[name]Hi[/name] Everyone!
Im new here, i need your help! Im 7mnths Pregnant now and my due date is almost there,
I’m thinking of a good name to be called for my Parent’s since this is their first grandchil in the family. They don’t want to be called Grand.help!
thank you!!
:roll: [name]Baby[/name] boomers… One of my grandmothers was like that, too. Funny because she was no spring chicken when we were born - about 60. Anyway, we called her a diminutive of her first name - [name]Edie[/name] for [name]Edith[/name]; nobody else called her that. Worked for us. There’s also the classic Mee-maw and Paw-paw, along with Grammy and Pappy. This might be, er, only where I live though. [name]Mimi[/name] is a popular grandma name, and Pa works.
My parents were the same way! haha. I told them whatever they wanted is fine with me. So they opted for Grammy and Pops. Only thing is that my Ds couldn’t say Grammy so she has become Mi-Mi/Mam-me. And my father has become Pop! So, you can plan to have your kids call your parents something and it might turn out to be something totally different, you just have to roll with it 
Yeah, it’s pretty common in my family too…in fact we have no grandmas or grandmas in three generations. Here are some ideas. I have heard of “honey” for grandma, and think that is kinda cute. Also, my grandmother goes by “muttie” which is german for mother or dear mother or something like that, so maybe using your heritage to come up with another name is an idea. I call my other grandmother [name]Nana[/name], and my mom also goes my [name]Nana[/name]. Also, I’ve heard of [name]Gigi[/name] for grandma…and the less formal version of grandma…gramma.
For Grandpa’s…i have a Granddad, and a Papa. My husband calls his grandfather Pop…I think when he was younger it was poppop, and then went to just Pop when he was older. My father got creative and choose “G-man” (an old FBI slang term). I hate that, but, ultimately, you have to let them choose…it is their name. And like the last poster, I’ve heard of many stories about the kids coming up with their own names for their grandma and grandpa that no one anticipated, so in the end, you guys will figure it out I’m sure, and it’ll be special and unique to your family. Good [name]Luck[/name]!!
My sister had children first, and together with my parents decided on the names [name]Nana[/name] and Papa. I didn’t like it at first, but got used to it. It’s been so cute to listen to the kids refer to them - they have shortened it and all, including my daughter, refer to them as ‘[name]Nan[/name]’ and ‘Pops.’ Definitely best to let them decide what they’re comfortable with…
When daughters f.i.l. became a grandfather he didn’t want to be called anything like grandfather said ‘just call me by my first name’, duh!
However, his d.i.l. started calling him Papa [name]Fish[/name], it fits him like a glove because he is a keen fisherman and he loves it!
My parents wanted to be called Grammie & Grampie but the first grandchild (now 14) called my mom Teme, completely out of the blue. So everyone calls her Teme even all the little kids my parents know. Haha another grandchild couldn’t say grampie so he just said “P” hahaha
nana & papa
[name]Mimi[/name] & poppy
Memaw & papaw
Grams & gramps
Marmie & pap
[name]Oma[/name] & opa
List goes on and on !
Seems like no grandparent’s go by ‘grand’ these days! I think in some cases it’s because the great-grandparents are still alive and already have that title. Here’s some youngish grandparent names I know of…
[name]MiMi[/name]
[name]GiGi[/name]
YaYa
[name]Honey[/name]
Sweetie
Mumsy
[name]Mamie[/name]
[name]Mim[/name]
Gogo
[name]Nana[/name]
Pop
[name]Poppy[/name]
A lot of the men I know go by versions or derivatives of their real name, ie Tpop, [name]Mo[/name],etc.
My daughter has a Grammy, Grampy, Papa, [name]Terry[/name] (his full name), and [name]Gigi[/name].
I’m not a mom yet, but I have recently started calling my father “Daddums” just to tease him for being such a grumpy frowner (like Sweetums from the Muppets). It’s a keeper!
I like the suggestion of [name]Nanny[/name] and Pops. Gammy or Papa also work.
There is also the [name]German[/name] Omi and Opi (not sure if I spelt that right). That is what my SO called his grandparents.
My mom planned for her parents to be called [name]Nana[/name] and Grandpa, just like she called her grandparents. But when I started to talk, I called them [name]Nanny[/name] and [name]Gee[/name]. My two younger brothers and my three cousins used the same names, so I guess it stuck. 
But my point is that, no matter what you decide, I believe it really depends on what the baby can pronounce or what they want to call their grandparents. I hope this helps!
Whenever my mother starts to annoy me I will threaten that all of her future grandchildren will be instructed to call her [name]Nana[/name]. She falls in line She doesn’t want to be a “grandma” either. OH babyboomer parents 
My son calls my parents [name]Nana[/name] and Papa - it’s tradition in my family. We always called my grandmother nana (her husband had passed away before any of us were born) and My mom called her grandparents [name]Nana[/name] and Papa and so on back down the line.
My kids, nieces, and nephew’s call my parents [name]Nana[/name] and Papa. My husbands parents are Grammy and Grampy, which sort of has the “grand” idea but subtly muted I’d run [name]Nana[/name] and Papa by them!
My parents didn’t have a preference, so we just called them Grandma [name]Kathleen[/name] and Grandpa [name]Paul[/name] (which are both mouthfuls.) Once my son started talking he pointed to pictures of then one day and referred to them as “Nanaleen” and “PaPaul.” Much shorter, and endearing because he named them himself. I know your parents probably don’t want to go nameless until your child can speak, but I’ve found children will come up with their own names a lot of the time.
Where I live, near Philadephia, the only acceptable titles for grandparents are Mommom and Poppop.
My husband was born in [name]Brazil[/name]. Although he has American parents who were only working there temporarily and they moved back to the US when he was still a toddler, he still calls his dad “[name]Pai[/name]” which means dad in Portuguese. Perhaps b/c Mama was very similar in Portuguese and English, his Mom is just Mom. His younger siblings were born in the US and they call their dad “[name]Pai[/name]” too. So we are planning on having our upcoming baby call her grandfather “Av”” – Grandpa in Portuguese. [name]Don[/name]'t know what she will call her Grandmother yet b/c to my ear the Portuguese word for Grandma (“Av””) sounds alot like the word for Grandpa.
Perhaps there is something/some place significant in your family that could help determine what to call the grandparents. [name]Do[/name] they have strong Italian/[name]German[/name]/Korean/ etc heritage?
We have a “Papa [name]Fish[/name]” because of course he loves to fish! And we have a “[name]Just[/name] [name]Nanny[/name]” because there are two [name]Nanny[/name]'s one being “[name]Just[/name] [name]Nanny[/name]” and the other “[name]Nanny[/name] [name]Margot[/name]”
Growing up, I always called my grandparents [name]Mimi[/name] and Papa or Pop Pop. [name]Even[/name] when my siblings and I got older, it always stuck! My kids call my mom [name]Mim[/name], which is also pretty cute.