[name]Hi[/name] Berries!
I thought it would be fun (and inspiring) to see a list of vintage goodness with the pairings of first and middle names. What I know off the top of my head is:
[name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Jane[/name] (gm, nee ~ 1915)
[name]Priscilla[/name] [name]Clementine[/name] (gm, nee ~ 1900)
[name]Rose[/name] [name]Amelia[/name] (ggm, nee late 1800s)
Grandmas:
[name]Ruth[/name] [name]Jeanne[/name]
[name]Carole[/name] [name]Jeanne[/name] (weird that they have the same middle name! It’s mine, too)
Great-grandmas:
[name]Helen[/name] [name]Kathleen[/name]
[name]Bonnie[/name] [name]Lenore[/name]
[name]Mercy[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Helen[/name] ?
[name]Dorothy[/name], [name]Patricia[/name], [name]Edna[/name], [name]Elsie[/name], [name]Marion[/name] and ?
[name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Anna[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Ella[/name] [name]Lucretia[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name] [name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Carrie[/name] [name]Viola[/name]
[name]Ida[/name] [name]Irene[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name] nn [name]Kate[/name] (1905 ish)
[name]Mary[/name] [name]May[/name] (1908 ish I think)
My grandmothers name is [name]Shirley[/name] but she’d be nowhere near 100 yet! She’d be 75 so maybe it’ll make a comeback in 25 years!
[name]Ofelia[/name], [name]Rosa[/name], [name]Betty[/name] [name]Lou[/name], [name]Alice[/name]
Grandmas:
[name]Harriet[/name] [name]Helen[/name]
[name]Jacquelyn[/name] [name]Faye[/name] (Though she’s only ever gone by [name]Jacque[/name] (pronounced like [name]Jackie[/name]) as long as I’ve been alive.
Great Grandmas:
[name]Iris[/name] (not sure on middle but her sister’s name is [name]Margaret[/name] and when they were in school my great grandma was called “Irish” instead of [name]Iris[/name] which lead to her little sister being called “Dutch” and for some reason Dutch’s nickname stuck. I’ve never heard her referred to as [name]Margaret[/name].)
[name]Florence[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Helen[/name], [name]Irene[/name], [name]Frederick[/name], [name]Herschel[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name] [name]Maxine[/name] (grandma, born 1926)
[name]Betty[/name] [name]Lou[/name] (grandma, born 1944)
[name]Jennifer[/name] (great grandma, don’t know birth year but she passed away about 1971)
[name]Sylvia[/name] (great grandma, born 1916)
[name]Marie[/name] ([name]Sylvia[/name]'s husband remarried after her passing in 1983, birth year unknown, but she’s still alive)
[name]Eileen[/name] (great grandma, born 1917)
I’ll include great-great grandmas and so on as a bonus!
[name]Ada[/name] (great-x2 grandma, born 1887)
[name]Grace[/name] [name]Leona[/name] “[name]Gracie[/name]” (great-x2 grandma, born 1896)
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Louisa[/name] “[name]Mollie[/name]” (great-x3 grandma, born 1871)
[name]Isabelle[/name] “[name]Ibbie[/name]” (great-x4 grandma, born 1832)
[name]Mollie[/name] [name]Adeline[/name] [name]Nancy[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] (great-x3 grandma, born 1866. Yes, she had 3 middle names.)
[name]Rachel[/name] (great-x4 grandma, born 1833)
[name]Betsy[/name] (great-x5 grandma, born 1794)
[name]Mary[/name] (great-x6 grandma, not sure of bith year, but she married in 1777)
Off the top of my head, I know my maternal grandmother was [name]Anna[/name] [name]Regina[/name], and my paternal grandmother was [name]Olga[/name]. I’ll have to look up the others!
