What were your grandmothers called?

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I think I like old fashioned names - anyone care to share what their grandmothers/great-grandmothers were called.

Nora, Margaret

Doris and Maria grandmothers. I got a few cousins called Maria as a result, no Doris though

Great grandmother names I knew Eldica (my father wanted to name me after her lol lucky escape!).
The other was Mary.

Florence and Lilian.

Elizabeth Maud and Gladys Eugenie.

My older sister was going to be named Elizabeth after my mum's mum. Luckily my mum realised in time that if she did, and then had another daughter, she would have to name that one after my Dad's mum - that would have been me....

Agnes and Elizabeth

Janet and Evelyn. Great grandmother was Elspeth. DH's grandmas were Winifred and Edith. I had great aunties called Bella and Annie (both Janet's sisters) and her sister in law was called Kitty. DD3 is Elizabeth - I wanted a nickname of Elsie but she's Betty instead! Love the older names!

Floris and Doris...sounds like a cartoon

Theresa and Amelia.

Grace and Bessie

Mum's mum is Rene, and her mum, my great granny, Eleanor, known as Ella.

Dad's mum was Margaret, known as Marge, I think.

Am Dutch, so Dutch grandmothers.
Mine were Gerda and Henrietta.

Anunziata and Hedwig. I win.

Renee (pn Ree-knee) and Dorothy Eleanor

Irene

Elsie

mine were rachel and may
dh's were june and joan

My grandmothers are/were Barbara and Peggy (not short for Margaret, but a given name).

My father was adopted, and his birth mother was Rosalie.

My great-grandmothers (that I know of) were Bertha, Sarah and Ruth.

I also had great aunts, and they were Kay, Dorothy, May and Rosemary.

Iva and Avril

Agnes (Maternal) and Winnifred - Winnie (Paternal).

Quite like Winnie as a name (but for the obvious poo connotations for a child), but have never met any other child named Agnes ...

Elderly relatives include:-
Elsie
Mable
Queen (yes really)

Dorothy and Margery

Maternal grandmother Marie
Paternal grandmother Petra
Step Grandmother Edith

dh's

Maternal grandmother Winnie
Paternal gradnmother Minnie
(great story from MIL of when SIL was born - their 2nd- She was asked "Well will you do like with ds1 where you named after the grandfathers?" She replied" Well what one would you rather? Minnie Winnie or Winnie Minnie?" (Sil is Jacqueline )

Annie and Elizabeth

Veronica and Mollie