Ideas: names of your grandparents etc

[Shabutie]

My grandparents:
Audrey
Richard
Suey - Dont know how to spell it.
Dads mum - I have no idea.

My great grandparents:
Ruth
Ivor

OH Grandparents, as many as I known:
Eileen
Jack
Edgar (haha)

 

[kerste]

One set of grandparents - Jack and Jess, and they were the the most popular girls and boys names a couple of years ago.
Other grandparents - Patrick and Zoe, they don't sound quite as traditional or 'old' as other names of that era.

 

[Blah11]

I work in a geriatric hosp so will say the names of the pts at the moment LOL

alfred (alec)
robert (robin)
gordon
william
james (jimmy)
alexander (sandy)
malachy
alastair
richard
hugh
thomas
edward
peter
roy



muriel
lilian
elaine
rose
marjory
shona
halina
annie
anne
mary
gladys
phoebe
alison
margaret (pearl)
helen
jean
louisa
charlotte
robin
doris
anita
gilbertha
euphemia
constance
isabella
catherine
elsie
grace
olive
ellen
georgina
bessie
sybil
violet

 

[ThatGirl]

I love sophia

 

[mjspyt]

both my grandpa's were called George. My grandmothers were Doris and Margaret

Great Grandparents
William & Florence
Albert & Edith
George & Alice
Godfrey & Margaret

My maternal gran's sister was called Constance which is a name I love.

 

[puddingqueen]

We named Jasmine after my Nana(she passed away suddenly 2 years ago).............Jasmine Megan.

Megan
Harold

Camela
Pasquale

x

 

[kate.m.]

Female older relatives:
Gwendolyn
Elsie
Eunice
Ellen
Alice
Eva
Edna
Teresa (unfortunately married into the surname "Green".... Trees are Green! lol)

Male older relatives:
Derek
John
Ken
Doug/Douglas
Marcelle (he was French! lol!)
William/Bill
Jack

If i were to have a girl, id combine my name, mums name & grandmas name (Kate, Marilyn, Gwendolyn) and have her middle name as Katelyn!

 

[EmyDra]

Maturnal Grandparents:

Derek & Elsie (Still with me :-D)

Paturnal Grandparents:

Magaret & Raymond (Still with me :-D)

Great Grandparents (That I remember):

Reginald (First wife died in her 30s, married her sister. Both of which I forget the names of)
Blanche (Whom I knew quite well, died at age 93 I think, when I was 11. She was the mother of my favourite Grandparent - My Grandma Magaret.)
Emma Kate
James
William

So Girl's name will be Elsie Blanche for me ^.^

 

[domingo]

Maternal Grandparents

Pam and Michael

Paternal Grandparents

Elizabeth and Herbert (known as John)

Partner's Grandparents

Albert (Bert) and Winnifred (Win).

I like Albert and Winnifred
My Gran has kept a family tree also which dates back to about 1850 so I might have a nosey at that when naming mine hehe : )

 

[DottyLottie]

Nan & Gramps on mums side are Annie and Bob
Nan & Gramps on dads side are William (Bill) and May
Not sure what my great grand parents were called...

 

[Aunty E]

I found out that OH had a great aunt Aurora - am I allowed to use it? NO

 

[Button#]

Nora
Moreland
Ronald
Gwen
Jack
Bewsey
Elizabeth
Jacqueline
Henry

 

[secretbaby]

Doris Mable
Fredderick William
Florence (called Flossy)
Margaret
David
Alice x 2 (loads in hubbys family traditionally name all 1st girls...broken by bil who used it as a second name)
Brian
Gwylm

We weren't blessed with pretty names in our family!!

 

[amylk87]

A mix of mine and OHs: William, Nora, Jean, Robert, Thomas, Margaret, Terry, Anne, Raymond

 

[SIEGAL]

Nobody can beat this: I had a great grandfather named Hyman!!!!

 

[letia659]

ok here are the ones I can think of

lena mae- grandma
Luther wade-grandpa
Letia Kathrine-grandma
Norris todd-grandpa
Garfield- ggrandpa
maude- husbands grandma
marie- husbands grandpa

and here are my grandpa and grandmas brothers and sisters names
Carlin
macaurthur (sp?) called him mack
fay
Dexter

Jewel
eva
Nell
Judy
eleanor
barbara

thats all I can think of for now

 

[trumpetbum]

Stealing some of my elderly patient's names for inspiration.

Euphemia (have a few, nicknames Effy, Phemie and Mia).
Davidina
Williamina
mamie (Mary)
Cissy (christine)
May
Dolly
Jemima (Mima)
Senga
Rita
Rina
Betty
sheila
Isobel
Isa
Jean
Peggy

 

[CedarWood]

Grandparents:
Anna
Louis
Elizabeth
William

Great grandparents and some great great:
Antonio
Giovannia
Sarah
Frank
Conrad
Margaret
Jane
Henrey
Christian
Dora

 

[Christine1993]

my grannys are called, Sylvia and May. and my grandas are called Dennis and Frank!

 

[shayandbump]

I didn't get a chance to meet any of my Great-Grandparents & I haven't got a clue what they're names are.

Grandparents; ME
Doreen
Audrey
Richard (Dick)
Bevan/John (he was originally John Bevan but changed his name to Bevan John)

Grandparents; OH
Isobel
Hannah
Alan
Sidney (Sid)
David (Step-family)
Carol (Step-family)