Any fancy new creative Grandma names?

Koala77

My MIL has yet to pick a grandmother's name.  (!)  It's been a huge and long annoying debate.  Anyway, she refuses to be Grandma (because that's what her mom is called), won't be Nana because it's what my mom is called.  She actually WANTS to be Mama J, but I won't let her be mama, DD calls me that.  So is there anything that isn't obviously common that may please herr?  We've sent her plenty of options from google searches and her response is always, "I can't be that because so and so is that or I knew someone with that name".... Goodness!  TIA.

goodtobethelarkster

My mom is "Gran" because my dad vetoed "Nanna" and she felt "grandma" sounded too old...

To her grandkids, my aunt is "Ogogo" (the Zulu word for grandmother- her grandkids live in Kwazulu-Natal so it's not as random as it sounds).  But it semi-fired on her because her grandson couldn't say it at first and just started calling her "Gogs" and it stuck.

Another aunt is "Mee-maw" to her grandkids.  No idea where that one came from...

But maybe there is a word for "grandmother" in another language from a culture that your MIL identifies with that she'd like?

MrsGeek

Hmm... I call my grandma Ma(as in matt)ma(as in Motts)... so it's spelled Mama, but not pronounced that way.

 My DD calles my mom Grammy and I think that's cute (just don't use granny... it sounds like she's old.)

I met someone in the mall today that wants her granddaughter to call her Princess... no joke!  LMAO

PD's_Momma

My Mom is called Oma. It's German for Grandmother. I don't know where the heck she got it from. We are not German.

*Bre*

Abuelita?

Abba?

 My nephew calls my dad "munka' for some reason. We have no idea where it came from...

Gigi?

Gee?

Grammy?

Ma?

Cool Grandma?

Hipma?

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PD's_Momma:

My Mom is called Oma. It's German for Grandmother. I don't know where the heck she got it from. We are not German.

Exactly this. LOL. Except it's my MIL.

My mom is "Meme"

rara855

We have a "Mimi" she is the fancy grandma.

a "CC" my mom.

and a "Nunu" she's the country one.  

AmyDrinkie

Not fancy or new, but my mom is "Mimi" and MIL is "Granny."  We'll see what the Ian translation is later I guess.

mamamoos

ideally, MIL wants to be "mermer" (FIL's nickname for her).

my mom has claimed "diva." i can only hope she's joking.

however, in the end it probably won't make a difference what they want to be called: inevitably DS will spit out some totally random syllables and those will become their names.  =]

wheelenl

In my experience, the ones who are high maintenance about their names are self-conscious about getting old. They usually go with Mimi.

My MIL wanted to be Grandma, but my son decided it was Gaga.

avonbride

JJ?

J-Gram?

Nana J?

J-Nan? 

You know a lot of times it ends up being what the kid calls them...be it Ne ne or Wo wo or Ofa 

KameronLee98

DS calls my mom grammie but right nowit just comes out as Mimi so that might stick because my mom loves it.

JoyousJulia

DS called my mom YaYa for awhile. But then again, he called everything ya ya for awhile. lol

Jermysgirl

DD's great grandma is Giggy, MIL is Grannie, DH's aunt is Buscia (boosha) and my great grandma was Bubbe.

rylee1

My mom is Grammie, MIL is Nana Jo, great grandma is GiGi.  And my nephew call their other grandma MiMi. 

Koala77

Thanks everyone.  We are going to suggest GiGi or Mimi, I don't think those have been up for discussion yet.  Hopefully we'll have a name soon, it's very uncomfortable when we are on the phone and saying to DD, "Say hello to... um.... Grand??  uh.. that nice lady... uh her???"

lolabean08

I'm Italian and my parents are Nonna and Nonno.  My husband is Israeli and his parents are Safta and Saba.

philosoraptor

In the South, most people call their grandma "Mamaw" - don't know if she'd find that acceptable. It's definitely different than "Mama." My sons call my stepmother Mamaw. The first a has the same sound as "can't" and the second a is a long one like "saw" (I hope that makes sense). And they call my grandmothers "Gigi."

I've also heard Gran, Gram, Grammy, Granny ...

You could use the words from other languages, like Grandmere (French), Abuelita (Spanish), Oma (German) ... ?

My cousin's son calls his grandmother on his dad's side "Bebe."

You could also just refer to her by her first name and see what he comes up with on his own.

Dobie_Mama

My 1/2 Italian mom is Nonni.  She wanted to be Marmie for a while but we talked her out of it.

