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		<title>By: emilybk</title>
		<link>http://nameberry.com/blog/what-are-your-grandparents-names#comment-636216</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Grandparents:
Jo Ann
Margaret Addielene (nicknamed Petunia, and eventually Tunie, as an adult)
Francis Rufus (went by Rufus, since his dad was Frank)
Samuel Wickham

Great-grandparents:
Maggie
Claudia
Emilie
Grace Goodwin (or possibly Goodwyn)
Francis Rufus
Samuel Wickham
John Shelton
Joseph

My daughter is named Cates Margaret; Cates was my husband&#039;s maternal grandmother&#039;s maiden name. We would have used Wickham for a boy, and still will if we have a son in the future. But we have no idea what we would name another daughter - perhaps Josephine, after my great-grandfather Joseph and grandmother Jo Ann. My husband&#039;s other grandmother was Audrey Vivian, so we would probably use one of her names as a middle name.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grandparents:<br />
Jo Ann<br />
Margaret Addielene (nicknamed Petunia, and eventually Tunie, as an adult)<br />
Francis Rufus (went by Rufus, since his dad was Frank)<br />
Samuel Wickham</p>
<p>Great-grandparents:<br />
Maggie<br />
Claudia<br />
Emilie<br />
Grace Goodwin (or possibly Goodwyn)<br />
Francis Rufus<br />
Samuel Wickham<br />
John Shelton<br />
Joseph</p>
<p>My daughter is named Cates Margaret; Cates was my husband&#8217;s maternal grandmother&#8217;s maiden name. We would have used Wickham for a boy, and still will if we have a son in the future. But we have no idea what we would name another daughter &#8211; perhaps Josephine, after my great-grandfather Joseph and grandmother Jo Ann. My husband&#8217;s other grandmother was Audrey Vivian, so we would probably use one of her names as a middle name.</p>
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		<title>By: Elaine_Amie</title>
		<link>http://nameberry.com/blog/what-are-your-grandparents-names#comment-635710</link>
		<dc:creator>Elaine_Amie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 23:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My great grandmother&#039;s name was Philomena, but she was called &quot;Mae&quot; because her French employers thought her given name too Italian.  My mother was named Phyllis in her honor; I think I will bring Philomena back for my daughter.  There is something touching and sentimental about seeing a name continued on in some form, and it makes the name so much more meaningful than just picking one out of a hat.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My great grandmother&#8217;s name was Philomena, but she was called &#8220;Mae&#8221; because her French employers thought her given name too Italian.  My mother was named Phyllis in her honor; I think I will bring Philomena back for my daughter.  There is something touching and sentimental about seeing a name continued on in some form, and it makes the name so much more meaningful than just picking one out of a hat.</p>
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		<title>By: Javad</title>
		<link>http://nameberry.com/blog/what-are-your-grandparents-names#comment-619364</link>
		<dc:creator>Javad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Grandparents:
Phyllis
Wilma
Charles &quot;Chuck&quot;
John Robert &quot;Bob&quot;

Great-grandparents:
Hazel
Rees
Edward Brandt




We&#039;ve already used my great grandfather&#039;s name-- Rees--- as a middle name for our first son.
If the next one&#039;s a girl, she&#039;ll get two middle names--- Hazel and Rose--- first name of a great grandma and middle name of another.
If the next one&#039;s a boy, he&#039;ll get either Edward or Brandt as middle names, the first and last names of a great grandfather.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grandparents:<br />
Phyllis<br />
Wilma<br />
Charles &#8220;Chuck&#8221;<br />
John Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221;</p>
<p>Great-grandparents:<br />
Hazel<br />
Rees<br />
Edward Brandt</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve already used my great grandfather&#8217;s name&#8211; Rees&#8212; as a middle name for our first son.<br />
If the next one&#8217;s a girl, she&#8217;ll get two middle names&#8212; Hazel and Rose&#8212; first name of a great grandma and middle name of another.<br />
If the next one&#8217;s a boy, he&#8217;ll get either Edward or Brandt as middle names, the first and last names of a great grandfather.</p>
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		<title>By: Molly20</title>
		<link>http://nameberry.com/blog/what-are-your-grandparents-names#comment-611369</link>
		<dc:creator>Molly20</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Frances Anne
Francis Xavier

Kathleen
William Everett

I&#039;&#039;m drawing a blank in my maternal grandmother&#039;s middle but both my grandfathers&#039; middle names are wonderful. Xavier is a name that&#039;s been in the family for generations, so I might use that. 

And my other grandfather was a junior who named his son William, but chose not to use Everett. I love Everett nn Rhett and due to the family connection, I&#039;d love to use it.

