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Vintagejazz Sun 17-Apr-22 09:53:01

Someone remarked yesterday that the names currently in vogue are those associated with our grandparents era.

My grandparents were Hilary and Giles and Doris and Bernard. It's a long time since I've heard any of those names being used.

What we're your grandparents called?

Gongoozler Tue 19-Apr-22 09:10:02

Rose and George
Sarah and Thomas

Chocolatelovinggran Tue 19-Apr-22 08:55:31

Can't see Brenda or Doreen reappearing anytime soon....

Musicgirl Mon 18-Apr-22 17:04:25

My maternal grandparents were Eric and Dorothy and my paternal grandparents were Dennis and Catherine. Only Catherine (one of my favourite names) stands the test of time in my opinion but l will probably be proved wrong!

Clawdy Mon 18-Apr-22 17:00:21

Thomas and Mary. Joseph and Mary!

Grannyeggs Mon 18-Apr-22 16:01:58

Dolly and John, Frederick and Jessie. But we referred to them by the names of their dogs, Grandpa and Grandma Ranny, and Grandpa and Granny Nettle.

Mine Mon 18-Apr-22 15:32:52

Maggie and Jim
Maisie and Snowy
Granda Snowy had blonde hair all his life hence his name....Maggie lived till her 90's and the other 3 were dead before their 50's.....Glad I remember them all..

shysal Mon 18-Apr-22 15:27:42

Sarah (known as Sally) and George. I got confused as a child when I first met her, because I have the same name. I was also confused at school when asked if my name was really Sarah as I didn't know the connection.

Fanny and William, who also had 16 children, Daisydaisydaisy

Daisydaisydaisy Mon 18-Apr-22 14:53:37

I'm happy to share full names as I am doing My family Ancestory
Mine were James Daniel (1872) and Annie( nee Reardon) Thacker (1877)
And

Charles David and Suzannah Wright from Hackney

My first set of Grandparents had 16 children I only think I met Annie once.Im from older parents ..My Dad was born in 1917 and the Youngest ...Some of My first cousins would have been born 40 years or so before Me .

Sorry I went off topic but You hot Me thinking grin

grumppa Mon 18-Apr-22 12:50:51

Tom Edgar and Edith Mary
Thomas Joseph and Dorothy Gladys Gertrude

DW's: Alfred Albert and Fanny Bertha
Henry Kaye, Marie T... (still being researched).

maddyone Mon 18-Apr-22 12:31:28

Sarah and John.
Helen and Joseph.

KG1241 Mon 18-Apr-22 12:25:41

Margaret & Gareth and Constance & Albert

MaggsMcG Mon 18-Apr-22 12:24:45

William Frederick
Adam
Margaret Lily
Elizabeth
I don't know the iddle names of my maternal grand parents.

V3ra Mon 18-Apr-22 11:40:17

grannyactivist and LOUISA1523 I'm so pleased to hear that about "Mabel," she was the grandparent I was closest to.
Thank you for letting me know ?

Yammy Mon 18-Apr-22 11:20:18

Pantglas2

That’s good blossoming - I hate to think that someone could be collating all our innocent sharing of info from different threads for fraudulent purposes.

If you don't want to give information away, I know I use some as passwords just don't post the same with your age.

Pantglas2 Sun 17-Apr-22 16:31:24

That’s good blossoming - I hate to think that someone could be collating all our innocent sharing of info from different threads for fraudulent purposes.

LOUISA1523 Sun 17-Apr-22 16:30:52

Lucca

Arthur and Constance
Arthur and Florence.

Now rather trendy,

Arthur and Florence are both very popular names these days

nexus63 Sun 17-Apr-22 16:29:24

margaret and ewing, my gran got called peggy.

LOUISA1523 Sun 17-Apr-22 16:27:52

V3ra

Mabel Agnes and William Charles on my Mum's side.
Sophia Elizabeth and Frederick George on my Dad's side.

Think it's time poor Grandma Mabel's names had a revival!
All the others are reasonably popular these days in one form or other.

Mabel is a more popular name on these parts ( NW England) ...my friend has 2 GD named Mabel and Agatha

Blossoming Sun 17-Apr-22 16:26:27

Pantglas I did think about security before I posted, but as the names are so common in those areas I decided to post. I don’t live where I was born and I would never post my DoB or parents’ names.

HowVeryDareYou Sun 17-Apr-22 16:24:33

My maternal grandad was Albert (he died when I was 2), his wife Emily.
Paternal grandparents were William and Lillian (died when I was about 9)

Blossoming Sun 17-Apr-22 16:22:33

Harry and Annie, Alexander and Christina a.k.a. Sandy and Teeny grin

Neither in nor out of fashion really.

Chestnut Sun 17-Apr-22 15:48:46

Wow, there are some family trees on here that need exploring! Get an Ancestry subscription and find out who your grandparents were. You may even get hold of photos of them and find out they were just like you. I agree with Pantglas2 that too much personal information is being posted.

Pantglas2 Sun 17-Apr-22 15:45:27

Unfortunately grannyactivist a few people post on lots of these threads eg Good Morning - where we state our whereabouts, ‘How old are you’ - where further info is gleaned and now this with grandparents names...

DillytheGardener Sun 17-Apr-22 15:37:23

Winifred reminds me of the character from Ballet Shoes by Noel Stretfield (excuse my dyslexic spelling)

halfpint1 Sun 17-Apr-22 15:30:07

Norman and Clara
Stanley and Agnes
Agnes in France is still used and pronounced Anne ness, much prettier sounding