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

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femmeaufoyer · 14/08/2012 17:17

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

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CharminglyOdd · 14/08/2012 18:27

Percy and Marshall ... don't think either of those are going to be reused Grin

Natnat29 · 14/08/2012 18:29

Bernard and paul

EugenesAxe · 14/08/2012 18:31

Arthur and Leslie (or Lesley?). My GM remarried Robert and had a BF after Bob died called Henry.

Ambrosius · 14/08/2012 18:34

Jack and James (Jim)

RobinSparkles · 14/08/2012 18:34

William and Francis were mine.

I love both names for a boy, particularly my maternal grandfather's name, Francis James.

Shoshe · 14/08/2012 18:36

Mums Dad was Robert Davis
Brother was Robert Denholm
Dads Dad was Issac James
Dad is Robert James, brothers, John, Terrence, Peter, Michael, Samuel

kilmuir · 14/08/2012 18:37

Jack and Robert

bananaramma · 14/08/2012 18:49

Quentin James
William Robert

ELHasShutUp · 14/08/2012 18:49

Both of mine were Edwin.

insancerre · 14/08/2012 18:54

Mine-
William
Samuel (DS' name)
DH-
William
Robert

teacherwith2kids · 14/08/2012 18:58

Vincent and Reginald!

BobbiFleckman · 14/08/2012 18:59

my grandparents names are exactly the sort that get their very own threads on MN these days along the lines of WTF, do people call their children that?! :-)

G'father was Wolf and g'ma was Pearl

other side - Mary and Sidney

thegreylady · 14/08/2012 19:00

James and Elias [grandads]
Robert and William
'Cammie'-must be nn but not sure...

MaryHansack · 14/08/2012 19:00

George and John aka Stanley

Beanbagz · 14/08/2012 19:01

Mine - Jesse & Mohammed
DH's - Fred (other GD name not known)

tallslutnopanties · 14/08/2012 19:02

Bernard and Kazimierz

YoullLaughAboutItOneDay · 14/08/2012 19:06

Between me and DH, two George's, a Charles and a Henry. Could be a current nursery class really couldn't it?

fanjodisfunction · 14/08/2012 19:07

Frederick, William and Gilbert

Male siblings Trevor, Bernard, Cyril.

Great Grandfathers Frederick, Sidney, Thomas, and Thomas.

RubyFakeNails · 14/08/2012 19:08

Reginald and Ely

Isaac Alek, Judah Izrael, Charles Harry and Valentine (known as Johnny V)

RubyFakeNails · 14/08/2012 19:10

Fucking iPad *Eli

lizmarshmallow · 14/08/2012 19:11

Peter & Cornelius

MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic · 14/08/2012 19:12

Frederick, Alan and Clifford plus on DHs side George and Michael (which are also DHs and BILs names - traditional family when it comes to naming children until I came along and ruined it Grin)

weaselm4 · 14/08/2012 19:12

Stanley Cecil
Franz Josef

Bless 'em, they were lovely.

SlightlySuperiorPeasant · 14/08/2012 19:15

Charles and Denis.

CaptainHetty · 14/08/2012 19:15

William and John.

Great-grandfather was Ivor.