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

Mine:

Helen Marie
Melba June
Howard Dawson
Frederick Donald

DH:
Ellsworth (always called "Al" for some reason)
Irene
Otthmar
Eleanora (we are using for our hypothetical DD )

Mine:

Mollie Priscilla
Edith Amelia
Cecil George
Ebert Walter

DH's:

Bessie Louisa
Violet Katie
Albert Henry
Alfred Charles

Mine:

Elizabeth and John (English)
Phyllis and Dorian (Welsh). Dorian was widowed and later married an Elizabeth.

Husband:

Erna Appolonia (Austrian) and Gwendolyn are the grandmas, neither grandfather is Talked Of In The Family.

I adore some of these. Well, I would, having an Edith.

Great Grandparents:
Hepzibah
Sarah Ann
Amelia
Eliza Ellen
Metford
John Frederick
Alfred
James

DH's
Amelia Ann
Lily Elizabeth
Jane
Ann Emma
Joshua
Reginald Thomas
Arthur Robert
Emmanuel

Oh, my great grandparents are:

Ilmi (Finnish) and...I can't remember her husband's name, he's a scandal. Something to do with the drink, as I recall.

Stanton (always called Stant, never Stan) and Irene

Eddie Ray and Ethel

Addie Marie and Fred

i had/have:

Winnifred and Ernest
Monica and Donald (always Don if you wanted to keep possession of your head)

My lovely grandparents:

Thomas (Tommy)
Cecilia (Cissy)
Richard (Richie)
Kathleen (Kitty)

ernest & vera
roy & maureen

may & jean
dont know dp's grandads names

Ada Sabina
Edward Stroud

Thomas Joseph
Joyce Gwendoline

Emine
Idris (which I believe is a Welsh name also)

Olive and Frederick
Audrey and Alfred