Grand parent names

[Magic Mom]

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.

What do you think about step parents. My dad remarried when i was 18. She was involved in my parents divorce, so I wasn't fond of their relationship for many years. When I had my first child I didn't want her called Grandma, but she and my dad really wanted her to be Grandma. I refused, but they called her Grandma to my kids anyway.

 

[AshleyW]

My grandparents and great grandparents were all Grandma [Last Name] or Grandpa [Last Name].

DF had a Grandma, Grandpa, and Mawmaw.

My brother and his girlfriend are having a baby, and my parents decided they're too young to be grandma or grandpa (they're 45) so they'll be Nana Kim and Papa T.

 

[MushyMushy]

What do you think about step parents. My dad remarried when i was 18. She was involved in my parents divorce, so I wasn't fond of their relationship for many years. When I had my first child I didn't want her called Grandma, but she and my dad really wanted her to be Grandma. I refused, but they called her Grandma to my kids anyway.

Yeah, that's a little more touchy. But I wouldn't put the kids in the middle of that, I just think I'd flat out say that I wasn't comfortable with it and we need to find a compromise.

We did have a similar issue with DH's step parents. It's still under debate after all these years, but it's believed (and denied ) that the step mother had a part in the divorce, so DH wasn't too fond of her. When he was in his late teens he referred to her as his "stepmonster." By the time our kids came along, the term became a good bit more fond, so she became grandmonster to the kids. If DH hadn't made up with her the way he did, we would have insisted she come to a compromise comfortable to DH.

 

[stichy]

I had a mum-mum and pop pop. Also have grammy and had a poppy. DS has an Oma and Opa and a Papa and Pink. Pink comes from while we were visiting my in laws my MIL was wearing pink pajamas. DS looked at her and said "Pink" and it stuck. My DH's family has a history a history of weird names. They had and Up and Gomp.

 

[TEENEE]

My ds was the first grandchild so he picked the names. My aunt babysat for me. Once a week my mom would pick ds up at my aunts house. My aunt would say to him, here comes your granny. Once ds started to talk he called my mom Nee Nee. He did the same thing with my step dad. I told him to call grandpa, he said pawpaw. 19 years and 7 grandkids later they are still NeeNee and PawPaw.

 

[cybrkitn]

My grandmother on my mom's side was called "Nanny" when I was little. As I got older it was shortened to Nan. My mom's father passed away right after my parent's were married, so I never knew him.

My father's mom, I didn't know that much as she died when I was really young, but I remember calling her Granny. My father's grandmother (my great-grandmother) was alive until 1996 at the age of 95. Her name was Ida, but we (all her grand and great grandchildren) all called her Da. My father's dad was called Pop-Pop. My grandparents on both sides of mine have all passed away.

After we had DS7 (8 on Tuesday), my mom became "Gandma" when DS was really little, LOL. Then as he was able to pronounce his "R's", it became Grandma. My father became Pop-Pop which took me awhile to get used to b/c I always thought of my grandfather. My father passed away in 2008 at the age of 63 He was so proud of his grandson and had a close bond with him. DS is my parent's only grandchild.

DH's parent's are called Grandpa and Grandma Cathy (to differentiate from my mom). My MIL has been in a nursing home with Alzheimer's since DS7 was 4 weeks old. Because of that, DS never had the opportunity to bond with her as close as he has with my mom. We do take him to see her, but it's hard for him to understand her when she talks. She has reverted back to her Castillian Spanish. Plus with the medications she is on, she is not that coherent like she used to be.

 

[tlmdisney]

My parents are Grandma and Pa, my dh mom was Gran. I have friends who use the Salish word Ya Ya for grandma.

 

[krcit]

My ds used to call my mom 'Grandma with the squiggly hands' because she has bad arthritis. She thought it was hilarious. Now she is just Grandma. He also used to call my MIL Big Grandma and my mom Little Grandma, whcih is also hilarious because my mom is much bigger then my MIL...I think he was confused

 

[apirateslifeforme]

My grandparents were Gram and Grandpa.

DBF's parents, to his nieces, are Granna and Grandpa. I have a coworker who didn't want to be "Grandma," so she goes by Mimi (nowhere near her real name).

I told another recent-grandma coworker, as a joke, that she should go by "Meemaw," like Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory.

 

[MickeysMommy]

My mom's mom was my Nanny and my dad's parents were Grandpa/Gramp and Grandma/Gram

 

[Liberty Belle]

My maternal grandmother was Granny, my paternal grandmother was Grandma. My great grandmother was Ga (gah). My maternal grandfather was Gramps. My paternal grandfather was Grandpa.

My husband's grandmother was Mimi (me-me).

