What was your Grandmas name?

I had [name]Betty[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] & [name]Dorothy[/name]

I’m hoping this might give me a bit of old school name inspiration!

Maternal grandmother - [name]Elizabeth[/name] (We named our eldest daughter [name]Elizabeth[/name] after my Grandma)
Paternal grandmother - [name]Vera[/name]

Husbands maternal grandmother - Colleen, but she goes by her middle name Glenda
Husbands paternal grandmother - Grace

[name]Lois[/name] & [name]Mary[/name] [name]Jo[/name]. Fiance has a [name]Marilyn[/name] & a [name]Naomi[/name].

Maternal Grandmother: [name]Margaret[/name]
Paternal Grandmother: [name]Sylvia[/name]
Paternal Step-Grandmother: [name]Gillian[/name]

Maternal Grandmother: [name]Ursula[/name] [name] Ruth [/name]
Paternal Grandmother: [name]Merle[/name] [name] Lorraine [/name]
Maternal Great-Grandmother: [name]Margarethe[/name] [name]Hedwig[/name] [name]Else[/name] ([name]Elsie[/name])
Paternal Great-Grandmother: [name]Irene[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]/(Step Great-Grandmother) [name]Irene[/name] [name]Dulcie[/name] “[name]Faith[/name]”

[name]Audrey[/name] [name]Irene[/name] and [name]Margaret[/name] [name]Mary[/name]

[name]Rosita[/name], [name]Cecile[/name], [name]Marion[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name] and [name]Julia[/name] (combination of grandmothers, greqat grandmothers and step-grandmother)

[name]Both[/name] are still alive and they are Birthe and Bente. Typical Danish names. ^^

My grandmothers are [name]Jean[/name] and [name]Shelley[/name]

My husbands grandmothers are [name]Thora[/name] and [name]June[/name]

Maternal grandmother was Carmela but often called Carmen
Paternal grandmother was Alice
Paternal step-grandmother was Lorna
Paternal Great grandmothers were Ruby Gladys and Elsie May
Then right back my great great great paternal grandmothers name was Ann Sugar ! :slight_smile:

My grandma’s are [name]Lynda[/name] [name]Mary[/name] and [name]June[/name] [name]Mary[/name].
My great-grandma’s are [name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Mary[/name] ([name]Lynda[/name]'s mum), [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Lucinda[/name], [name]Katie[/name] [name]Jane[/name] ([name]June[/name]'s mum) and [name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Penelope[/name].

And a few other grandmothers (can’t quite remember how many greats they need, but their names are intriguing) are [name]Euphemia[/name] [name]Evangeline[/name], [name]Pollyanna[/name] [name]Winifred[/name] (named after her mother’s childhood nickname of [name]Polly[/name]), [name]Violet[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Alice[/name], [name]Henrietta[/name] [name]Emily[/name], and [name]Prudence[/name] [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Ann[/name].
Last year we went to the cemetery where the above women are buried, some of their graves date back 130 years, finding so many names was a wonderful surprise.

My Grandmother’s names are:

  • [name]Daphne[/name] [name]Hannah[/name]
  • [name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Alice[/name]
  • [name]Jean[/name] [name]Anne[/name] (but she goes by [name]Anne[/name])

[name]Norma[/name] [name]Auguste[/name] loisel (Loisel was her mothers maiden name)
[name]Edna[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
Dh’s are [name]Elizabeth[/name] ([name]Betty[/name]) and [name]Margaret[/name]

Our gran’s and great gran’s were…
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name]
[name]Maria[/name]
[name]Beryl[/name]

[name]Wilma[/name] [name]Lea[/name] and [name]Phyllis[/name] [name]Monica[/name]

Mine were [name]June[/name] [name]Heather[/name] (maternal) & [name]Helen[/name] [name]Brown[/name] (paternal).

Hubby’s were [name]Marjorie[/name] (maternal) & [name]Rose[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name] (paternal).

If we ever have a daughter her name will likely be [name]Rosalie[/name] after his grandma [name]Rose[/name].

Mine were/are [name]Jean[/name] and [name]Megan[/name] (pronounced [name]Meg[/name]-an). My middle name [name]Jane[/name] is in honour of [name]Jean[/name].

[name]Ann[/name] {born 1939} & [name]Leila[/name] {born in the 1930s, not sure the exact year. Pronounced [name]LEE[/name]-luh}

Mine~
Maternal grandma: Rosemary
Paternal grandma: Annemarie
Paternal step grandma: Kathleen

Great grandparents: Rose, Madeleine, Mary, Mary

DH~
Maternal grandma: Deborah
Paternal grandma: Myra Jean

Great grandma’s ~ Marjorie, Sophia, Dorothy

My maternal grandmother was named [name]Beatrice[/name] and I remember her very well - she was such a beautiful and special lady. My paternal grandmother was named [name]Jessie[/name] and she was also just a wonderful person. My father was named [name]Jesse[/name] after her. [name]Beatrice[/name] and my grandfather [name]Richard[/name] had 11 children, and my paternal grandparents had 8 children.