leeny
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Post by leeny on Jul 22, 2022 22:50:21 GMT
I have a cartoon that I clipped years ago that shows two women sitting in their wheelchairs at the nursing home. A nurse calls out names of patients to come take their medicine. The names are Brittany and Tiffany. I laughed because those names don't "feel" like grandma or senior women names but I know there is a whole generation out there that have those names. So, what were your grandparent's names and what is your kid's name (s)? Any name that will seem strange when they age?
My Dad's parents - Albert & Sadie
My Mom's parents - Harry & Sylvia
My Kids - Peter, Adrianna & Sara
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Post by Zee on Jul 22, 2022 22:53:59 GMT
Joan, John, Jean, and George. Not very imaginative.
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Post by melodyesch on Jul 22, 2022 22:56:30 GMT
Audrey, Robert, Herman and Bernice. My grandmother Audrey’s middle name was Birdie and she hated it, so she always told people it was Melinda.  |
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Post by elaine on Jul 22, 2022 22:58:14 GMT
My dad’s parents: Miriam & Leonard
My mom’s parents: Lucille & Ralph
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paigepea
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Post by paigepea on Jul 22, 2022 22:58:57 GMT
Bella and David
Kathryn and Samuel
I have a Bailey named after Bella. And I have a Maya named after Samuel (middle name Morris).
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Post by malibou on Jul 22, 2022 23:03:18 GMT
Ejner and Else - maternal grandparents from Denmark
James and Louisa Viola - paternal grandparents from Kentucky. Louisa is not pronounced like Louise with an ah sound at the end, it's pronounce Lou-eye-zah, and the two names were her first name. She hated it, and as an adult she went by Mama Toni.
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Post by Nanner on Jul 22, 2022 23:03:32 GMT
John (Jack) and Jean, Clifford (Cliff) and Phyllis.
Jean's first name was Lucy but for some reason she hated it, so she went by her middle name.
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Post by malibou on Jul 22, 2022 23:04:22 GMT
Audrey, Robert, Herman and Bernice. My grandmother Audrey’s middle name was Birdie and she hated it, so she always told people it was Melinda. My best friend has a daughter named Audrey that I call Birdie. 😁 |
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Post by Linda on Jul 22, 2022 23:11:45 GMT
my grandfathers were Leo Joachim and Neil
my grandmothers were Anna Mae and Daisy Dorothy Majuba
my kids have uncommon but classic names which I think will age well
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Post by BSnyder on Jul 22, 2022 23:14:22 GMT
Nadine, John, Daryl, Donald
Oops! Forgot to add my kids
Mackenzie (before it was popular)
Brenden
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jul 22, 2022 23:15:50 GMT
John and Verna
David and Ella
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 22, 2022 23:21:11 GMT
Mine are Roy and Ola (she wasn't American by birth).
And Edmund and Sylvia (Edmund was British, relocated to Australia, Sylvia was born in Australia).
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Post by busy on Jul 22, 2022 23:23:43 GMT
Grace & Holger
Helen & William
Mary Lou & Gustav
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Post by leannec on Jul 22, 2022 23:24:00 GMT
My mum's parents were named Millicent and Norman
My father's parents were named Walter and Alice
Dd's are Emma and Molly
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Post by mom2rjcr on Jul 22, 2022 23:25:00 GMT
William and Charlotte
Helen and Clement
Ryan, James(Jamie), Corey, and Riley
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 22, 2022 23:32:19 GMT
The names of my grandparents and their siblings: Florence Mabel Nelly Esther Eileen Grace Olive Norma Doris Joyce Elsie Jeanette Cecil Ray Charles George Reginald Les Alan John Most of those names are very old fashioned. John, Alan and Ray were still used for boys my age (born late 60s). Some of the girls names from my grandparents' generation are coming back. I know a Grace and an Elsie who were born in the 2000s. I also know of a Nellie born last year ( AllieC ). |
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Post by Restless Spirit on Jul 22, 2022 23:33:02 GMT
All of these people were born just before the turn of the century (late 1890’s)
Mom’s parents: Gerald and Bessie
Dad’s parents: Francis Marion (called Marion) and Elizabeth
DH”s grandparents -
Mom’s parents: James and Ina
Dad’s parents: Chase and Ruth
DH was named after both of his grandfathers. Our grandson has the same middle name as my DH.
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Post by ntsf on Jul 22, 2022 23:43:33 GMT
dad's parents: John Elmer (he chose his own middle name) and Theresa Lydia (theresa pronounced with long e.. german styleP
mom's parents: John Daniel and Edith Maud
all four born around 1890.
kids: Benjamin, Rebecca and Gwendolyn
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Post by Merge on Jul 22, 2022 23:47:46 GMT
Mary Ellen and Harry Florence and Peter (but step-grandpa David was the one I knew) My GenZ kids have names that fit in well with that generation - Grace and Margaret GenX names in the nursing home will be fun, but not as fun as the current crop of young kids with names like Bryxleigh and Rhyat.  |
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janeinbama
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Post by janeinbama on Jul 22, 2022 23:48:08 GMT
Alma and Lawrence
Katie Ruth and Charlie
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Post by rahnee on Jul 22, 2022 23:50:08 GMT
Maternal - Norah and Leonard - both born in England. Both were only children.
Paternal - Alma and Egerton (Eddie) - both born in Australia
Eddie's had one brother Harold (Harry)
Alma had multiple siblings.
Gordon
Alexis John (Jack)
Annie
Alan
Douglas
Marjorie Phyllis (Phyllis)
Ruby
Beryl.
My kids are Megan (pronounced Meegan, not Meg an) and Samantha (Sammy)
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Post by littlemama on Jul 22, 2022 23:52:17 GMT
Mary Ellen and Harry Florence and Peter (but step-grandpa David was the one I knew) My GenZ kids have names that fit in well with that generation - Grace and Margaret GenX names in the nursing home will be fun, but not as fun as the current crop of young kids with names like Bryxleigh and Rhyat. Margaret was my grandmother and her sister was Grace. Grace was a big family name and it should also have been my name, but it isn't. I wish is were, Ive always loved that name. |
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Post by librarylady on Jul 23, 2022 0:08:12 GMT
My grandparents: Edmond and Julie
Maude and Daniel
My parents: Albert and Marguerite
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breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Jul 23, 2022 0:09:42 GMT
Joseph, Joseph, Esther, and Nona.
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paget
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Post by paget on Jul 23, 2022 0:21:51 GMT
Edith and Oscar
Mabel and Willard
My girls have pretty classic names.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jul 23, 2022 0:27:49 GMT
My maternal grandparents were Henry known as Hib and Mattie George who went by George. (Yes, my grandmother's name was George. Lol.)
My paternal grandparents were William Jasper who went by Jasper and Birdie but she preferred it as Bertie.
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Post by christine58 on Jul 23, 2022 0:37:45 GMT
Paternal. Rose and Paul
Maternal Margaret and Calvin
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 23, 2022 0:45:02 GMT
Genevieve and Robert,
Grew up with them
Catharine and Carl
Never met them, and yes they were still alive...
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Post by sabrinae on Jul 23, 2022 0:52:18 GMT
Max (who thought he was Richard until he was 17) Audrey, Virginia and Homer
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scrapngranny
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Post by scrapngranny on Jul 23, 2022 0:53:08 GMT
Phillip & Mina
Edgar & Bessie
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