Inspired by the grandmother’s names post, I was wondering what everyone calls their grandparents?
I am currently expecting the first grandchild of my parent’s and dh’s parents. I call my grandparents [name]Nana[/name]/Papa and Grandma/Grandpa. I know my mother would not like to be called Grandma, [name]Nana[/name], or Bubbe. That said, do you guys call your grandparents anything other than just grandma/pa?
My maternal grandparents I just call “Grandma” and “Grandpa.”
My paternal, however, are Grandma [name]Margie[/name] and Grandpa Spike. His name is [name]Carlyle[/name], but as a kid I just could NOT say it!
My maternal great grandparents were called by both their grandchildren and their great grandchildren as, “Grandmother and Grandfather [name]Burch[/name]”. They were insistent on that! No “Grandma” and “Grandpa.”
I call my maternal granparents Grandma & Grandpa sometimes with thier last name when i’m talking to someone else & sometimes Grandpa gets Pawpaw.
My paternal grandparents are Mamaw & Papaw.
[name]Gram[/name], Grandpa, [name]Nana[/name], and Papa.
paternal granparents: [name]Nona[/name] & Pappap
Maternal grandparents: Grandma & Grandpa
Great grandparents: [name]Honey[/name] & Dandy
As a grandmother I chose the name that I wanted to be known by and I chose [name]Nanny[/name] as did the other grandmother, so we have two Nannies. You will think there would be confusion with two Nannies? Not at all one is called ‘[name]Just[/name] [name]Nanny[/name]’ and the other is called [name]Nanny[/name] + their first name.
I don’t like Grandma as it sounds a bit old. I think the nn of [name]Nan[/name] is great and that is what the grandchildren shorten [name]Nanny[/name] to when they grow up a bit.
For a grandfather who likes to go fishing you could have [name]Poppy[/name] [name]Fish[/name].
Or the child could call the grandparent by their first name but I think that is a shame as there are only a few people in the world you can call [name]Nanny[/name] or Grandma. I think they are special titles.
The most common ones are
[name]Nanny[/name]
[name]Nan[/name]
[name]Nanna[/name]
Grandma
Gran
Granny
Grandfathers
Pop
[name]Poppy[/name]
Grandad
Grandpa
If you have an European grandparent you could use the grandparent name in their language.
Otherwise the child could give the grandparent a pet name.
My maternal grandparents are Memaw and Dad-Dad (creations of a 2 year old me) to my sister and I. All of our cousins call them what they originally wanted to be called, Grandmom and Grandad. They say they prefer Memaw and Dad-Dad. But they would never be called Grandma and Grandpa - they said they were too young for that.
My paternal grandparents are Grandma [name]Jackie[/name] and Grandpa (last name).
I say let your kids decide what they want to call their grandparents. Because, at least in my experience, your kid will come up with a name for them anyways.
Bamma & Papa before I could say them right but then they were Gramma & Grampa.
[name]Nana[/name] & Grandpa
It’s funny though my cousin has the first great-grandkids on the [name]Nana[/name] side and has decided that her mom is now [name]Nana[/name] so our [name]Nana[/name] is now Grams. At [name]Christmas[/name] she would correct anyone that kept calling [name]Nana[/name] “[name]Nana[/name]” like its her choice. I mean its not a huge deal because we aren’t together a lot, but it irked me pretty bad. Like just because she had kids first she changes it for everyone. Sorry for the rant. 
I’ve heard some people call their grandmothers [name]Gigi[/name] - I think that’s a really lovely alternative to Grandma etc. (and it’s a really great name in its own right).
[name]Auburn[/name]
My grandmother’s name was [name]Eldora[/name] nn [name]El[/name] and we all called her GramEl. I thought it was great. One of my friends teased me about it a bit, but I think he was jealous that his grandparents didn’t have a cool name like that! All my other grandparents died before I was born so I never called them anything!
So far with my son we are using Grandma and Grandpa for DH’s parent’s and Grandma [name]Peggy[/name] and Grandpa [name]Dale[/name] for my parents because that is what they are called by the other grandkids.
I’ve heard of GG before, which was apparently short for G-Ma. The grandmother was adamant against being called Grandma.
My grandparents are Granny and [name]Poppy[/name], and Grandma and Granddad (though she always tried to get us to call her “Grandmother” instead).
My husband’s parents go by Granny and Granddaddy to my nephews. My parents have already firmly established that when my husband and I have children, they are going to be [name]Nanna[/name] (my mother’s name is [name]Nancy[/name]) and Papa [name]Tony[/name].
I already know that I will want to be a “Granny!”
Maternal- Grandma and Grandpa [name]John[/name]
Paternal- Grandma (last name) and Grandpa (last name)
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My mother’s parents are Grandma and Bapu. I started calling him that when I was young and it just stuck.
My dad’s parents were Bumma and Grandfather.
My son calls his grandparents (we have some unorthodox relationships)
Grandpa [name]Rick[/name] and [name]MaryAnn[/name]
Granddad
Grandmum and Grand-[name]Debbie[/name]
Growing up, I only ever had one grandma, who we called G-ma or [name]Bar[/name] bar (her name is [name]Barbara[/name])
Meema and Papaw
Grandma
Grandpa and Grandie
On one side of my family I call my grandparents [name]Oma[/name] and Opa ([name]German[/name]) and on the other side I call them Obachan and Ojichan, which are Japanese for grandmother and grandfather.
My grandmas were Omi ([name]German[/name]) and Grandma [name]Georgia[/name], although she later became Grammy when a cousin had kids.
We have close family friends and the kids have a Grandma [name]Carole[/name] and a Grandma [name]Carol[/name]. The kids started calling them “Grandma [name]Carole[/name]” and “Grandma No E” (which actually is pretty cute when you say it all blended together like they do) so that is what they go by!
One side we called Grandpa and Grandma, the other side is [name]Nannie[/name] and Papa.
My husband uses Grandma and Grandpa for both sides along with their first names (Grandpa [name]Gene[/name], etc.).
My father’s step mother insisted on “Granny” which to this day makes me feel rediculous saying and his father was “Granpa” (no “D” sound). My mothers side it is traditional that the grandmother is “Mama” and their first name. (I’m thinking this is a southern thing). So My mother’s mother was “Mama [name]Nell[/name]”. My mother’s father died before I came along but he would have insisted on “Granfather” (straight laced kinda dude).