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Gramma and Grampa names?
We talk about baby names, but what about grandmother/father names? I realize that baby will probably make up their own, expecially if it's the first grandchild. But do you/your parents have a name they want to shoot for?
My grandmother's name was Hilda (her parents were from Sweden) and she HATED it. So everyone called her Bunny (And my grandfather was Jack...cute huh? Bunny and Jack Rabbit). We grandkids called her Miko (the first grandson lived in Hawaii and that's what he dubbed her).
My aunt Kathy claimed Miko for her grandkids and my Aunt Sally claimed Nana (what my mom called her grandma). So I think my mom should be Bunny. She can't decide. Neither of us like the more traditional grandma names (Mimi, Grandma, and the AWFUL Maw Maw).
There is also Mor Mor (probounced "more more") which is Swedish for grandmother and what my own grandmother was hoping we'd call her.
My dad won't take picking a name seriously. He's a nut. His name is Doug and when i was in college he went around my dorm and introduced himself as "Fred, Natalie's dad"...To this day all those friends still call him Fred. Hey, it might be funny to have our kids call him Fred. LOL.
We called my mom's dad Bumpa (I have NO idea how this came about) but it was kinda embarrassing to call him that as a teen/adult...I don't think he liked it either.
My dad's parents are Ma and Pop
So there's my story. Tell me yours.
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Re: Gramma and Grampa names?
Well it's not really staking a claim. It's just that they had grandkids first and that's what the picked. My mom has 4 sisters and we are a SUPER close (and large) family. It would be a little confusing to have mine and all my cousins kids running around yelling the same name.
In my family the grandparents get to decide what name they want to be called.
In-laws are: Grammie & Grampa
My dad & step-mom are: Papa & Mimi
My mom & step dad will likely be: Nana & Poppy
My grandparents were: Papa & Nina ... and Memere & Pepere
DH's grandparents were: Grampa & Grammy ... and Memere & Pepere
(for those of you who dont know...Memere & Pepere is very french....and there's a ton of french people here)
Those are so cute.
I don't mean to insult anyone but I have done a lot of traveling and haven't seen them anywhere but New England....
Therefore I just thought I'd throw it out there that they are pronounced "Mem-ay" and "Pep-ay"
The name itself just commands respect. It's very French-Catholic...
Although me and DH each had a Memere and Pepere...none of our parents chose to carry it on. Odd.
When I was little my mom let me call my grandmas and grandpas what I wanted to. I never met my grandpa so he was just pawpaw and I dont know what I would have called him otherwise.
I just called my moms mom maw maw because my older brother did and my dads mom we called her "Grandma (last name)" because she said that was respectable. My great g-ma I called Granny. I guess i'm just to traditional.
DS calls my ILs granddad and grandma because that's what the first grandchild called them. My parents chose to go by Mom Mom and Pop Pop.
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Oh ok, interesting. I thought it would be Mem-eh-r/Pep-eh-r. Mem-ay/Pep-ay sounds more french-cajun to me.
My mother wanted to be called "Nana" since it's the least Mamaw sounding. DS calls her "Nina".
My MIL actually wanted to be called Mamaw, hahaha, no way in hell would I ever request to be referred to as a Mamaw.
I must admit, I find this thread fascinating!
Both sets of my grandparents we call "Grandma and Grandpa"... ?
My dad's parent's were Mamaw and Papaw. My mom's mom was Granny. I never knew my mom's dad.
DH just calls all of his Grandma and Grandpa.
I can't imagine calling my parent's Mamaw or Papaw. Actually, I don't like anything besides Grandma and Grandpa. I guess it's really up to the grandparents.
Great question!
