Grand parent names

[maslex]

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!

THANK YOU!!! Seemed as though everyone thought I was in the wrong here when my MIL wanted to be called "auntie cheryl" but let me tell you, I really don't mind what each grandparent chooses to be called, really I don't. Maybe it was the way she came about it. We were all sitting around discussing what everyone would be called and she says, "Well I am WAY too young looking (which she wasn't LOL) to be a grandmother and I don't need people thinking I'm older than I am. So they (the babies) can call me "auntie" and better yet, when I'm babysitting and I take them to the store I am going to be claiming that they are "my children". You have to understand, she's the type that is all about "HER", nobody else. And another thing, I didn't want my kids getting all confused about calling her "auntie" when she's clearly not an "aunt" to them. She is their grandmother and should be called that (well, atleast a grandparent related name whether it was grandma, memere, nonni, or any of the other names I've heard mentioned) I don't think it was any kind of rude thinking otherwise.

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

When my cousin (my maternal grandma's first grandchild) was young he couldn't say grandma or grandpa. All he could muster was BaBa (pronounced "Bubba") and PaPa (pronounced like it is spelled). The names stuck, because that's what all 9 of their grandkids (and their grandkids' friends for that matter) called them. My paternal grandparents were just grampa and gramma.

 

[tigercat]

I was 38 when I became a grandma. My dgdd called me grandme and my my dh was called peepaw. We had used grandma and grandpa until she talked at a year and the names she used were these. Now the 4 oldest grandkids call us that and the newest one Born last Thursday is of course too little to talk (LOL) but I am sure that is who we will be. My kids had grandm and grandpa Art, grandpa and Mary and Nana and Papa.
tigercat

 

[ThanksForNoticingMe]

I call my grandmother, "Nanny."

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

I call one of my grandmothers Nanny

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

Honestly, I'd go with what the child ends up calling them.
You see, my grandma wanted to be called "grandy" or something, but she's been "Gammie" ever since I could speak.

 

[dis75ney]

I had a Grams and Grandpa on my mom's side, and Nonnie on my dad's side (my grandfather died when my dad was 10).

DH had one grandmother (all the other grandparents had passed many years before DH was born), but she passed away before DH learned to talk...

DS has Grandma Pat, Grandpa Tom, and Grandma Julie. Grandpa Roy passed away four years ago. DS knows not to use the first names when speaking to the g'parents (he won't call my mom "Grandma Pat"), but we use the first names when differentiating between the families...

 

[Pikester]

My paternal grandparents were called Nana and Grandpa. My maternal grandparents were called Beana and Grandpa. Beana got her name from when I tried to call her by her first name which was Rowena.

When I had my kids my mom wanted to be called G.G. and my dad is Papa. My inlaws are Grammie First name and Grampa First name.

 

[AKL_Megs]

My paternal grandparents were (and are) Grandpa and Grandma.

My maternal grandparents were (and are) Grandma, Grandpa (Up North), and Grandma (Up North)

 

[paintnolish]

My parents are Gaga and Papa. Ds came up with those and they stuck. Xh and dh's parents are Grandma/Grandpa followed by her/his first name. The kids don't see them very much, so they never ended up with "nicknames."

 

[PigletsPal2]

Yaaaay! so far, I'm the only G-Ma on the board! DH is PapPap, as was my dad to my kids. My mom was Grandmommie, my maternal grandmother was Grandmommie (died before great-grandchildren were born - no confusion there), maternal grandfather out of the picture, so no name (other than what my grandmother and mother might have called him in private!), My paternal grandparents were Nanny (British) and Pap. DH's parents were Grandma and Grandpa (actually a step-grandpa but better than the biological, deceased one) to my kids, but Meema to my DGD (Grandpa is also now deceased.) Too confusing! I plan to be GG-Ma when the time comes.

Queen Colleen

 

[MAKmom]

I call one of my grandmothers Nanny

I had a Nanny too... she was from Ireland.

 

[IWantMickey]

My stepdaughter's children

DH - Pop
Me - Big Grandmom (not to be confused with Little Grandmom, who is my 4'8", 94 year-old MIL, or Grandmom With The Birds, who is my DH's ex-wife Don't get me wrong. I think it's sweet. I think it's because she has a bird feeder in her backyard.)

My daughter's son

DH - Pop

Me - Ying Ya (I have absolutely no clue where he came up with this. He has called me this since he started talking and he is 3 now. If he is asked "Where is Grandmom?" he points to me. But for him, I am his Ying Ya and I am on whenever he calls me it. I hope it never changes.)

