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What are your parents' names?

139 replies

MooseBreath · 10/03/2021 23:41

Names often skip a generation, so I was wondering what everyone's parents names are. It could be a vague look into the future...

Mine are Dan and Wendy
DH's are Nick and Michele

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mrsnec · 11/03/2021 11:50

My parent's are Alan and Elizabeth. Dh's Alan and Kathleen. I prefer names from our generation so named my extremely young DC names more popular in the late 70's and early 80's

StColumbofNavron · 11/03/2021 12:09

Barbara. My dad has a very obscure foreign name (even unusual though a real name in his home country) so a bit outing when combined with my mum (plus I live in a very MN area).

PattyPan · 11/03/2021 12:13

When I was at school our parents all had very similar names - mums were Sue, Nicola, Amanda or Wendy and dads were Steven, Dave, Michael or Derek. I think I had about 6 friends whose mums were called Sue!

kunterbunting · 11/03/2021 12:14

William and Kate

HennyLenry · 11/03/2021 12:14

Stephen and Sharron

JayAlfredPrufrock · 11/03/2021 12:14

Ptolemy and Parthenope

HelebethH · 11/03/2021 12:22

Hazel Evelyn Cecilia
Stanley
Rosalia (pronounced Rose-ah-leah )

KindKylie · 11/03/2021 12:22

Isn't everyone's dad called Dave or Chris?! Maybe a couple of outlying Rob, John, Andy or Mike

I remember my mum saying after she left uni nearly every wedding was a Sue to a Chris Grin

Nearly all her friends have names involving/sounds like Lyn/Linda or are Sue or Liz.

I think names in later generations tend to have a lot more variety

Drunkenmonkey · 11/03/2021 12:36

Sylvia and Michael.
I love the name Sylvia, I think my grandma chose so well as it's not too common in that age group (60's) and has a beautiful sound and meaning. If I have a DD she will have it as a middle name for sure.
All her friends are called Lynn or Sue, today's Evie and Isabelle maybe?

Drunkenmonkey · 11/03/2021 12:38

To the people saying the mums are called Nicola, stop it you're making me feel old. Nicola was a 70's/80's name!

Insert1x20p · 11/03/2021 12:44

David and Cassandra
Richard and Felicity (SMIL is Annabel)

FeistySheep · 11/03/2021 12:49

Alasdair and Jessie

Toilenstripes · 11/03/2021 13:03

Joy and Donald
IL are Christine and Geoffrey

Slub · 11/03/2021 14:04

Bono and Ali

CoffeeRunner · 11/03/2021 14:11

All my friends’ mums were/are called Sue, Christine, Jenny, Shirley, Carol, Pauline etc.

All of the dads were Mike Grin.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 11/03/2021 14:12

@kunterbunting

William and Kate
Welcome to the thread, Prince George!
Twisique · 11/03/2021 14:43

Margaret and Michael
Diana and Gareth

oohyoudevilyou · 11/03/2021 14:49

Mine - Sue and Clive
Dh's - Winston and Dolores (Win and Lola)

sadpapercourtesan · 11/03/2021 14:53

James and Patricia

DH Pierce and Helen

AirportLounge · 11/03/2021 14:55

Mine - Mary & Patrick
DH - Cynthia & Ambrose

RickiTarr · 11/03/2021 14:56

Heh. I might as well tell you my NINO. Grin

I’ll tell you somebody else’s parents’ names. Wink

Bernard & Janice.

UnaLength · 11/03/2021 14:57

Gabrielle and Harry

BramStoker · 11/03/2021 14:58

Judith & Philip

allfurcoatnoknickers · 11/03/2021 15:00

Mine are Sarah and Basil.

My FIL is Michael and my MIL was Amy.

Livpool · 11/03/2021 15:02

Mine - Margaret and Harry

DH - May and Roy

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