[SandiC.]

I think what grandkids call their grandpartents is so interesting. There are certailn ethnic and cultural names and all sorts of variations and I'd love to hear some of who we are. To my grands, I'm Nana. My grandmother was Gran. My DS called my mom Memaw.

[SodScrap]

Well-I am not a grandma but...

I called my Grandmas.....Grandma
My kids call their grandmas......Grandma
Mt DD did start calling my mom Grammie, but not until she was older, and made it up herself!

[dawnsmemories]

Ok - I don't have grandkids yet (ds9 and dd 7) however, my kids call dh's parents GrandBee and Grandad... the Bee is for Barbara, his side of the family has names like GrandMary, GrandLucy, Grandaddy Paul.

Now for my parents, Lance (ds) named. When he was 6 months old, we lived with my parents for 6 months while dh was in Navigator school before we took "the only grandchild across the ocean" to Germany. Anyway, he had fluid on his ears and we didn't know how bad it was. Every time I called my Mother, Mom, he would hear Bob... so she is Bob and Dad is Pop.

There are one set of Great Grandparents still around and they are GG and Ole' Man. I asked Grandaddy Paul what he wanted the Great-Grandkids to call him, he said Old Man, that is what I am! So Grand Lucy said, then I am GG because that is cute... GG for Great-Grand!
Dawn

[sunnie2004]

I had a MeMa she was my Mums Mum...My Mum to my grandkids are BigGrammie..not because she is big but because I couldnt figure out when Bell was big enough to speak what she would call her so it Big Grammie & Pap....I am Grammie I was Drammie for years I swear till Bell could speak her G's.

[angelaNussbaum]

Im not a grandma, but i wanna share!! I always called my grandma, grandma!... but Angelique started calling my mom Nana, and it has stuck! What is really funny, while we all call her nana, Zoey persists in calling her nanny.... I'll ask her "Is nana on the phone?" and she will say to me "yes... its nanny!"




Angela

[kimmybutton]

Dylan calls me "Grandmom." I thought I would want something more "home-y" sounding, but my oldest dd taught him that and it stuck--so far...he turns 3 in a few days. Now, I don't care...whenever he calls for me and whatever name he uses is sweet to my ears. His other set of grandparents he refers to as "G-pop" and "G-mom." My children called my parents "Mom-Mom" and "Pop-Pop."

[Jenn in TX]

I love this topic! My kids call my parents Gran and Papa. My husband's parents are Grandma and Grandpa. My grandparents were Grandmom and Grandpop and Ettie (her name was Etta) and Papa. I never thought it was weird to call my grandmother by her name until I went to college!

[justpattyanne]

I'm Oma (German).
My parents are Nanny & Pap Pap. (mispronunciations by first granddaughter which became their names)

[elibar]

My GS hasn't started talking yet. Really interested to see what names he uses for us. It seems grandkids are influenced by what their parents call the grandparents on their behalf, some are not.

Really, I've been hoping that he doesn't call me grandma - since I'm still not quite comfortable being called that. Esp. since DH really teases me. DH used grammie and grampie for us - don't really like that. I'd like a more non-traditional name.

I'll admit I've daydreamed about this. My secret hope is that he'll come up with something that comes about because he has trouble speaking my name. Something like Grandma Elisha or Grammie Elisha will turn into something like "Meesha"

Is that bad?

I'm sure I'll be happy with what ever comes about though. <sigh...>

[lyoung04]

My grandchildren call me Grandma Linda. Funny as the two older
step-grandchildren called me Grandma Linda - so my two little
grandchildren call me Grandma Linda.
Everyone called my grandmother-Granny. The whole entire neighborhood
called her that. Her mother, my Great Grandmother we called Grandma
as she was very strict, stern and proper and we would never, ever think
of calling her Granny! (She would not have liked it at all) But my Granny was
the sweetest grandmother in the whole world and everyone loved her & called her Granny.
My children called my mother Gram. We called my grandfather-Grandpa and my children called my Dad-Grandpa.
It is neat to see all the "terms of endearment"
for grandparents on this thread!

[MaryJo]

Well I don't have any grand Children YET!! But, my oldest son would get so confused he called both me and my Mom "Mom" !!! We lived with my parents until he was almost 5 months old, so he kind of had 2 Moms ! I was so blessed by that time in my life, I learned so much by just watching my Mom with him !
Well anyways, We decided that I would be Mom and my Mom would be "MomMom" and it stuck with all six of my children and now that they are grown and she has passed on, they still fondly remember their MomMom ! And they call my Dad "BoBo" only because Jonathan had a terrible speech impedtiment (sorry about the spelling) and could not pronounce his D's or P's, so the poor man got stuck with "BoBo" !!!! He's still with us and they all still call him BoBo.
So Sandi you are so right, it is important what the grandkids call their Grandparents !!!!!!

[CRS]

Great thread!

I don't have grandchildren yet, but my kids call their grandparents all something different. We have Grammy and Grampy, Papa and Nana, Grandma and Bill (yes, step parents involved here).

I call my grandparents Gree and Papa. I couldn't say Granny when I was little, I would say Gree and it stuck. My husband called his grandparents Mommsie and Daddsie, and his mother called her grandmother Mom.

I love hearing all these stories!

[Kricket]

I'm also an Oma. The kids called my Mom GiGi for great grandma.
My nieces and nephews call me Aunt Oma.

My kids have always clled me Mom. Of course, there wer a few
times when they were really mad at me; but we won't go there! LOL

[PBarnes]

Our first granddaughter calls me Nana but when Caelum came into our lives at age 3, his other grandmother was Nana and Delana (his mom) was afraid he would be confused, so I'm Grandma Pat for my son's kids. Sometimes the girls call me Nana (instead of Grandma Pat) and secretly, I love it when they do.

