Cute names for Grandma

rubbaduck

I have "Pop" set up to call my dad, which is really cute instead of Grandpa. What's a cute matching name for LO to call my mom?

Mom mom? not so sure...too close to mom

Nana? too close to Nanie, which I called my grandma

Anyone think of anything else or have something lined up I can "steal"? 

Thanks!

TXTwisterBabe

My mom will be Mamaw, and my dad will probably be Papaw...FIL is "Papa-John" for some reason...like the pizza place.  MIL wants to be called Gigi, but I told her unless she puts on a pair of spike heel platforms and starts pole dancing my kid is not calling her Gigi.

lildevil968

Memaw

gavinsmommy182

My son calls my mom Grammy.

smokeys_mom

My mom is already "Mimi" to my niece, and my stepdad will be "Granddad."  My husband's parents are "Gigi" (her name starts with a G) and Poppy. 

annierific

my former boss and mentor was from Holland (so cute with her Dutch accent) her grandchildren call her Oma (like Oh m-ah).

my mom loves it so much thats what she wants to be called.

babyluv617

I have a Grammy to go with PapPap.

My dad is G.Pa and step mom is either G.Ma, WeeMa, or Mimi... those are the ones we've tried out. Not sure what she chose. 

My mom is MamMaw. 

MIL is just Grandma. 

FIL is Pappy and SMIL is Granny. 

carney09

My parents are already a Nana and Papa, and FIL is called Pops by DH and BIL, so that will just stay the same.

 

We're thinking for MIL, memaw or grammy.  I think you should ask them what they'd like to be called!

jacse007

I always called my grandma "mawmaw." My cousin's girls call one grandma meme (meemee) and the other naenae (long a's), and call their grandpa bop bop. My DH's nieces call theirs nana and papa. I can't figure out what we will call my parents either. Dad doesn't want it to sound old. He is so proud to be almost 60 and still have black hair! I hope more people answer so I can get ideas too!

bhawk0527

I really wanna call my father-in-law G'pa because he's cool but my DH says its weird. Also I don't have a cute name for MIL to match because she's not cool haha

l_elizabeth

My parents will be nana and pop. That's what my grandparents were, and my great-grandparents (thats what my mom called them). My other granparents we call grammie and papa. Not sure what we will use for my ILs, maybe just grandma/grandpa.

homebird

My husband calls his grandparents Mom-mom and Pap-pap. The whole family does, actually. I'm not sure who started it, but it's cute.

kristaeris

My dad is Poppy and my mom is MeMe already...

MIL wants to be called Grammy and my FIL is a big-shot doctor in a  mid-life crisis and would rather not be a granddad( He thinks he's too young at 54.) Urrgghhh.....But he and MIL are not married anymore so we rarely see him and he may just be called by his name or grandpa.... lol

gypsywitch

I've always called my grandmas grandma, and my grandfathers papa or grandpa. A good friend of mine has always called her one granmother "grammie doll".

Lola'sDogMom

My mom is considering Gigi for her name. She doesn't like Nana or Grandma.

EmmieB

Husband's parents are just grandma/grandpa. My mom and stepfather are the latest in a long line of Marmee and Papas.

kristinem17

No cute names here.  Grandma and Grandpa is shall be

MrsRon

My LO will call my Mom Grammy.  DH's heritage is Polish, so his parents will be Babci and Dziadek (pronounced Jah-jeh) - Polish words for grandmother and grandfather. 

get_over_yourself

my parents are gigi and my dad's first name

IL's are mimi and pop

lindseystenlund

I think we're going to call my dad Papa and my mom Mimi.  MIL is Ma'nan (her name is Nancy and that's what her other grandkids call her) and I think the other kids call FIL Papa too, which is fine with me.  DH calls his dad Pa-poo (which I heard was Greek... but he's not Greek... so who knows where he got that from! lol). 

Big J

My mom wants to be called "Bamma."  Don't ask me where that came from, but she didn't want anything that sounded too old!

Peanut1334

Probably no help to you but my mother's name is Barbara and all the grandkids call her "Bobbi" (a nickname for Barbara). She was 53 when she first became a grandmother and didn't want to feel 'old' with grandma or nannie.

