My Grandma's sisters

[aureliagwendolen]

My grandma is Caroline, her sisters are Susan and Enid. I love her name... don't mind Susan, but while I love my great aunt Enid I wouldn't name anyone after her.

Other grandma is Elizabeth, and I definitely know one of her sisters is Victoria. I think she has three others as well, Julie, Ollie (probably short for Olive) and either Colette or Colleen (don't remember, but it's definitely one of the two and she goes by Cole).

[miloowen]

My maternal grandmother had no sisters, just a brother, Frank. However, her name was Gerd (very popular in Norway in the 1920's) and her great-aunts all had names out of fashion now in Norway: Berentine, Gudrun, Sofie-Katarine (her mother), Anna, and Solveig.
My maternal grandfather had one sister, Eleanor.
My paternal grandmother had no sisters but two brothers, Louis and Waldo.
My paternal grandfather had two sisters, Margaret and Mildred.

I love most of my family names except Frank (I prefer Francis) and Gudrun. I especially love Mildred, but I don't think that will ever make a comeback, which is too bad -- it's a great Saxon name. Oh, and I would so name another daughter Enid. Love that name.

[esrever88]

My grandparents were all born in the 1930s, but my paternal grandparents especially had quite large families, so my great-aunts range from the 1920s to the 1950s. And they are:

Adele
Becky
Betty
Cathy
Erma
Geraldine (actually, 2 Geraldines on different sides)
Lois
Marilene
Sharon
Shelba

[frustratedauthor]

100 year rule was spot on in some cases, but I can't see Thelma coming back, can you??

I see Thelma as being so tied to Thelma and Louise that I just can't see it making a comeback soon.

My grandmas and their sisters had some pretty interesting names:

Delma - (dad's mom - all of her siblings had D names)
Donis
Delpha - (I think she was called Delphie most of the time)

Gail - (mom's mom)
Hazel
Zellah
Bertha

maternal grandpa's sisters
Beulah
Isa

paternal grandpa's sisters
Virginia
Gladys
Vivian
Mary
Kathrine (Kate)
Hellen
Etta

[dbeth]

Grandmothers and their sisters:
Judith
Deborah
Anne

Rita
Helen
Teresa

Great-grandparents and siblings/cousins:
Lucretia "Lukey"
Eleanor "Ellie"
Adeline
Iris
Sylvia
Jean
Elizabeth "Bette"
Sarah "Sally"
Madeleine
Helen

I love Lucretia, Eleanor, Iris, Adeline and Sylvia. I wish Lucretia was a little more usable. It'll have to be a middle name I suppose!

[lexiem]

Jutta, Gertrud, Emmi.

All very traditional German names (except Emmi) and sound just horendous in English but have a nice sense of nostalgia in German.

Johannes, Hans and Alexander

Except for Hans the other two have never gone out of popularity.