Both my grandmothers have already got namesakes, so I wouldn&#039;t use any of their names</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frances Anne<br />
Francis Xavier</p>
<p>Kathleen<br />
William Everett</p>
<p>I&#8221;m drawing a blank in my maternal grandmother&#8217;s middle but both my grandfathers&#8217; middle names are wonderful. Xavier is a name that&#8217;s been in the family for generations, so I might use that. </p>
<p>And my other grandfather was a junior who named his son William, but chose not to use Everett. I love Everett nn Rhett and due to the family connection, I&#8217;d love to use it.</p>
<p>Both my grandmothers have already got namesakes, so I wouldn&#8217;t use any of their names</p>
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		<title>By: Sabu</title>
		<link>http://nameberry.com/blog/what-are-your-grandparents-names#comment-606521</link>
		<dc:creator>Sabu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Paternal:
Kathleen Mercedes
Donald Emmett (my Dad was Donald Emmett Jr.)

Maternal:
Ada Clara Isabelle (Everyone called her &quot;Betty&quot;)
Robert Stanley (Everyone called him Stan)

My husband loves the name Emmett, and I&#039;m sentimental towards it because my Father passed away four years ago...I&#039;d love to name my first born boy after him.  Christian Emmett is what we&#039;re leaning towards. :-)

I also love Clara and Isabelle, but my husband isn&#039;t too thrilled with those names.  :-(</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paternal:<br />
Kathleen Mercedes<br />
Donald Emmett (my Dad was Donald Emmett Jr.)</p>
<p>Maternal:<br />
Ada Clara Isabelle (Everyone called her &#8220;Betty&#8221;)<br />
Robert Stanley (Everyone called him Stan)</p>
<p>My husband loves the name Emmett, and I&#8217;m sentimental towards it because my Father passed away four years ago&#8230;I&#8217;d love to name my first born boy after him.  Christian Emmett is what we&#8217;re leaning towards. <img src='http://versioned.nameberry.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I also love Clara and Isabelle, but my husband isn&#8217;t too thrilled with those names.  <img src='http://versioned.nameberry.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: poohjenn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My mom&#039;s parents were George Richard &amp; Betty Eileen, &amp; my dad&#039;s were Heber Parley &amp; Shirley Etta. We&#039;ve actually combined some of them in names for my siblings.....my brother is Parley Richard &amp; my younger sister&#039;s middle name is Shirleen. My mom&#039;s grandparents were Harold &amp; Delcia Blanche. My ggma went by Blanche, but my mom was named Delcia, I&#039;ve never seen anyone else with that name. My dad&#039;s grandparents were Heber James &amp; Lucy Lodisa. I actually really like the way Lucy Lodisa rolls off the tounge, but I don&#039;t know that I would actually name a child of mine that. I&#039;ve thought if I ever had a daughter, I would name her Etta Eileen, after both my grandmother&#039;s middle names.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My mom&#8217;s parents were George Richard &amp; Betty Eileen, &amp; my dad&#8217;s were Heber Parley &amp; Shirley Etta. We&#8217;ve actually combined some of them in names for my siblings&#8230;..my brother is Parley Richard &amp; my younger sister&#8217;s middle name is Shirleen. My mom&#8217;s grandparents were Harold &amp; Delcia Blanche. My ggma went by Blanche, but my mom was named Delcia, I&#8217;ve never seen anyone else with that name. My dad&#8217;s grandparents were Heber James &amp; Lucy Lodisa. I actually really like the way Lucy Lodisa rolls off the tounge, but I don&#8217;t know that I would actually name a child of mine that. I&#8217;ve thought if I ever had a daughter, I would name her Etta Eileen, after both my grandmother&#8217;s middle names.</p>
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		<title>By: jessesgirl</title>
		<link>http://nameberry.com/blog/what-are-your-grandparents-names#comment-604589</link>
		<dc:creator>jessesgirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jack Winton
Lena Pearl
Ernest David- went by Ernie
Mary Elizabeth

Great grand parents
Stella Jewel - went by Jewel
Oscar Eugene 
Leona Mae
Can&#039;t remember the others. 