 

mrsmcphail

my parents are Papa and DeeDee (her name starts with a D)  FIL is Daddy Fred (which I hate b/c it confuses DD since she knows that her Daddy's name is also Fred!) and MIL is Missy because DD started calling her MiMi and she taught a bad little girl named MiMi last year and made DD change it!

LCTL05

We have a regular three ring circus with both of our parents being divorced! 

My mom and her husband are Grammie & Poppi

My dad and his wife are Papa & Grandma Cindy

FIL and his wife are Grandpa Fred and Grandma Sue

MIL is Naples Nana - she lives in Naples FL, and somehow it just stuck!   

 

By the way, my dad's wife HATES that we call her Grandma Cindy - she thinks it's insulting that we don't have a cute name for her.  Ugh... another story for another day.....

Bashert628

My mom is pissing me off because of this. She started joking around at the beginning of the PG that LO was going to call her mommy since I'll be at work all day and she was watching the baby. I said "in that case I guess LO's going to a day care". She hasn't opened her mouth with that comment anymore.

Now she's saying she doesn't want to be called grandma because it's too old sounding and she's only 56. I call my grandparents Me-Ma for the grandmothers and Pe-pa and Pop-Pop for the grandfathers. She vetoed Me-ma as well. Then she read online that some people call their grandparents Bella or GiGi. I said no way, you're not Italian OR a stripper. 

So now it's a big issue because she doesn't know what she wants to be called. My IL's  wants to be called Grammy and Pop. They are the same age as my mom. I don't know what her issue is.

blondey

My mom wanted to be called Grammy, but my DD never could say that, it always sounded like Gigi when she said it. So my mom is Gigi.

snwqnbride

My parents are Nonnie and Papa

DH's parents are Mimi and Peepaw

spring_time

annierific:

my former boss and mentor was from Holland (so cute with her Dutch accent) her grandchildren call her Oma (like Oh m-ah).

my mom loves it so much thats what she wants to be called.

My paternal grandmother was Dutch.  We never called her Oma, but her great-granddaughter did (my cousin is much older than the rest of us).  My mom is currently campaigning to be called Oma.  She does not have a drop of Dutch blood in her, but she thinks it sounds better than Grandma.  I keep threatening her with "babushka"

For the OP, do you have a cultural tie-in?  Maybe that would work.

jnevin123

I know I'm really late on the thread- but wanted to throw 'MeMom' out there. At first I thought it was awful but after hearing it used by my 3 nieces I adore it! 

mer&joel

 

My DD calls my mom Gee...we didn't tell her to call her that she just started and it has stuck...I kinda think it's cute!!

and that's pronounced as a g not a j

JeniferMichelle

I'm hispanic, and my husband is Lebanese, so we go with heritage here:

My Dad: Poppi (Mexican)

My Mom: Nana (our version of "Nina" which is a Spanish term of endearment)

His Dad: Jido (Arabic for Grandfather)

His Mom: Teta (Arabic for Grandmother)

Good luck!

robynmarieee

My mom also says that she's too young to be a grandmother (she just turned 40 a few days ago) and she always gets mad when I call her Grandma when talking to my dog! She thinks she wants to be Mimi which I'm ok with. My dad is ok with Grampa or Gramps and he's ok with his age (he's 47). We'll see what my mom figures out.

MIL and FIL will be Abuela and Abuelo, since DH is Guatemalan and they only speak spanish, so it fits!

mlco33

My mom's name is Paula and all my nieces and nephews call her Mama P...so maybe depending on the first letter of her first name like Mama D or Mama L?

minaa7

my MIL wants to be called Glamma. ..  is it me or is that obnoxious?

meghan_marie

My dad wants to be called Pops and my mom wants to be called Grammy ("Because I'm NOT a Granny!")

I loved my Poppa-John. I sure do miss that man.

My aunt's grandchildren call her MiMi

meghan_marie

minaa7:

my MIL wants to be called Glamma. ..  is it me or is that obnoxious?

It's obnoxious.

My grandma wants to be called Great-MawMaw. Umm.. no. My kids will call you MawMaw like everybody else does.

caitemarie16

I called my grandparents this as well my grandma was czech my grandpa was german. Oma for my grandma and Opa for my grandpa.