Grand parent names

[DisneyMomx7]

My grandchildren call me Me Mom and DH Pop Pop.

My mother has always been MomMom and my dad was Pop Pop.

DH's parents are Grandmom and PopPop.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I called my grandparents the good old-- grandma and grandpa.

Now my son calls my parents and his dads parents the same thing.

The one we did have though was my son was my grandparents first great grandchild. Whenever an occasion would come around and my son received a card from them my grandmother would sign it "gg" for great-grandma. Over a few years it turned into him and then subsequent great-grandchildren calling her "Gi-Gi". It got to the point everyone started calling her gi-gi and she even started going by that. Then someone asked my grandpa if she's gi-gi what do you want us to call you-- he said "George" would be fine without even pausing. (His name is Andrew). So, they became "Gi-Gi" and "George" and that is how EVERYONE refers to them now.

I LOVE that story

 

[DeniseinNS]

I call my grandmother, "Nanny."

I've never heard anyone else call their grandparents that!

I called both of my grandmothers Nanny. I hear the term Nanny for a grandmother quite often.

 

[DeniseinNS]

I called my grandparents Nanny and Papa

My kids call both sets of grandparents Nanny and Poppy and their great grandmother Old Nanny lol.

 

[maps]

Noni and Nonno (Italian)
and Nanny and Papa

 

[Straycat]

My grandparents (who are now the great grandparents) were called 'Grandma & Grandpa'.

When my first child was little, he named my mom 'Ama' and now everyone calls her by that name. We didn't know until years later that there was a very similar grandmother name, Oma, from Germany.

My dad is the traditional 'Grandpa', as well.

My little one's grandparents are from England and they chose to have the kids call them 'Gran and Grandad'.

 

[MarilIncredible]

For my grandparetns, I had a Nana (her husband died before my mom & dad even met, so no nickname for him), and a Grandma and Grandpa.

For my little one, my mom and dad have already decided they want to be called G-pa and G-ma.
I assume the in-laws will be Grandma and Grandpa.

 

[pipersmom]

My mom's parents were Nanny and Pa, dad's were Grammy and Grampy. DD calls my mom Gram and her paternal Grandma.

Sparx- You're also the only other person I've seen whose family had a "Nanny". Very cool.

Edited to add- I just saw the other "Nanny" posts..all of them were from Northeasterner's..and my Nanny lived in Maine, so maybe it's a regional thing.

 

[jfranklyn]

My father is "Granda" to all his grandchildren. He is from Northern Ireland, and that's what they call grandfather's there. Typically Grandmothers are "Nanny", but my mother wasn't into that, so she just went by Grandma.

My favorite names, tho, are my friends who have 2 grandchildren. They weren't comfortable with being just plain old Grandma and Grandpa, so they went with "Leyla" (which is I think spanish for Grandma - since she's a spanish teacher), and GRAND DUDE for Grandpa. It suits him perfectly and cracks me up everytime I hear the kids saying it.

 

[lovin diz]

we always called our grandparents mawmaw and pawpaw. When i had my daugher, my parents didnt want to be that...THey chose grammy and gramps.

dh has an older son (19) so that got us thinking...Nana and Popsey

 

[NMAmy]

I have a sweet friend from Texas and her little ones call their Grandmother "Honey" and Grandfather "Papa." I love it! She said "HOney" is just what some people choose, but I had never heard of it.

My great-grandmother was always "Grandma Honey." Her real name was Beulah, though, and she'd always gone by Honey. Understandably.

I had Nana and Pa and my dad's mother was Gram. DH's parents were called Gran and Grandy. My mom and dad were Grandma and Grandpa.

 

[Jennasis]

Mine were NANNY and POPPY and GRANDMA/GRANDPA.

My father said if any of his daughters have kids, he wants to be called BIG DADDY.

 

[tonilea]

My grandparents were Grandma Lastname, Granny Lastname and Grandpa Lastname.

My parents are called Nana (or Nanny or Nan) and Papa (or Pop). DH's Mom is called Granny Shortened version of first name and his deceased father is called Papa Firstname.

 

[sue1013]

We are Nana and Poppy to my 4 yr old granddaughter.

 

[PollyannaMom]

DS calls his grandfather and honorary grandmother on my side Grandpa and Nana. (It actually started out as Bumpa and Nana when he was little and mispronouncing it, and the adults were fine with that, but as soon he was old enough, he informed us he could say Grandpa now.)

His grandmother in Heaven is referred to as Grandma Firstname.

On DH's side, they are Mema and Poppa - christened so by my oldest niece, and all the rest of the kids just followed suit.

One Great Grandmother was just Gram. One was Grandma Lastname, and the other other is Mema Firstname. (One he never met.)

 

[MushyMushy]

My grandparents were grandma & poppy, and grammy and pappy. My parents were/are mammaw and pappy, and my husband's parents are "who are those people?" (sorry, no bitterness there)

Might sound silly, but I want my grandkids to call me something different or off, like Lovey or something like that. A friend of mine's grandkids call her Peachy. When my son was little, he insisted on calling me Dee or Deeya. We have no idea why he started saying that, but it stuck for quite a while. It was so sweet and charming that he had his own special name for me.

My dad was 44 and he is the one who wanted just Robert. I respected that and did teach my kids that--but as they got older tehey added the grandpa becuase otherwise their friends had no idea who they were talking about Anyway, by then he was used to the idea of grandparenthood so he was okay with it. I cannot imagine having intentionally taught my kids to call their grandparents something the grandparents did not like. Honestly, that seems awfully disrespectful to to me--I sure wouldn't want someone else telling peopel to call me by a name I did not wish to go by

I agree. I don't think there should be any power struggles over what a person prefers to be called. We might not agree with it or feel like their reasons are silly, but we should respect it.

 

[kellyg403]

One grandd calls me grandma nana..she was so confused that she had two nana's...since all my other grandchildren were calling me nana. Now its stuck and they call me grandma nana. They call my dad Pap and dh Pop pop.

Kelly

 

[kellyg403]

My grandparents were grandma & poppy, and grammy and pappy. My parents were/are mammaw and pappy, and my husband's parents are "who are those people?" (sorry, no bitterness there)

Might sound silly, but I want my grandkids to call me something different or off, like Lovey or something like that. A friend of mine's grandkids call her Peachy. When my son was little, he insisted on calling me Dee or Deeya. We have no idea why he started saying that, but it stuck for quite a while. It was so sweet and charming that he had his own special name for me.



I agree. I don't think there should be any power struggles over what a person prefers to be called. We might not agree with it or feel like their reasons are silly, but we should respect it.

I agree. When my children were born the ex's parents rather they call them Mr. name and Miss name. That is what they have always called them. Now and then they will want them to call them grandpa and grandma but it is kinda late for that! So, while I didn't agree, if that is what they wanted that is what they got out of respect for their wishes.

Kelly

 

[mjkacmom]

What we have done, for many generations, is let the grandparents decide what they would like to be called, and then the oldest grandchild butchers it - lol. My grandfather wanted to be called grandfather - he turned out to be a "fa-fa."

 

[Sorsha]

My children are very fortunate to still have both sets of grandparents, and 5 of their great-grandparents.

The grandparents are just called grandma and grandpa (sounds more like gramma and grampa). When all of the grandparents are together in one room, we tend to use first names to differentiate - "Take the piece of cake to Grandpa Mike please".

A couple of the great-grandparents are called great-grandma or great-grandpa, one has always called herself "Grandma Blanche", even when I was small (she is very southern and it just fits), and my grandpa - who has always been super close to me and is very close to my kids as well - is, and always has been, "Papa".