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

I've just gone back about 3 generations on both sides and ther is not much variety!!

We have Robert, William, Peter, John, James, Alexander and Joseph - each name loads of times.

James and Edward ( always called Ned)

Not wanting to out myself, I'll give you mine, DH's and some great uncles, in no particular order.

James, Edward, Ronald, Francis, Earnest, Charles, Albert, Eric.

Repeat in a different order for middle names.

Harry (full name Harold)
Great grandad - Reg (RN - Reginald Joseph)

DH's grandad - Jack (real name John James)

Snap with Raah Peter and Francis (Frank) here too.

Stanley and Patrick

Spencer and 'unknown'

Dhs - Bob/Robert and Sam/Samuel

Aw, I thought I'd be the first Horace, but no! Other one was Harry. Dh's were Wilson and Bedrich (he was Czech).

Herbert & Leslie
DHs were Bo & Bengt which are even worse!!!

Robert (Bobby) and...not sure I've ever been told the other one. Aunties and Uncles just refer to him as 'dad'. Mind you, he dies 60 years ago, so doesn't come up much.

William and George (dh's gfathers)

Wasn't much variety in the old days, was there?

Though Herbert (Bert) was known as Vic.

Michael
and Athol ( a family name of 4 generations and much to DG disgust, we did not carry it on!!!)

Andreas and James

Arthur and Harry.

DP's were Thomas, Thomas & Harry (grandmother remarried post war)

barney (short for something long in Spanish) and henry

Norman Samuel and Patrick Gerard.

Joseph and Edward

If you asked my DC the same question, their answer would be the same.

John and er, John

Geoffrey and Richard.

Norman and Jack for me.
Ethan and Michael for dh.
My Grandmothers were Nancy and Enid-there are 2 girls at dc's school with same name and lots of Jacks,Ethans and a Michael, but no Norman. and no Brenda...

Verdun and Eric. Mine.

John. Dhs

Richard and Philip

Alfred and Edward

Ivor and Thomas