MrsG2B07

I recently heard Granna and thought it was cute.

MelanieJH1016

My mom is Bubbie, which is Jewish or Yiddish, something like that!

oceanlover

She is really putting a lot of thought into this!

MIL stated from the get go that she did not want to be Grandma Last Name b/c that was HER MIL - so she wanted Grandma  First Name.

It just stuck from there on out that each side would be Grandma/Grandma First Name - makes for writing out some long names on the cards

murphyec

My grandmother was Muti, which is actually Romanian for mother, but my mom didn't care.  My MIL is called Abi, as in short for Abuela.  Then there are the cute ones like Gammy. 

akiernan

Dobie_Mama:

My 1/2 Italian mom is Nonni.  She wanted to be Marmie for a while but we talked her out of it.

I take it your mother is a fan of Louisa May Alcott?

jNt2003

G-Ma is what my mom decided on. And my MIL is Mimi.

Dobie_Mama

akiernan:

Dobie_Mama:

My 1/2 Italian mom is Nonni.  She wanted to be Marmie for a while but we talked her out of it.

I take it your mother is a fan of Louisa May Alcott?

lol - Very much so!  

ajanes

My Mom is Nannie.  It started as Nana, then one of my nephews changed it to Naanie, then it changed into Nannie and it stuck.

MIL, well she's special.  She wanted DSS to pick his name for her.  In the mean time, we had to call her something. So, Grandma it was. She wanted Glam-ma.  Because she's so "glamourous" in her Tweety bird sweatshirt and purple jeans.  Veto.  Then she wanted GiGi - for greatest grandma.  So what's my mom?  I won't call her that because it aggravates me, but if the kids do whatever.  However, DSS (who's 6) asked her who GiGi was?  And she said that's me.  His response, "Um, your name is Grandma," with a look like your an effing nut.  Love that kid!

BeanLooWeen

DS has a GiGi and a Gammy.

I taught a little girl who called her grandma "Lolly" (and her grandpa was "Pop"). She called her other grandma "Muffin"

mikey&amie

Before DD was here, my mom was considering all sorts of silly names (ultimately she was SO happy to be Grandma) but a couple of them...

Emmy

Grammy

(we teased her about wanting to be named after an "award") :P 

 

JessMil10

My mom is Nonna with I think it interesting!

KGsky

goodtobethelarkster:

To her grandkids, my aunt is "Ogogo" (the Zulu word for grandmother- her grandkids live in Kwazulu-Natal so it's not as random as it sounds). 

Another aunt is "Mee-maw" to her grandkids.  No idea where that one came from...

"Ogogo???"  Zulu???  Larks is the coolest!   And mee maw comes from down south.  A LOT of southerners call grandma mee  maw.  No idea why, though.

Anywho, my grandmother (their great gm) is called "Nonnie."  My cousin had her kids call her mother "Umi" which I think is either African or West-Indian.  Just sharing. 

userdeleted

My mom did this. I thought it was ridiculous. She can take as long as she wants to come up with whatever silly name she wants, and in the meantime, she's grandma until DS decides otherwise.

So my answer to you would be to stop worrying about pleasing her. I don't think it's your responsibility to come up with the perfect "grandma" name, I mean for crying out loud - does the world always have to revolve around her and her specialness?

*disclaimer: I am projecting my feelings about my mother onto your relationship with yours, so sorry if my response sounds harsh, lol

Koala77

My mom did this. I thought it was ridiculous. She can take as long as she wants to come up with whatever silly name she wants, and in the meantime, she's grandma until DS decides otherwise.

So my answer to you would be to stop worrying about pleasing her. I don't think it's your responsibility to come up with the perfect "grandma" name, I mean for crying out loud - does the world always have to revolve around her and her specialness?

*disclaimer: I am projecting my feelings about my mother onto your relationship with yours, so sorry if my response sounds harsh, lol

 

Oh no- you are not projecting!  This is exactly how I feel.  It's driving me batty.  She wanted to be called Mia as in "Mama Mia", but we were like so you're just changing your first name?  You are going to be Grandpa and Mia, like the second wife?  You can't just go change your name or giving yourself a nickname!  (she also briefly thought about nicknaming herself "honey".)  The lady is so self involved.  IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU- MIL.   Yes, you're totally right, until she can figure it out, she'll just have to be Grandma.  BUT she did just send DD a Halloween card and signed it Mama J, which totally pissed me off because I've specifically told her Mama in any form is my name, I worked hard for that!

Proxy

My MIL is another non-German Oma.  Who knew it was so popular?