What was your Grandmother's name?

Well seeing as retrogal and I have the same grandparents I will be repeating but anywho

names from paternal side
- Dorothy Jean (my grandmother)
- Dulcie Augusta (my great grandmother - nan's mum)
- Alma Evelyn (my great grandmother - pa's mum)

names from maternal side
- Florence Eileen (my grandmother)
- Alice Ruby Olga (my great grandmother - nan's mum)
- Elsie Susan (my great grandmother - pa's mum)

I just realised my mum named my youngest sister (retrogal) after mum's grandmother and retrogal has named done the same!!

My Nan (dads mum) was born "Edith" but was always known as "Dawn"
and my Grandma is named "Enid"

DH's dad's mum was Thelma and he thinks his mum's mum was Ellen.
His mum's name is Eileen (who is the same generation as my grandmas so thought i would throw it in there)

DPs grandmother's name
maternal - Evelyn Patricia (always called Pat or Patricia)
paternal - Myalla Violet (always called Ellie)

I'm another lover of "Evelyn" as a name ...

Grandparents, Aunties etc in our famililies include:

Jean
Olive
Florence
Violet (also like)
Robyn
Susan (I prefer Suzanne)
Margaret (Margie)
Catherine
Mavis
Hilda
Eleanor
Betty
Dorothy

Hillary and Joy :)
One of Shel's grandmothers was Lorna.
One of my greatgrandmothers names was Eve. It's my middle name :)

dulcie lorraine.

my sister used lorraine as her dd's middle name.

Mavis and Edna.

Maternal - Bertha
Fraternal - Clara

On my DH side

Maternal - Beryl & the other I don't know

Betty and Doris.

My grandma was Priscilla, my nana was Joan.

DW's grandma was Mary. Not sure about her other grandmother!

Vera and Alison

my maternal grandmother is margaret marina- love marina as a second name but dh hates it
paternal grandmother joan linley i think.
dh's are barbara- shes american and melba- she gets peach! as in the dessert! oh how i love that too!
ggma's isabella, elsie kathleen and not sure of dh.

fabulous thread! i love old names too!

Eileen and Gladys here.

Margaret Mary and Shirley Lucille :)

Ruby (score - hence DD's middle name)!
&
Mary

Mine: Vera Doreen (went by Doreen) & Marie plus step-grandmas Joyce & Margaret
DH: Winifred (Winnie) & Thora (Toni)

My great-aunts:
Mary Ann (Molly)
Irene
Ivy
Lorna

My great grandmothers were Ida, Annie and Bessie

My grandmothers names are

Florence Margaret (went by the name Margery)
Heather Jean (goes by the name Jean)

Great Aunt's name
Merle

Mine - Jill & Audrey
DH's - Jeanette & Audrey
Great grandma - Myra Jean (All the kids called her Ma ma)
Great aunts - Marg, Dynah & Maisie

unice (1915)

My nanna's name has escaped me right now... I didn't have a lot to do with her..

My Nan's names are Jean & Janet. My Great Nan was named Eileen.

Blanche and Davina were my grandmothers names.

Other names in family that are old:
Winifred
Aquroff


I loved Audrey and Evelyn for girls names.

mine was Jean Rose and Dorothy.

Dh's Nana was Dorothy also.

I was going to pass on Rose as a middle name is I had another daughter

Mabel (yuk)
Jeanne, pronounced Jarn. We're French;)

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Mabel (yuk)
Jeanne, pronounced Jarn. We're French;)

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I love Mabel its so sweet! DH has a cousin who called there baby Mabel so was out for us.

Joyce and Mabel Norah my nans.
Great GM was Elizabeth
Great Aunts were Dorothy and Dinah and Audrina (Addy)

Dh has Dorothy and Daphne.

Great thread!

TBH the more I say Mabel the more I like it :lol:

Sylvia Evelyn
Dawn (dunno her middle name)

My nan is Betty Jean.

My favourite 'old' name is Audrey and I like Mabel as well.

My nan hated her name Mabel :) she was called May. Mabel has made a bit of a come back though with the next generation of babies!

My side:
Brenda
Joan

DF's side:
Sonia Maxine (pronounced Son-ee-a and dont anyone dare get it wrong :lol:)
Gina (she hated her name so changed it but I cant remember what to.)

other old names in our family:
Barrie (yes for a lady- possibly short for Barbara?)
Ivy
Lillian

I'm sure there's more but cant think of any atm.

my mum side patricia in which my daughter to be will be amali patricia ....
im using her name for my daughters middle name
ad for my dad side no idea wat her name is i just call her nana...

Maternal - Hazel Emma Grace
Paternal - Gladys

DP's maternal - Ida May
Dp's paternal - Millicent Emilia

Isobel Carmen
Marie
Diana

dh's are violet and dawn (which is dd's middle name)

I know a little Audrey, but haven't seen many of the other names in this thread around....

My Grandmother - Mieka

DF's Grandmother - Beverly

Elizabeth and Frances :D Good luck you've got A LOT of suggestions!

Lilian Agnes and Ruth (Can't believe I don't know her middle name! lol) But she hated Ruth all her life, so when her mother died she finally changed it officially to Sarah. We all know her as Annie (I couldn't say granny when I was little ;))

both sets of grandparents remarried so i have a few grandmas lol
marion
marjorie
cynthia
sylvia
pamela

Ooh what a cool thread - I love old-fashioned names!

Maternal grandmother: Sylvia Madeline
Paternal: Dina (Greek)
Maternal great-grandmothers: Beatrice (Betty) and Elizabeth
Paternal great-grandmothers: Katherine and Toula
Great aunts (Maternal): Phyllis Sheila, Nancy Millicent, Joyce Eleanor, Victorine

If we have a girl we'll use Sylvia (or Sylvie) as a middle name.

Mine are

Isabel Rose (Dad's Mum)

and

Althea Margaret known as Ali (Mum's Mum)