My grandparents: Granny & Papa (first name)/ Nina & Papa (first name)
My great grandmother: Grandma (last name)
DH and I don't have children yet, but our niece and nephew call his parents Nanna & Pop
My mom has mentioned she wants to go by Mimzy and my dad hasn't said. In our family the grandparents choose the name!
my parents are called grandma and p-pa. my MIL is grandma last name... b/c we don't see her as much.
my grandmother = Oma to her great grandchildren (it is grandmother in german - pronounced "oohma".
we call my grandmother "grandma" and on my dad's side "nana"... and mom's dad was "grandpa" and dad's dad wanted to be called his name, Adam, lol... so it was "nana and Adam"
DH's parents are Papa and Grammie (that is what our nephews and niece call them and what our kids will call them)
This is the first grandchild for my parents and my mom throws around names (her latest is Gigi), but we'll see what they are actually called once our baby starts talking
I call one set of my grandparents "Grandpapa and Grandmama" because when I was just learning to write and practicing their names I added the extra "pa" and "ma" to Grandpa and Grandma and it stuck 
my daughter has is the first grandchild and she has named all the grandparents
she has a grandma, a nana, 2 papa's, a big mamma and a great grandma
We don't "claim" names. My grandma is called Bubba and she's the only one and will be the only one. My kid's grandma is called Bubbie. My aunt may be a Bubbie too whenever my cousins have kids. My dad is Zaydie o my kids and my grandfather is still my Zaydie, but my kids call him Big Z. My uncle may want to be Zaydie someday too. My kids won't call him that so it won't matter what his grandkids call him.
I called my grandparents on my mom's side Grandma and Grandpa. They called each other Babcia (sounded like boo-sha) and Dziadzia (sounded like jah-jee), the Polish words for Grandma and Grandpa I always thought it was cute.
We always called my grandparents on my dad's side Gram and Gramp. My parents have sort of adopted this with my nephew (sister's son), so we'll probably run with it.
I have a Nina who was originally supposed to be a a "Nana" but my oldest cousin couldn't pronounce it. I love her to death. Yay for Nina's!
YAY i'm so glad i saw this! my grandparents are memere and pepere (sometimes mem or pep) and my parents will be called the same
Both of my Grandparents are Grandma and Grandpa. If we were talking about a specific set, would would say Grandma and Grandpa M. or Grandma and Grandpa J.
My Great Grandma is GG
What do all the kids call their mothers and fathers? Don't you already have kids running around calling "Mom" and "Dad" to their own parents? I guess I don't see why it would be confusing to have grandparents called the same thing.
My Mom's Mom was Grammie and Mom's Dad was Gordy (his name was Gordon and he didn't like grandpa). My Dad's Mom was Gramma Nance (name was Nancy).
My nieces and nephews call my mom Quita (KEY-tah). She did mission work in Bolivia and apparently they add this on to the end of your name as a term of endearment Rebecca + quita = Rebequita.
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My mom is the 4th generation of Gammy in our family...which is what I will be called when I have grandchildren. My Gammy was married to my Poppy and his parents were just Minnie and Jake. My father's parents were Nana and Grampa Bob.
DH's parents are Grannie and Papa, and DH called his grandparents Grandma and Grandpa.
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In our family, we have:
Nonie & Pap, Ba & Ge, Deda & Poppy, Mema, Mimi, Nana & Daddy Bert, Mammy & Poppa, Pop, Grandmommy & Papa Arden, Granny & Grandaddy, Grandmother & Daddy Jack.
Layla chose some of them as the first g-child on my side. Others chose their own. My mom searched long and hard for what she wanted to be called ( I can't even remember what it was now, but L started calling her Deda- her name is Dena- and it stuck).
My Grandparents are/were (both grandfathers have passed on in recent years) Gram & Grampa (gram was always trying to get us kids to call Grampa "Poppi" but my fam knew he hated it and refused, but thats what my cousins all called him) and Nana & Papa.
DH's grandparents are Nene (NehNeh) & Dede (DehDeh) (Armenian) and Gramma & Grandpa
And our parents have a few months before they have to decide yet. If they don't, I'll doom my parents to Mugsy and Pops. LOL