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[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

I plan on using family names that are very old fashioned but also unique when the time comes for my husband and I to start our family. But after a good deal of thought, I realized that most of my older relatvies have very different but great names. I was just wondering, what names do your grandparents (and their siblings/parents) have/had?

My mother's parents are Thur and Ellie (Thur was born on a Thursday, his father was a big jokester lol. Ellie is short for Elanore)
My father's parents are Orcutt and Carolyn (Orcutt is his mother's last name, though he goes by his middle name Calvin.)

Other older names in my family include:
Ruth
Elaine
Bertha (x2)
George (x2)
Parks
Hilda
Shirley
Johanna
Peter

I havent included the names I want to use, because Im keeping them a secret  : )

Comments

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

I love Elanore with Ellie as a nn. Love it.

My paternal grandparents are Nelwyn (no middle name) and Leonce Innocence. Yes, Innocence as a middle name. My maternal grandparents are Virgina Susan and Kenneth (Ken) Donald. It's a shame, but I'm not very sure of any of my great grandparents names except for my paternal grandmother's mother...Hattibelle. :) That same grandmother also has a brother named Kermitt.

[ginky.livejournal.com]

My mom's dad is Jack Vernon and his brother was Joe (not sure on mn) and sister was Alene.

My mom's mom is Eleanor Lee, her sisters are Martha and Gretchen.

My mom is Jacqueline Lee and her brother was William Henry S, II, named after her father's father.

My dad's mom was Amy Evelyn. I'm not sure of all of her siblings, but I know there was a Robert and a Dorothy.

My dad's dad was Alvey Sylvester. I don't know any siblings.

My dad was David Jean, and there are also Harold, Stanley and Louise.

DH's family has pretty bad names. His grandmothers were LaMerle and Lennie. His grandfathers were Sam and Edward (not bad). Edward was the fifth of seven kids; the first 4 had H names, then Edward, then JR (no name, just initials) and Erma Ruth, named after the first son's wife. Coincidentally there is another Erma Ruth on his dad's side.

Our kids are Jack Edward and Evelynn Lee. MIL's middle name is Lynn so that's where the extra N comes from. She's named after 5 people, so it's pretty cool.

I really like the name Parks.

[depeche810.livejournal.com]

My grandparents on my mom's side are Angelina and David.
My grandparents on my dad's side are Kathryn Sue (goes by Sue) and Leo (not sure if that was short for anything, he died when i was 4)

my grandpa David had 7 brothers and sisters, they are:

John
Hayward
Elizabeth
Marion
Fred
Francis
Eleanor

my grandma Angelina (whose parents were Italian immigrants) has 2 siblings,
Rosanna
Nicholas

I like old fashioned names too, especially Evelyn (my FH hates it though), Nora, and Catherine

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

My grandparents are Faustino and Conchita, and Phyllis and Paul. The only other older family names I can think of are Ruth and Elsie.

[sonneta.livejournal.com]

Mom's parents: Naomi and Prentise
Dad's parents: Anna Gertrude (Trudy) and Archie Elmer (Bill- no idea where he got the nickname)

Other older folks in my family: William, Darlton, Leonard, Geneva.

I like my Grandma Naomi's middle name, Grace- might use it as a middle name. I might use William as a middle name, and/or Anna as a middle name, as well.

[mandyjalo.livejournal.com]

Grandparents:
-Carolyn Ruth (I plan on using Carolyn for my daughter)
-Raymond Lee
-Gerald
-Suzanne

Great-grandparents:
-Elsie
-Edwin
-Ruth

I also have a sister named Rhea, which is very uncommon. My aunts have old names like Linda and Judy as well.

[bornto-fly.livejournal.com]

My mom's parents are Margaret and Melvin. My grandmother's siblings were Don and Floyd and my grandfather's included (I don't know all of their names) Lola, Bill, and Betty.

My (maternal) grandmother's parents were Hazel and Charlie and Hazel's sisters included (again, I don't know all of them) Grace and Maude.

My dad's parents are Vonda and Otto. My grandmother's sister is Gwen. My grandfather had two or three brothers, but I can't remember their names.

[stormimay.livejournal.com]

Nothing special here.
Granparents Fred Awbrey and Neva...hm. I don't know her middle name, she took her maiden name as her middle when she married
Grandparents Leonard ??? and Verla Francis.
I also have a great Aunts Inez, Ruby, and Johnny Ruth.

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

Ransom - great-grandfather. Dessa - his wife.