 

[maslex]

My stepdaughter's children

DH - Pop
Me - Big Grandmom (not to be confused with Little Grandmom, who is my 4'8", 94 year-old MIL, or Grandmom With The Birds, who is my DH's ex-wife Don't get me wrong. I think it's sweet. I think it's because she has a bird feeder in her backyard.)

My daughter's son

DH - Pop

Me - Ying Ya (I have absolutely no clue where he came up with this. He has called me this since he started talking and he is 3 now. If he is asked "Where is Grandmom?" he points to me. But for him, I am his Ying Ya and I am on whenever he calls me it. I hope it never changes.)

I have chimed in earlier on what I called my grandparents and about how my MIL wanted to be "auntie" when my children were born, But I had to come in again to comment on "Grandma With The Birds" LOL

My Dh's parents are divorced and mine are still married, so my boys had 3 sets of grandparents plus a great grandmother on my DH's side and great grandmother/great grandfather on my side. So it got confusing to them whenever we talked about any particular grandparent so this is what they called them at the time.....(this is something the kids came up with and it just stuck for quite a few years)

MY parents were "Kitty Cat Memere & Pepere" because they had a cat

DH's father/stepmother were "Race Car Memere & Pepere" because FIL had a TransAm

DH's mother/stepfather were "Haircut Memere & Pepere" because MIL used to cut their hair

My grandparents were called "Big Memere & Big Pepere"

DH's grandmother was called "Memere-last name"

So as you can tell, my MIL did end up accepting the fact that she was a grandmother and not an auntie LOL But now instead of Haircut Memere & Pepere they are called grandma and grandpa.

 

[Mad4Mickey]

I am JuJu to my sweet grandbaby , my DH is PopPop
I felt as though I was kinda young to be a Granny LOL I mean at 44 I am not a Grammy either .My Dh is 10 yrs younger then me so he really didnt want to be a Gramps 2 yearsw ago at 32 LOL

I call my Grandmother Momma or Maw as she raised me most of my life . My kids call her Meemers of course they used to call her her mee maw but now that they are 22 and 24 it is just The Meems or Meemers

I picked my sisters Grandma name since I was JuJu I made her use GiGi

 

[TaraLee4]

I had a Nana and a Papa (my dad's parents) and a Nana and a Penn (my mom's parents)

normal I guess, Except for Penn. That's my fault!

My grandparents used to watch me when I was little (about 3) and one day I came in looking for "Penn. Nana, where's Penn?" no one had a clue what the heck I was talking about until he came in and I ran to him yelling "Penn! Penn!"

The name stuck. Every one of his grandchildren (all 18! - even those born after he died) know him and refer to him as Penn.

 

[cassiez76]

i had 2 grandma's and grandpa's...

grandma myrl, grandpa andrew for my dad's parents.

grandma sister (everybody called her sister in the family, so that's what she wanted when i was born!) and grandpa nick

we're trying to get my son to call my mom G.G. (grandma gayle), that's much better than the name i originally picked out for her...old ____ rhymes with witch cause that's what she calls her old teacher friends. we laugh at the thought of my son going to disney and saying hey old _____ lets go on pirates! LOL

my fil and his wife seem to be grandma and grandpa...which throws my mil into a hissy fit , but she still can't decide on what she wants to be called. my son is 18 months old...you'd think she'd decide by now.

it was hard for my mom to settle on G.G., she wanted either honey or the french version of grandma...which i don't know how to spell.

 

[tonilea]

DSil's children called DH's Mom and Dad - Grandma and Grandpa with the steps
and their other grandparents were Grandma and Grandpa on the hill.

 

[tink1969]

Nanny and Bubby
and
Nana and Grampa

 

[WDWangela]

I always said that when I had grandchildren they would not call me maw-maw. Famous last words- When my first granddaughter was just learning to talk, she reached for me in a restaurant and in her sweet baby talk said " maw maw". Sweetest name I have ever heard!

 

[arubio0801]

I called my mom's parents- Pepe(grandfather in french) Meme(also french)
My dads parents- Yeya(spanish) and my dads dad passed away when he was young so I just called him my grandpa. My step-grandma I called her-Mama( She liked to be called that).

My niece called her grandpa- Lolo and grandma-abuela

My other niece calls my mom- grandma and her other grandma- little grandma

My son calls my mom-grandma and dad-grandpa, and my inlaws- Like to be called mil-Baba Anne(Turkish for fathers mother) and fil-Dede(turkish for fathers dad) But I prefer to call them Buyuk Baba, and Buyuk Anne which is just the old school verison I think its sounds better but oh well. It just means Big dad or Big mom, Anne-is mom and baba- is dad is turkish