[lgsouthfla]

We call my moms mom- we call her -Ba-ba ( I think it is Czech) and Daddy Jim was my grandfather
My mom is Nanny My dad is Poppy to my son

[fit2walk]

The two older boys call us Grandma and Grandpa, but the two younger boys call us Nana and Papa. I really didn't care what they called me so long as it wasn't formal. I so don't see myself as "Grandmother."

We called my dad's parents Nonee and Dan because the oldest grandchild pronounced their names that way and it stuck. My other grandparents were Grandma and Grandpa.

[Shari PV Mom]

I'm not even close to being a Grandma yet (although I feel old enough, for sure!) but I'll chime in.

My kids have a bunch of Grandparents so we felt we needed to easily differentiate them. So my German parents are Oma and Opa. My husband's Dad and Step-Mom are Papa and Nana, and my husband's Mom is Mema (which came about because my daughter couldn't say Grandma and it stuck.) My Grandma is Grandma Cathy. There are a couple more that get referred to as Grandpa Les and Grandma Kym but we literally NEVER see them, nor do they make any effort to see us, so I just don't count them. Actually, it makes my skin crawl to give them those honorable titles when they clearly don't deserve them. Ugh ... don't get me started. I could go on and on! The others have more than earned their special titles.

[KellyChron]

My kids call my parents Lolly and Pop and DH's parents Nonna and Papa. The great grands are Nana, Gran Gran and Grandpa, and MeMa- even though she passed away about 6 months ago, my two year old still asks to go see her.

My grandparent's names were Grandmother (very formal) and Jayton ('cause that's where they lived- later we called him Grandaddy) and MeMa and PePa. My great grands were GG, Grandaddy Pierce, Granny, and Mimmy.

[bjc]

i love this thread...thanks for starting it...since i am going to be a grandmother for the first time this march...i have been thinking about what i would like to be callled so this is fun to see all the postings...i always just called grandma ( name) and grandpa ( name) and that is what my dds called their grandparents too...like grandma alice, grandpa arthur...but i am thinking of something a little more interesting...so i have gotten some good ideas here ladies....thanks

my friend who's name is ginny didnt want to be called grandma so i suggest gg ( like gigi)..... grandma ginny...she loved it. and that is what she is called...but i cant come up with something for me and dh and my parents and his parents ( the great grandparents)

keep the postings going with all these great ideas

[~Karen~]

I just found this thread and it's so fun reading it and seeing all the names. I wanted to be called Nana in honor of my own Nana, but my granddaughter mispronounced it and said Nina. At first I tried to get her to say it "right", but then I decided it was cute and different. With a large family there will be lots of other grandmothers and maybe other Nana's, so this will avoid confusion. My mother has been Grandma to my kids and is Grandmama to their kids.

[dorasinger]

I'm not a grandma either and I'd better not be one until I'm at least 50!!! But my kids call DH's parents Oma and Opa as they are German. When my oldest DD learned to say Opa first, I asked her to say Grandpa and it came out Ampa and stuck. So, my parents are now Amma and Ampa. They love it and wouldn't have it any other way.

[dorasinger]

Just a side note. I have a friend who's dad decided he didn't want to be Grandpa so he has his grand kids call him Grumpy. He's anything but grumpy though.

[bjc]

i am getting some good ideas here .... for when i become a grandmother.... so i tried them out with my dd and dh and my mom...i think my mom wants to be GG ( for Great grandma) and i am thinking of going with MOMMOM.... dd said she liked it... and it has a "younger" ring to it than grandma bobbie ( and more fun too) will keep watching this post ...have a few more months to decide.... btw..dh just goes for tradtion ...he wants to just be grandpa

[SandiC.]

I like your ideas a lot Bobbie. I agree, you are too young to be Grandma. That's why I am Nana. I became a GM at 46 and that was way too young to be a Grandma. My grandkids' other GMs are Nonnie and Grandma Connie (the step GM). There's a little confusion with Nonnie and Nana, but not too much. Neither of us mind. Even now that I'm old enough to be Grandma, I don't really like it for myself. Sometimes kids will find just the right name when they start to talk too. I chose Nana after a friend of mine. I was with her one night when her grandkids came into the room, saw her and ran to her for hugs and kisses with happy squeals of "Nana, Nana". That sold me. that's what I wanted too, and that's what I have. I just love hearing that when I come home.

[goodqueenbee]

I became a grandma at age 38. Nineteen grandchildren and most of them call me grandma.

DH is call a variety of names from the four daughter's families... he is Papa to several of them, Grandpa to most.

[bjc]

barb...wowie!!!! 38 and a grandma and 19 grandchildren...double wowie!

[Sarah in VA]

I was also a grandmother when I was 38! Our daughter wanted the first grandson to call me Grammy, but he switched the consonants and it came out Maggie. So I'm Maggie to all 4 of them and my husband is Jeff. We were way too young for Grandma and Grandpa, besides, they have plenty of those!

[Reyn]

I am not a grandmother either. But, my Mom and Dad are Momaw and Papaw Jerry, Jeff's parents are Meme and Popaw John. His Grandparents were Mawmaw and Nanad (not sure how that came about). My grandparents were Papa Johnny and Mother (I was the only grandchild for 3 years and everyone else called her Mother so I did too!) My other grandparents were Mamaw and Papa.

[deadeye dianna]

I have two wonderful grandkids, age 2 and 6mos. They are the center of my life. Lyle calls me granny dee or just granny. I love it and it fits me well. Grandpa is just pa right now. Being a grandma is the greatest honor God has given me!

[patsyt]

Our Grandkids call us Grandpa Dean and Grandma Patsy. Well, except for when Paige wants to be funny...then she's called me a lot of things starting with a P including Grandma Pepsi.