Those're my favorites.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

Some older relatives (the ones I can remember/actually know their real names):

Dorothy
Harold
Carol
Mitchell
Pauline
Larry (might be short for something)
Lucille
Loretta

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

For my husband and me:

Grandparents, and one step-grand: Genevieve, Katherine, Marquis, Stanley, James, Eugene, Thomas, Florence, Claire

Parents, and two steps: Cynthia, Marquis (again!), Mary, Michael, Carolyn, Harold

Assorted aunts, uncles, and others: Carolyn (again!), Mary Virginia, Donald, Barbara, Ted, Mark, John, Elliot, Mary (again!), Bill

We aren't using any of the first names -- a lot of the good ones have been claimed anyhow -- but we are likely to pass on some of the middles.

[dosequisgirl.livejournal.com]

My paternal granparents were Everett Kimble, he went by Kemp, and Azalene, she had no middle name.
My maternal grandparents were William Francis and Pauline Marie.

[confusedanswers.livejournal.com]

my paternal GPs were Elizabeth Katherine (which will be the name of my first daughter) and Elza (pronounced Elzie) Thomas (but we've since found out his birth name was Thomas Eldridge... not sure where Elza came in, but tha'ts what he was called)

My materal GPs are Clifford Earl and Doris Jean (Jean will somehow be used in my second daughter if I ever have one.)

My mum is Pamela Jean and da is Thomas Edward

I do know some other older names:

Mildred
Aubrey (my first son)
Josiah

That's sadly all I can think of right now... But yes, I do adore the classics.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

My great-grandma was Aniela -- I've always thought it was such a pretty name, and I've never heard of anyone else with it. My other Polish great-grands were Waleria, Jozef and ... I forget my grandpa's dad's name, but he died when my mom was little. And my grandparents were baptized Genovefa (Sp?) and Stanislaus, though they used Genevieve and Stanley.

[biracialsocks.livejournal.com]

Dads Side

Grandma - Mercedes
Grandpa- Daniel

Moms Side

Grandma - Elizabeth
Grandpa-William

A little plain for me but I LOVE Mercedes :)

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

My Mom's Parents: Harvey Lyle & Anna Agnes
My Dad's Parents: Gordon William & Mona Louise

My Grandma Anna's Parents: Albert Anton & Elizabeth Anna
My Grandma Mona's Parents: Edward Josesph Gabriel (goes by Gabriel) & Jean Iris Annette

My Grandpa Harvey's Parents: Herbert Edgar (went by Ed) & Ethel May
My Grandpa Gordon's Parents: William Ernest & Margaret Irene (goes by Irene)

My Grandma Anna's Siblings: Leona, Edwin (goes by Ted), Joan, Verna, Arnold, Marie, Albert, Louise, Joe, & Wayne
My Grandma Mona's Siblings: Kathleen Marie, Dorothy Jean, Bonita Elaine (goes by Bonnie), & Michael Edward

My Grandpa Harvey's Siblings: Harold Ernest (went by Ernie), Blanche Irene, Vera Evelyn, Edgar Earldean, Elmer Weir, & Willis Raymond
My Grandpa Gordon's Siblings: Marilyn, & Bert

[monkiesayswoo.livejournal.com]

My sister is actually putting together our family tree. These are names of older relatives on my Grandma's side.

My Grandmother: Emma Elizabeth
Her Mother: Hattie Elizabeth
Her Father: William Scott
My Grandma's sisters: Katheryn Gladdis, Ruth, Blanch and Gertrude
My Grandfather's name was Harry Charles.
Names of some older relatives in my family tree:
Sara, Philip, Anna, Maria, David, Henrich, Johan Jost, Johann Balthsar, Marthynus, Minnie, Peter, Annatje

[coldheartedbabe.livejournal.com]

Janice.
Alan.
Jack.
Samantha.

[nightskygalaxy.livejournal.com]

My grandmother's name is Frankie Sue, and yes that's her full name, haha. My grandfather was Robert Ralph. On the other side we have Edward John and Shirley.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

I think thats such a classic name to give to your daughter!

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Hattiebelle and Kermitt?? Wow, and I thought I had interesting names in my family lmao!! Im really considering Elanore as a middle name because I think its beautiful, but Ellie is so freaking cute I cant get over it :)

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

JR....as in....no other name except JR? I wouldve figure he was a junior or something, but thats weird. My middle name is Lynn also, and I think it looks much better than just Lyn. Ive never heard the name Erma before, but I dont think I like it too much.

I do like the name Parks very much myself, but its my grandfather's brother and he isnt a very nice man lol.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

I love Elanor and I think Marion is so sweet! I worked at an eldery home and Evelyn was a very popular name (along with Adele). Cathrine is beautiful though, and its so versital.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Are Faustino and Conchita spanish by any chance?

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Geneva is so nice, and you dont really hear it too often.