Loving the thread about grandmothers names...so let's do grandfathers names

[femmeaufoyer]

The thread on grandmothers names has given me loads of inspiration for DC2, so I'm now looking for the same for male names.

Mine were William and Ronald
DH were William and Harry

Ronald and Leslie were mine.

Wilf and Cornelius. I thinl these are quite cool and if I had a DS would consider using these :-)

Edward, Horace, Ernest and Jack.

Cyril and George.

Stanley and James.

shockers my Grandad was was from south Wales but never knew why he was called Lodwig - it was very different to the style of his 8 siblings' names. Pre internet he never found a trace of the name though Googling it now there seems to be quite a few people with it as a surname. He said he got into many, many fights as a boy and refused to let me give my son it as a middle name. (I used his surname instead, we were very close ).

Charles Walter and Gordon

Charles is my nephew's middle name and we considered it for both if our sons but it didn't seem to suit them.

Dh's paternal grandfather was Kenneth. No idea about his maternal grandfather as no one seems to talk about him!

Gavin (Welsh) and Edward (known only as Ted).

Albert John and Clement Ralph (who has just passed away at the grand old age of 103)

James and Hans.

Hans was Dutch and he never knew if Hans was is full name or if it was a shortening of Johannes. Everyone just knew him as Hans.

Hans is pronounced Hons btw

Clifford

James/Jimmy and Wilfred

Henry and William.

GGF's were Joseph, William, and 2 James'.

Peter and Graham. DH's were John and Harry. The only one I'd consider using is Peter and only so I could legitimately nickname the child Wolfie

Arthur and, wait for it.. Christmas. Some Welsh valleys thing apparently.

Mine were John & Clayton. Both of which I'd use if we had a boy.

John (known as Jack) and Andrew

Percy and Thomas (really)

Grandfathers and great uncles on both sides: Edward, Baldwin, Joseph, Samuel, Lionel, Kingsley

With middle names, mine are Lyell, Cadfael, Huw, Gethin (guess where they came from) and David (Davvy), Aharoni, Sinai, Shaul.

My family had names which really showed what culture/place they came from.

chinsup, I'm sure Lodwig was a Welsh warrior. My Great Grandmother was called Blodwin... another corker that didn't resurface in later generations .

Stanley and Cecilia
William and Constance Ruby (she always used Ruby)

Wilfred and Philip; Andrew and Richard.