My sons call my mom Grandmother (it's kind of funny, because she's not at all formal, but this is just what my oldest started calling her). Sometimes my oldest calls her Cracker (from Grahamcracker). They calll my husband's mom Imi (I-me) because she didn't want to be called anything close to Grandma and her name is Imagene.

My sons call my dad Beepa (because my son couldn't say Grandpa when he was little).

Oh, my niece calls my mom and dad Nanny and Poppy.

I think I want to be Granny and I'd love for my husband to be Gramps. But, many years in the future, of course!

 

[Liberty Belle]

Growing up we had a Grammy and Grampa (dad's side) and a Memere and Pepere (mom's side---pronounced mem-may and pep-pay)

I've also heard Nonni (a lady at work is called that along with another lady that I know)

***when I was preggo with my first son, my MIL insisted that she be called "auntie cheryl". She thought she was too young to be a grandmother (she was 45 at the time) needless to say I always taught my child to call her grandma.

Oh good heavens! I'm only 42 and too young to be a grandmother, too, especially since my oldest just turned 17, but I want to be called Granny and I'd wear the name with pride! Absolutely no way would I want to be called Auntie from my grandchildren!

 

[moburg]

Each grandparent for my son has a different name, mostly by luck, since they each picked their own name. My father is Granddad, my mother is Oma (German for Grandmother). My wife's father is Grandpa, and her mother is Grandma.

Growing up, my mother parents were Grandma and PopPop. My fathers mother was Grandmommy. My fathers father had died long before I was born, so he didn't really have a name for me.

My Grandma (mom's mom), was GG (or GiGi), short for Great Grandma) for my niece. She died several years ago before my son was born, but he does have both Great Grandparents on my wife's side. So far, we just call them Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. They have several other great grandchildren, so we'll just go with what they are used to.

But I like having a different name for each grandparent. No confusion or having to specify, such as Grandma Smith vs Grandma Jones.

 

[*pixie*dust*]

My son has a Granny and a Papa (my parents)
A Mimi (my former MIL)
a GiGi (my grandmother)

Growing up I had a Gram & Bumpa and a Grandma & Grandpa.

 

[Frye7127]

DH parents - Nana and Daddy Bob

My parents - Mimi and Pawpaw - Mimi was Mawmaw until my DSD asked if she could call her Mimi...my sister's daughter was 2 and Mawmaw was all she said. I like Mimi better.

My grandparents were Grandma Rie and Granddaddy Henry, Grandma Cille

My husband called his by their names, Fanny and Justin

I have a sweet friend whose grandson calls her Goldie...love it and it perfectly suits her.

Sassy is my neice's name for me and Porkchop is what she calls my husband. Sassy is fine for me as a grandparent name, but I don't think my husband wants to be called porkchop by his grandkids.

 

[design_mom]

My kids call both sets "Grandma and Grandpa," followed by their last name if it's needed for clarity. Both sets requested Grandma and Grandpa. My kids call their one living great-grandmother "Gram," which is what DH (it's his grandmother) calls her, too.

When my son was a baby he started calling my dad "Pa" and as the younger kids came along they picked up on it, too. Dad didn't like that too much at the time, he would have preferred Grandpa. But now all the kids have outgrown "Pa" and I think he misses it. I'll catch him saying things like "Come on over here and sit next to Pa."

 

[RUDisney]

To my kids, my parents are Baboushka and Dyadoushka. My grandfather was Blee Dyadoushka to them.

To other grandchildren they are"

Grandma and Grandpa
Grandma and Pa
MeeMaw and PaPa

It's funny because we adults have to think about to which kids we are talking when we refer to our parents so we call them the right thing.

My MIL insisted on being called Grandma even though my kids were born in Russia and called her Baboushka from the beginning, too.

 

[Alex&Evan'sMom]

I had a Grandma, Grandpa, Ma-Ma, Pa-Pa and Great Granny. My kids have their Grandma(Gramma), Papa, Granny and Granddaddy.

 

[stsomewhere]

My kids called my Ils- grandma and Buddy ( my DS started this when he was little). FIL wanted to be called grandpa

My mom and stepdad- grandma last name and papa
my dad- papa Joe

 

[jsmith]

Nanny is not just a Northeastern thing-my family is ozark hillybilly to the core- and my fathers mother was Nanny to her grandchildren and great grand children.. My fathers father was Pawpaw to all of us.
My mothers parents were Granny and Grandpa-as were mine to my children. My Grandfather passed before i had kids but the greats called my mothers mother DoubleGranny-my oldest son came up with that when he understood she was his Granny's mom.
My parents are (or were-my dad has passed) Granny and Grandpa Name-my husbands are Grandma and Grandpa Name. Even grown my children never address my father in law by just Grandpa-its always Grandpa Gary.
DH and i have decided we might like to be Oma and Opa-but i dont think it will be an issue for a while yet.