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Generation Grandad Names

41 replies

TheFantasticFixit · 12/08/2013 15:59

I know this has probably been done a 100 times but please indulge me, I'm rather hormonal ATM with bloody awful morning sickness.

So.. Olde worlde boys names?

So far I have Wilf(red)
And Herbert

But I know you have lots more!

To go with a big sister called Bess, if that matters...

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mummylin2495 · 12/08/2013 16:00

Edmund nn ted

PipkinsPal · 12/08/2013 16:02

My Grampa was called Sydney Horatio. He was born exactly 100 years after the Battle of Trafalgar. He had twin brothers called Tommy and Arthur.

FromageFrog · 12/08/2013 17:27

Albert nn Albie

MadameJosephine · 12/08/2013 17:27

Walter
Stanley
Albert

RiceorChips · 12/08/2013 18:04

My grandfathers were called Kenneth and Frederick.
DH's were Arnold and Joseph.

How about:
Leonard
Maurice
Ernest
Lionel
Abe
Francis / Frank
Gerald
Jeremy
Charles
Norris
Dirk
Horace

sonlypuppyfat · 12/08/2013 18:15

ernest Confused

PipkinsPal · 12/08/2013 18:37

My Dad and his brothers were called -
Kenneth
Malcolm
Byron
Joseph
Owen
Ronald
What about
Hector
Royston
Raymond
Clive

PipkinsPal · 12/08/2013 18:38

And I have an Uncle Cyril

picnicbasketcase · 12/08/2013 18:41

Arthur
Albert
John
Herbert
Percy
Bill
Frank
Morris
Donald

froubylou · 12/08/2013 18:43

Percy. My grandads name.

And DP wont hear of it for baby lol.

Caip · 12/08/2013 18:45

Reginald (Reggie)

Bowlersarm · 12/08/2013 18:46

Frank
Robert
John
Alfred

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 12/08/2013 18:54

Granddads were William Edward and Robert. Their brothers were John, George, Dennis, Thomas and Peter.

invicta · 12/08/2013 18:59

Leonard
Cyril
Percy
Reginald
Harold
Donald
Albert

Henry, Harry , George, - all popular today but I've always considered to be old names

FoofFighter · 12/08/2013 19:01

Names in my family going back are:

Kenneth
Sidney
Walter
Ronald
Leonard
Ernest
Levi
Harry
James

tallulah · 12/08/2013 19:07

Frank
Victor
John
Leslie
Bertram
Albert
Raymond
Walter
Algernon
Ernest
Edwin

MadameJosephine · 12/08/2013 20:11

I love Ernest! Although I think I would probably spell it Earnest

GreatJoanUmber · 12/08/2013 20:52

Albert
Bertram
Cecil
Desmond
Ernest
Frank
Gerald
Herbert
...

Oubliette0292 · 12/08/2013 21:00

My DS is Wilfred and I still love it as a name. I also like Hugh, Alec, Ernest and Percy.

My grandads were Christopher (although everyone called him Kit), and Albery Henry (who was always known as Arthur). I had great-uncles called Marmaduke and Nelson, but I'm guessing that these names won't make a come back!

UpTheFRIGGinDuff · 12/08/2013 21:49

All from that generation:

(Alf)red
Lewis
Reginald
Edward (Ted)
Eric

marilynwhirlwind · 13/08/2013 01:52

Both my grandfathers were called Harry, seems it was as popular in the late 19th century as it is now!

Hulababy · 13/08/2013 02:38

My grandads were named Harry Lionel and Kenneth.

DH's grandads were Jack (real name John James) and Geoffery Michael.

My great grandfathers were :
Arthur (brother named George)
George William (brothers - John Thomas, James, Benjimin Alfred, Ralph Stanley, Robert Wilson and Frederick)
Walter Hubert (brothers - Frederick William, Harry Lionel, Harold George, Hector Cuthbert, Colin John)
Joseph Reginald (no brothers)

StupidFlanders · 13/08/2013 04:37

Douglas. BTW; Bess (the beautiful landlord's daughter) is my all time favourite girls name!

fanjodisfunction · 13/08/2013 04:54

Bess was my grandmothers name, her brothers were Frank, richard and herbert.

Iamnormalish · 13/08/2013 05:05

Cliff (ord)
Roy (ston)
Albert
Amos
Bert(ram)
Edgar
Leonard
Cecil
Ron (ald)
Ken (neth)
Gordon
Vincent
Victor
Maurice
Geoff(ry)