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January 29th, 2013 06:32 PM #1
What are your grandparents' names?
Sorry if this thread has been done before (I'm sure it almost certainly has!), but I didn't come across any similar in my search. ANYWAY, the title says it all, what are your grandparents' names? Old people names have become so popular for babies these days and lots of people like to include their grandparents' names as part of their baby's name. I've included my great grandparents just so I could list as many names as possible!
Grandparents:
Audrey Irene
Margaret Mary
Antonius Wilhelm
Roy (no middle name)
Great Grandparents:
Anna (no middle name)
Dorothea May
Esther Elizabeth
Margaret Mary (yes, she's the mother of the other Margaret Mary!)
Reinhold Friedrich
Stanley William
Thomas Leigh
William (I don't know his middle name)
Did you/will you include any of your grandparents' names in your children's names? I'd like to include Audrey in my future daughter's name (as either first or middle).TTC #1
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January 29th, 2013 06:52 PM #3
Last edited by shilo; January 29th, 2013 at 06:54 PM.
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January 29th, 2013 07:20 PM #5
Last edited by ozdust; January 29th, 2013 at 07:38 PM.
Auntie to Connor (June 2012) & arrival fall 2013
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January 29th, 2013 07:33 PM #7
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Paternal Great grandparents:
Helen
Robert Franklin
Virginia
Glenn
Paternal grandparents:
Robert William son of Robert Franklin and Helen
Arlene Adele daughter of Glenn and Virginia
Maternal Great Grandparents:
Agnes
Walter (I think, I don't know how trustworthy old orphanage records are)
Stella
William Churchill
Maternal grandparents:
Walter Anthony son if Agnes and Walter
Phyllis (no middle) daughter of Stella and WilliamIf I had a baby right now they'd be:
Isaac Gawain
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Blaire Hacinthia
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January 29th, 2013 08:06 PM #9
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Collecting, not expecting! Favorite names change frequently.
Girls list: http://nameberry.com/userlist/view/22356
Boys list: http://nameberry.com/userlist/view/34208
Voting list: http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9829189
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January 29th, 2013 08:24 PM #11
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January 29th, 2013 08:38 PM #13
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Maternal grandparents: Thomas Irving and Gerd Motzveldt
Paternal grandparents: George Wadsworth and Helen
Maternal great-grandparents: Georg Willem and Sofie-Katarine; Rocco John and Sofie-Katarine
George Thomas and Lina Cushman
Paternal great-grandparents: George Cushman and Eleanor Dow
Philip Melanchthon and Maria Luise
Parents: Wadsworth and Elaine Motzveldt
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January 29th, 2013 09:57 PM #15
Grandparents:
Howard Blaine (always went by Blaine)
Gail (no middle)
William Arthur (went by Art)
Delma Folus
Great Grandparents
Burlean
Emma L.
Alvin
Hattie
William Wallace
Zona May
Bert Walker
Aretta
Great Great Grandparents
Jacob
Idora Sisson
Joseph Bailey
Samantha Jane
Timothy Nicholas
Catherine
Jesse
Mary Josephine
Bennett
Sarah Catherine
Alonzo Bird
Albina
Thomas W.
Sarah Ellen
John Henry
Madeline
And Even Further Back
Abraham
Jane
Thomas
Rachel (multiple)
James (multiple)
Elizabeth
Henry (multiple)
Dorcas
Malinda
Eli
Sarah
Idina
John (multiple)
Ann
Thomas
Phebe
Isaac Sanson
Felix
Lavina
Adam (multiple)
Christopher
Lovinia
Dixon
Samuel
Nancy
Joab
Daniel (multiple)
Charles
Lucinda
Cynthia
David Jonathan
John Wesley
Hans George
Maria
George
Marion (male)
Martha Ann
Joseph
Sally
Margaret
Christian
HannahElliot ~ Arlo ~ Silas ~ Deacon ~ Henry ~ Flynn ~ Adam ~ Samuel ~ Malachy ~ Jasper
Evangeline ~ Sofia ~ Bryn ~ Vivienne ~ Rosalee ~ Willow ~ Phoebe ~ Persephone ~ Daphne ~ Coraline
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January 30th, 2013 06:03 AM #17
Last edited by sunshine kid; January 30th, 2013 at 06:06 AM.
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January 30th, 2013 10:28 AM #19
Paternal: Odile and François
Maternal: Neil and Estella
There is a previous thread discussing grandparents' name. You can find it here:
http://nameberry.com/nametalk/thread...parent-s-NamesEstella ~ Helena ~ Miriam ~ Beatrice ~ Anastasia ~ Ruby ~ Emmanuelle ~ MarillaPaul ~ Wesley ~ Micah ~ Edmund ~ Fraser ~ Alexander
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