Grandmothers:
[name]Louise[/name]
[name]Effie[/name] (although her birth certificate said [name]Ella[/name], her mother called her [name]Effie[/name] and that’s the only name she was known as
Grandfathers:
[name]Howard[/name]
[name]Francis[/name] ([name]Frank[/name]) [name]James[/name] - his father and his son (my dad) had the same name. They were not known as [name]Jr[/name] or III.
Great and great-great-grandparents:
[name]George[/name] [name]Washington[/name] ([name]Washington[/name] is the middle name) [name]Effie[/name]'s dad.
[name]Ruth[/name] - [name]Louise[/name]'s mother
[name]Kathleen[/name] - [name]Frank[/name]'s mother She was from [name]Ireland[/name].
[name]Barbara[/name] - [name]Effie[/name]'s mother. She was from Germany.
Grandmothers:
[name]Beverly[/name] LaVerla
[name]Bettie[/name] [name]Joan[/name] (pronounced [name]JoAnne[/name])
Grandfathers:
Montain D
[name]Roy[/name] [name]Grant[/name]
Great Grandmothers:
[name]Theora[/name] [name]Emily[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name] [name]Mary[/name]
[name]Jennie[/name] Adolfina
[name]Wanda[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
Great Grandfathers
[name]Clarence[/name]
[name]Carl[/name] [name]Arvid[/name]
[name]Clifford[/name]
[name]DelMar[/name] [name]Irvin[/name]
Grandmas:
[name]Virginia[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Patricia[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
Great-grandmas:
[name]Francke[/name] (pronounced [name]Frankie[/name])
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Lowell[/name]
Grandmothers
[name]Leonora[/name] [name]Emma[/name] (1932ish)
[name]Katherine[/name] [name]Aileen[/name] (1929)
Great Grandmothers (I’ve got lots of these after researching my genealogy!)
[name]Vera[/name] (1904)
[name]Annie[/name] [name]Emma[/name] (1884)
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Emma[/name] [name]Dorcas[/name] (<-- don’t think that mn is going to make a comeback though! lol)
Louisa
Leah
Clementine Cornelia
Serry
Green Berry (No Joke! lol)
Susan Bernice
Lucy Ann
Sarah Chalfant
Grandma’s:
[name]Pearl[/name] [name]Marie[/name]
[name]Lise[/name] (don’t know her mn)
Great Grandma’s
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Laura[/name]
I don’t know much about people’s names to be honest lol I plan on getting an account to do some geanealogy research but waiting until I am pregnant to do that because I only plan on getting a one month subscription.
Grandmas:
[name]Pearl[/name] [name]Alice[/name]
[name]Lillian[/name]
Great Grandma:
[name]Helga[/name] is the only one I remember off the top of my head.
Grandmas:
[name]Patricia[/name] [name]Ann[/name] nn [name]Pat[/name]
[name]Marguerite[/name] [name]Jeannette[/name] nn [name]Marge[/name]
Grandpas (Because why not?)
Elcie nn [name]Joe[/name]
[name]Lester[/name] [name]Edwin[/name] nn [name]Ed[/name]/[name]Buster[/name] when he was younger
Great Grandmas:
[name]Ann[/name]
[name]Zelda[/name]
[name]Ada[/name] [name]Marie[/name]
Can’t quite remember the other great grandmother’s name.
[name]Edith[/name] [name]Joan[/name] & [name]Noreen[/name] [name]Patricia[/name] (grandmas)
No idea about their mums, must get my mums family tree out & scour for vintage names!
Grandmas:
[name]Elsie[/name] Berdell {1925, Arkansas, USA} & [name]Gertrude[/name] ‘[name]Trudy[/name]’, she didn’t have a mn {1922, Switzerland}.
Great Grandmas:
[name]Nannie[/name] {[name]Elsie[/name]'s mom} & [name]Dorothea[/name] {[name]Trudy[/name]'s mom}
Grandmothers:
[name]Marjorie[/name] [name]Ellen[/name]
[name]Ruth[/name] [name]Elliott[/name]
I know one great-grandmother was [name]Anna[/name] but I don’t know any of the others.