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  1. #1
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    Dec 2008
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    My great grandmothers were Ida, Annie and Bessie

  2. #2
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    Jul 2010
    sydney
    2,187

    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...

  3. #3
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    Sep 2010
    Perth, Western Australia
    28

    My mothers adopted mother is Margaret-Alice, her birth mother is Lorraine.
    My dads adopted mother is Marjory, his birth mother is Olivia
    My husbands grandmother is Anne and nanna is Audrey
    My step grandmothers are Jean and Grace

    I also have great aunts; Margaret, Dorris, Edith, Lorna & Phylis

    I would use Anne, Olivia and Grace

  4. #4
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    Jun 2010
    Springfield Lakes, Qld
    141

    Sounds like i'm not the only one that likes the name Evelyn :P

    Mine were:
    Dorothy Eva
    Cora Dela

  5. #5
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    Jul 2008
    Melbourne
    3,244

    mine were johanna and emily

  6. #6
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    Nov 2008
    in the ning nang nong
    12,163

    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

  7. #7
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    Jan 2009
    brisbane
    2,521

    dulcie lorraine.

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

  8. #8
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    Mar 2010
    Melbourne
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    Margaret Mary and Shirley Lucille

  9. #9
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    Feb 2005
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    unice (1915)

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

  10. #10
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    Feb 2006
    Newcastle, NSW
    4,219

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

  11. #11
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    Jul 2007
    melb
    8,498

    Blanche and Davina were my grandmothers names.

    Other names in family that are old:
    Winifred
    Aquroff


    I loved Audrey and Evelyn for girls names.

  12. #12
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    Dec 2007
    Adelaide, SA
    896

    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

  13. #13
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    Apr 2010
    WA
    457

    Eileen and Kate
    Not sure Eileen will make a come back but Kate is a classic

  14. #14
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    Apr 2010
    WA
    457

    I think Maisie is a winner!

  15. #15
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Jun 2009
    Sydney, NSW
    2,140

    My Nan's:
    Hazel Eileen
    Nadine Joan (prefers to be called Joan)
    DPs Nan's:
    Joyce
    May (tho May is Nan's middle name I think Ruby is her official name)

  16. #16
    BellyBelly Member

    Mar 2009
    1,385

    I just asked DH what his Dad's mum's name was and he said "nanna"
    Haha.... Duhhhh

  17. #17
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    Nov 2008
    Perth
    3,686

    Nancy and Elsa. My stepgran is Elsie (married my grandfather about 15yrs ago, long after Nancy died) and Elsie is also on DH's side and is DD's middle name

  18. #18
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    Jan 2009
    Victoria
    45

    My grandmas, great gandmas and old aunties are:
    Edna May
    Alma
    Lorna
    Shirley
    Sarah
    Beatrice
    Elizabeth
    Alice
    Lily
    Joyce
    Rosie
    Dorothy
    Mavis
    Mabel
    Jean
    Damiana
    Dijonisia
    Angela
    Carmen
    Ynez
    Letitia
    Sequin
    Maria
    Ana
    Sequoia
    Ysabella

    Bit of a Spanish touch for you

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