Granny/Grandad names - for inspiration...

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I quite like the trend for old names at the moment, So Just a quick survey : What where your grandparents names?

Me:-Robert
Robert Alexander
Gladys Margaret
Jeannie

DH - Murdoch
Sidney
Dorothy Madeline
Helen

Oh and my great grandparents were:

Minnie
Josephine
Daniel

Me
Phyllis & Jock
Raymond & Joyce

Great grandparents
George & Annie
Frederick & Esther

DH
Jane & James
Aubrey & Ruby

Edward
Kathleen

Iris
William

William & Maria (Ria)
Robert & Margaret (Hilda)

John
Dorothy (Dot)

Ronald (Ron)
Pauline

Great Granparents (well, the ones I can remember the names of)

Clifford
Louisa
Willoughby
Ethel

Lily
Stan

Margaret
Ronald (Ron)

...have used Stan as a middle and Margaret as a first name

What a lovely thread! I love classic names too... I am loving John atm, it's so cool...

Una and Dafydd (Dafydd is DSs middle name)
Jean and John

Edith
Nicholas
Amelia Kate (Kittie)
David

We have three boys. DS No. 1 is Andrew Douglas as I have a scottish hubby!! Twin boys 2 and 3 arrived suddenly at 28wks and we thought of their names in 20 mins as the hospital chaplain was on her way to baptise them. For quickness we decided on Dad's first names as middle names and have an Alexander Francis, after f-in -law Frank and a Gregor Donald, very scottish but unfortunately my Dad was Donald and we could not have two lots of A.D initials. It suits him though it is a strong name and he is our little fighter!!! Both boys doing really well now - a year on. Drawing up a family tree recently it was lovely to see the grandparents names being used and it makes their names a touch unusual. Met a little Jean at a toddler group the other day. Love traditional names.

Leonard
Frances
Herbert
Ida

Alfred Ernest (Alf)
Winifred Annie
William George
Violet Freda

Frederick Charles (Charlie)
Joan
Frank Eric (Eric)
Winifred May

Desmond Dudley (known as Dick)
Irene

Lawrence (known as Harry)
Aileen
Stanislaw (known as Stanley)

Thomas (Tom)
Barbara (Known as Babs)

Others from the family tree include:
Olive
Enid (known as Neenie)
Rose
Vera
Andrew
Ralph

Averial Iris
Ernest Austin

George (Geordie) & Elizabeth (Betsy)
Douglas McFarlene & Isabelle (Belle) Baird

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Mine are:

Vera
Vernon
Florence
Victor

DH:

Sidney
Millicent

(don't know the others)

Brilliant thread!

Mine are on my mums side (including the step ones)
Marion (should have been Marianne but the register misheard)
Edward (but everyone calls him Ferris which is his middle name)
Derek
Sylvia

my great-grandma is Emma, she is 105 and DD was her first great-great-granchild so has Emma as a middle name.

on my dads side
Gus
Jean
Hazel

DH's grandparents that I know the names of are: Kathy and Robert (Bob)

Definately some superb names on here while have to make notes!

Gladys Kathleen
Sydney

Dorothy Irene
John

I do quite like my great-grandma's name- Emily

Florence & Isaac
Violet & WIlliam

I did have a great-aunt Fanny too

What great names
my gp's were Patrick (Pat) and Bridget (Bridgie)
Michael and Margaret (Gretta)

Me: Nellie Evelyn Mary
Margery Mabel (Mollie)
Ernest Arthur
Richard Douglas

DH: Maria Carmina
Antonio
Irene
Noel

Elsie (changed it to Rae)
Vincent Arthur (chopped and changed between the 2)
Maurice
Audrey

Jack
Joy
Gordon
June

Me:
William
Alice
William
winnifred

DH:
Bertie (Herbert)
Margaret
Frank (Frances)
Kathryn

Me:
Noeline - go on, you know you want to!
Paul
Dana
Kessah

DH:
Lettice
George
Georgina
George

Yes, DH is also called George!