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What are your grandfathers names?

348 replies

nomoreminibreaks · 16/11/2013 12:07

Sorry if this has been done to death but I'm due to give birth to DS2 in 6 weeks and I still haven't fallen in love with a name. DS is Henry so I thought I might find inspiration from this.

Mine are:

John (DS' middle name) and
Arthur (I like this and think it goes but DH isn't keen)

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GoldieBear · 21/01/2014 21:57

Norman
Jesse (pronounced Jess)

Keepthechangeyoufilthyanimal · 21/01/2014 21:57

Mine are Geoff(rey) and Stan(ley)
DH's are Alf(red) and James

dannydyerismydad · 21/01/2014 22:00

Frederick Arthur
Richard Francis

mummy1973 · 21/01/2014 22:02

Herbert and Richard!

JustPondering · 21/01/2014 22:04

James and Wilfred.

nikki1391 · 22/01/2014 15:13

Romanus and Francis.....my mum took her mums surname (Francis) with happened to be her dads first name so my surname is also my grandads first name which is nice

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 22/01/2014 15:53

Graham and Peter

mylittlesunshine · 22/01/2014 16:05

Alexander & Thomas

InkleWinkle · 22/01/2014 16:08

William & George.

DH's are Michael & John

Olivegirl · 22/01/2014 16:18

James and Charles

NigellasDealer · 22/01/2014 16:20

John/Stanley and George

winkywinkola · 22/01/2014 16:26

Eric and Ernst

Vikkijayne2507 · 23/01/2014 11:35

Dennis and Alan

Floralnomad · 23/01/2014 11:39

Mine were Arthur and Sidney
My children's GFs were Keith and David

MoominIsGoingToBeAMumWaitWHAT · 23/01/2014 11:42

Mine are Stanley (only ever called Stan) and Andrew

OH's are Ernest and Leonard

Weegiemum · 23/01/2014 11:42

Mine were Thomas and William (Billy).
Dh's were Paul and Samuel.

wonkylegs · 23/01/2014 11:46

Of the grandparents I knew in our family (none sadly still with us)
David Cecil
Dennis Anthony (always called Tony)
Gordon William Stanley - always referred to by a completely different nickname that we have no idea how he got it.

Piggytastic · 23/01/2014 11:54

Derby (called Dan) and David

TheRaniOfYawn · 23/01/2014 13:27

Harry and Pierre.

katatonic · 23/01/2014 13:41

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Astralabe · 23/01/2014 18:40

Roland and Frank

cunexttuesonline · 25/01/2014 11:24

Denis and Charlie.

Great Uncles that I know - Len, Iain, Alfie, Hugh.

DH's grandfathers were David and I think Daniel was the other.

JJenson · 25/01/2014 11:53

John Richard and Alfred.

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