is lovely[Grin]

meadowlarks · 26/06/2010 18:08

Jock and May
Louis and Patricia

letsblowthistacostand · 26/06/2010 18:05

Lois
Shirley
Clayton
John
Margaret
William

notagrannyyet · 26/06/2010 18:00

John & Florence
Elizabeth & Albert also Henry

Beatrice & Albert
Alice & Henry(Harry)

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sunchild77 · 26/06/2010 17:54

Nando -Unfortunately Thelma just doesnt go with our surname... ;)

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Nando95 · 26/06/2010 17:48

Glenys
Brian
Thelma
Ernest-john (Jack)

Him

Margaret-Rose
John
Sarah
Edward

Go on I know you wanna go with the name Thelma

jeanjeannie · 26/06/2010 17:42

Edward and Ina
Horace and Daisy

DP's grandparents were from Serbian & Belarus - so I'll give spelling those a miss! My mum is an Ethel May and her sister a Muriel ...might want to give those a wide berth too!

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sunchild77 · 26/06/2010 17:35

OOOh thanks showofhands
Its just so nice to see a list of "different" names... although Id expect to see a few faces if we called DC3 Theopholis..LOL

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