I would use Lena for sure. She was an awesome grandma! I would also use Oscar mostly because I was born on his birthday and I do like the name but he passed away before I was born and he ways wanted a grand kid born on his bday. 
I like Leona but not sure if I would use it, same with Mae</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jack Winton<br />
Lena Pearl<br />
Ernest David- went by Ernie<br />
Mary Elizabeth</p>
<p>Great grand parents<br />
Stella Jewel &#8211; went by Jewel<br />
Oscar Eugene<br />
Leona Mae<br />
Can&#8217;t remember the others. </p>
<p>I would use Lena for sure. She was an awesome grandma! I would also use Oscar mostly because I was born on his birthday and I do like the name but he passed away before I was born and he ways wanted a grand kid born on his bday.<br />
I like Leona but not sure if I would use it, same with Mae</p>
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		<title>By: SammieBug</title>
		<link>http://nameberry.com/blog/what-are-your-grandparents-names#comment-604182</link>
		<dc:creator>SammieBug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My mother&#039;s parents are named Myra and Mel(vin), and my father&#039;s parents are Nancy and Seymour (Sy).  

Honestly, I don&#039;t plan on having more children, but if I was I don&#039;t think I would us any of their names.  They are all a little too old fashioned, but I would consider a name that was similar, or started with the same letter. For example instead of Myra, I might name her Maya.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My mother&#8217;s parents are named Myra and Mel(vin), and my father&#8217;s parents are Nancy and Seymour (Sy).  </p>
<p>Honestly, I don&#8217;t plan on having more children, but if I was I don&#8217;t think I would us any of their names.  They are all a little too old fashioned, but I would consider a name that was similar, or started with the same letter. For example instead of Myra, I might name her Maya.</p>
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		<title>By: rook476</title>
		<link>http://nameberry.com/blog/what-are-your-grandparents-names#comment-603105</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 03:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My father&#039;s parents died before I was born, but I know their names were James and June.  We would likely not use either of those names.

My maternal grandparents&#039; and great-grandparents&#039; names are Lawrence Elwin, son of Elwin and Nellie, and Marjorie June, daughter of Carl and Ella.  We chose Lorraine as a similar-sounding middle name for our daughter, and would consider Elwin or Marjorie as middle names.  Nellie also had a brother named Allen (Anglicized spelling, but pronounced AY-lin, as in the Irish Ailin).

My husband&#039;s paternal grandparents&#039; names are William Eugene and Barbara Jean.  Since my husband&#039;s first name is William also, we plan to use that if we have a son in the future, but call him by his middle name.  Barbara&#039;s mother&#039;s name was Sidney, and we like that too.

My husband&#039;s mother&#039;s family is from Hungary.  The grandparents are Eva Irene and Jozsef Alan.  Eva has sisters named Agnes (Agi) and Magdolna (Mato), and a brother named Peter Istvan.  Agnes&#039;s husband&#039;s name is Barna, short for Barnabas, and we thought that was pretty cool.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My father&#8217;s parents died before I was born, but I know their names were James and June.  We would likely not use either of those names.</p>
<p>My maternal grandparents&#8217; and great-grandparents&#8217; names are Lawrence Elwin, son of Elwin and Nellie, and Marjorie June, daughter of Carl and Ella.  We chose Lorraine as a similar-sounding middle name for our daughter, and would consider Elwin or Marjorie as middle names.  Nellie also had a brother named Allen (Anglicized spelling, but pronounced AY-lin, as in the Irish Ailin).</p>
<p>My husband&#8217;s paternal grandparents&#8217; names are William Eugene and Barbara Jean.  Since my husband&#8217;s first name is William also, we plan to use that if we have a son in the future, but call him by his middle name.  Barbara&#8217;s mother&#8217;s name was Sidney, and we like that too.</p>
<p>My husband&#8217;s mother&#8217;s family is from Hungary.  The grandparents are Eva Irene and Jozsef Alan.  Eva has sisters named Agnes (Agi) and Magdolna (Mato), and a brother named Peter Istvan.  Agnes&#8217;s husband&#8217;s name is Barna, short for Barnabas, and we thought that was pretty cool.</p>
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		<title>By: laurakatex</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My gran parents
Mums side:
Janet &#039;Jessie&#039;
William 

Dads side:
Muriel (my origanial middle name changed it when i was 16)
George 

Great grandparents:
Mums side
Jessie
Charles

Catherine &#039;Kate&#039; (what I changed my middle nams too)
John


I love Jessie/Janet because its a name that has been passed down, my mum is called Jessie and my sisters middle name is Janet, I think i would use a form of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My gran parents<br />
Mums side:<br />
Janet &#8216;Jessie&#8217;<br />
William </p>
<p>Dads side:<br />
Muriel (my origanial middle name changed it when i was 16)<br />
George </p>
<p>Great grandparents:<br />
Mums side<br />
Jessie<br />
Charles</p>
<p>Catherine &#8216;Kate&#8217; (what I changed my middle nams too)<br />
John</p>
<p>I love Jessie/Janet because its a name that has been passed down, my mum is called Jessie and my sisters middle name is Janet, I think i would use a form of it.</p>
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