Ideas: names of your grandparents etc

[crazyguider]

It's seriously coming back in style to name after names from older generations I thought we could all share our relatives nameds

girls
betsey (g gmother)
minnie (g grandmother)
sophia arabella (g gm)
rosanna (ggm)
brenda (gm)
doreen (gm)
araminta (aunt)
lillian (husbands ggm)

 

[MissyMojo]

my grandparents

Elizabeth louise (betty) step nan
Irene gran
Alan (gets shep - surname shepherdson)

Maureen Millicent ( gets Mo)
Joseph (got Joe)
John gets Pops - step granda

Grt Grandparents
Rachel
Len

Edna
David


Oh's (dont know many of his sorry)

Rita
James (gets Jim)

 

[crazyguider]

My male relatives were
William -gd
James - gd and ggd
ronald -hgd
john - hgd
albert - ggd
hubert - uncle
Samuel - gggd
Norman - uncle
Harold - uncle
cuthbert - ggggf
rosser - gggf

and my husband has an uncle gunter! Don't think we will be going with that one!

 

[Racheldigger]

Little One wasn't getting named after any of my grandparents, regardless of which gender we ended up getting: my nanas were Olive and Hilda, and my grandads Harold and Alfred (there was obviously a fashion for solid Anglo-Saxon names in the very early 20th century).

 

[wannabubba#4]

Good idea

My Paternal gm - Rose
Maternal gm - Jeannie

paternal gf -Andrew
maternal gf -Matthew (Matt)

Just realised that I actually dont know the ggf/ ggm names at all- that's a bit sad really isnt it??

xx

DH paternal gm -Mary
DH maternal gm - Lilian (Lil)
DH paternaL gf - John
DH maternal gf - Richard (Dick)

 

[Ella_Mummy]

william
reene
mona
lance
sandra
george
pamela

 

[MUMOF5]

Grandparents:

Madeleine and John
Iris and Stephen

Great Grandparents:

Rose and George
Lillian and Edwin
Daisy and Andrew
Lucy and John

 

[HarmonysMum]

Between OH and myself:
Dottie
Daisy
Beatrice
Rita
Arthur
Maslen
June
Carol
Ruby
Ada
Mary
William
Allen

 

[Kailynnsmommy]

Grandmas
Linda and Lynda
Grandpas
Donald and Jack (LO was going to be Jack if she was a boy)
Great grandmas:
Nancy and Dorothy
Great grandpas:
Dale dont know other
Aunts:
Dana
Tonya
Cheri
Uncles:
Gregory
Bobby

FOBs
only know one set of grandparents
Ellen and Charles

 

[RubyRainbows]

Anthony, Yolanda/Wanda, Dorothy, Arthur, Peter, Francis, Mildred, Leonard, Joyce, George, Jack, Rose

 

[JessdueJan]

Olywn
Michael
Gordon
Annie

When having Lucas I was actually quite swayed by the name Annie if we had a girl but not sure I could have used it as some of my other cousins were a lot closer to my nana than me and she hadn't long passed away so there may have been a few family arguments caused by it.

 

[sarah1989]

My Side:
Nigel (Grampa)
Gail (Nana)
Bernard (Grandpa)
Celia (Grandma)

May (Great Granny)
James (Great Grandfather)

DH's Side (Don't know many)

Lillian (Grandma)
Reginald (Grandpa)

 

[Mamatoble]

What a great idea.

My side
Christine
Peter
Kathleen
Morris
Helen
Terrance
Annie
Henry
Samual
Nanette

OH side
Anne
William
Ralph
Joan
Katherine
Andrew


And then my knowledge of my family tree lets me down - whoops.

But there was some unusal / neat names slightly further out
Burton
Maisy
Martha
Olive
Stewart

 

[mandaa1220]

Grandparents are :
J o y c e & V i c t o r
L e o n a & F r e d e r i c k

Great Grandparents are :
M a r j o r i e & R o b e r t
E v a & H a r o l d

I don't know the rest off hand, I'd have to look. We've been working on a family tree and don't want a search of all these name to pop up iykwim

 

[Ju_bubbs]

Maternal grandmother, was Lily, grandfather unknown!

Paternal grandparents were Joice and erm.. garfield!

I'm saddened to only just realise I dont actually know any of my great grandparents names

As for FOB, I have no idea!

 

[Lownthwaite]

We have:

Jessie (not shortened just Jessie) - my paternal grandma
Bill - my paternal grandad
Stanley - my maternal grandad
Edna - my maternal grandma

OH's side:

Doris - grandma
Kevin - grandad

 

[loulou1983]

I keep threatening OH with my maternal grandfathers name which was 'Cyril'!! Ha ha think that one takes the 'granddad chic' thing a bit far...

 

[babybel]

GM- Dorothy
Cecelia
GF- Edward
John

M - Anita
D- Calvin


Oh's

GM- Dorothy
Evelyn
GF- Ralph
Alf

M- Wendy
D- John

 

[CookieDough23]

Grandma: Pamela
Grandad: Malcolm
Great Grandma: Elizabeth

I actually don't know the rest of them

 

[louise1302]

my gp elsie and robert, gladys and james
oh gp clara and alex brenda and george

my ggp sarah jane and harold, hannah and hugh dont know the others and oh doesnt know his lol