alternative names for grandma and grandpa?? help!

crystalmeyer08 · January 2012

DH's parents go by "grandma and grandpa"...my parents don't have any grandkids yet. My mom does NOT want to be called grandma haha...so I was wondering what other ideas you have to call grandma and grandpa! All suggestions are appreciated and welcome!

staceyk110 · January 2012

My son calls my mom Gram and my dad Papa. A friend's daughter calls her grandma Gaga.

PinkSapphires · January 2012

My grandfather is Papa, DH has a Nana. My grandmother is going to go by GiGi with her new great grandchild. I've also heard of Memere and Pepere.

FusionLMT · January 2012

Nana, GiGi

Pop-Pop, G-Pa

My mom and step-dad are Nan-Nan and Grumpa, lol

stephlas8 · January 2012

My grandparents were all Grandma and Grandpa. I think my mother will go by Gramie, my stepdad GranDan (his name is Dan), my dad wants to be PopPop and I have no clue what we'll call my stepmother. My IL's are going to be BeBop and Grandmother (my MIL is nuts, so that's why it sounds so ridiculous. She'd have my FIL be Grandfather if she could but he is too goofy for that!!)

ETA: You never know what the kid is going to end up calling them, anyway!

SteelCity44 · January 2012

My parents will be Nana and Pap to our LO.

mommy~to~mj · January 2012

FusionLMT:
Nana, GiGi
Pop-Pop, G-Pa
My mom and step-dad are Nan-Nan and Grumpa, lol

This is what my dad goes by! I love it. My mom goes by Nona...she's not even Italian.

DevonPow · January 2012

DS has a Nana, Papa, G-Pa, and Nene.

KFCupcake · January 2012

My mom has decided that she's Nana and my dad is PopPop, and MIL wants to be Nona and Papa.

DH and I just had a talk about this last night. I think all the cutesy names are pretty silly, as does he. His sister wants to be called Auntie Krissy. No. I think we are going to refer to them all as Grandma and Grandpa, and if our LO comes up with his own names for them, then that's fine with me.

wwnbw · January 2012

MIL is Noni and FIL is Popi

Heddarc · January 2012

My grandparents are MeMaw and PaPa.

Dh's mom will be Nana and my mom and stepdad are Mimi and Pappy

schmood · January 2012

The german terms are Oma and Opa

gisa886 · January 2012

My mom is Lollie and if she were married he would be Pop. There is also nana, MeMaw, papa, papaw, gram or gramps

greenkitty98 · January 2012

My parents are Grandma & Grandpa. DH's parents are Nana & Pap-Pap.

When my mom's parents were alive, they were Busha and Dzia-Dzia.

MDmama519 · January 2012

We've let Dillon pretty much name his grandparents. (Except for my mom, she chose her name)

My IL's - Meme and Pop

My parents - Lala and Gdiddy, Granddaddy and Grandma

My grandparents - Meme (the two meme's will never meet) and Grandfather, Granny

Ruby412 · January 2012

DH's parents are Grandma and Grandpa.

My parents will be Mimi and Pop-Pop.

MsCat19 · January 2012

DD calls everyone by their names - Grandma Deneen and Renie, Grandpa Mitch... the only one she came up with a name for was my dad - she called him Grandpa Guy... I loved that.

TKx2 · January 2012

Our parents go by nana and papa

Kdrake8 · January 2012

My parents want to go by Mimi and Pappap

learningfromlife · January 2012

bump burp

learningfromlife · January 2012

My parents are meme and papa, my exes parents are nona and pops and my husbands parents just go by grandma (first name) and grandpa (first name).

Mine were always grandma and grandpa on both sides and my husband said it was the same for him growing up, so I'm probably not much help.

ChelseyB5186 · January 2012

I have a Nana and Pop-Pop, and a Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw. DH had a Nana (pronounced nuh-nuh) and Ta-Ta, and a Granny and Pap-Pap

DH's parent's want to be called Gi-Gi and Lo-Lo

My mother wants to be called Mimi

My father and stepmother want to be called Grandpa and Grammy.

We'll see how that all goes

kissyfitt · January 2012

DH's side is going to be Grammy and Grampy (that's what he has always called his own grandparents)

My mom originally said she wanted her and my dad to be Nana and Papa, but then at Christmas she addressed a gift to the baby from Baba and Gido. My dad is Ukrainian and that is what we always called his parents. Since both of my paternal grandparents have passed away now, my mom seems to think my dad would really like to be Gido. So it's still up in the air on that side.

dixee.deluxe · January 2012

Granny, Pop Pop, Nana, and Cappy

Cappy is my dad. He fishes and has a boat. His buddies call him "Captain Dave". He really wanted to be Pappy, but my mom hated that. So he's Cappy.

lnh3971 · January 2012

We are going the old fashioned "Grandma & Grandpa" and "Grandma and Grandad" but my friend's kids call their grandparents "GP" (grandpa) and "Gram". I though GP was a little different but neat.

shannm · January 2012

We have Mom-mom and Poppy / Nana and Grandpa.

creamsiclechica · January 2012

I love all the different variations!

My parents are already Poppy and Gammy. DH doesn't talk to his parents, but his grandparents have always just been Grandma and Grandpa. My nephews refer to my grandparents as Big Mom and Big Pop, which stems back to what I called my great grandparents as a child too.

melpoteet · January 2012

My inlaws are Nanny and Pap-paw. Growing up I had Grandma and Grandpa for both sides of my family and we would have to specify Grandma Rosie etc. The plan was for my parents to be Grandma and Grandpa which we tried teaching LO but he went with Grandma and Poppa instead---don't know where that came from but it is so cute to hear him say it and my dad loves that his name was picked for him by LO.

MaryYVR · January 2012

My in-laws are Grandma and Grandpa. My mum is Gran (my father recently passed away) but we referred to him as Grandpa too.

Monkeybabe · January 2012

I think my mom wants to go by Grammie. I'm not sure what my dad would go by and I'm guessing my IL's will be Grandma and Grandpa, since that's what all of my H's grandparents are to him. I'm not sure what his step-mom will be. My grandparents were Grandma (first name) and Grandpa (for both my mom's dad and stepdad) and then Granny and Grumps (my oldest cousin couldn't say grandpa and called him Grumps, which ended up sticking and is extremely fitting, because he was always a grumpy old man).

danseusefrancaise · January 2012

My parents are "Grandma and Papa", DH's dad and step-mom are "Papa and Grammy", and DH's mom is "Nana".

I don't know how DH's step-mom felt about the title, but neither my mom nor DH's mom were excited about the title, but my mom got over it before DS was born. DH's mom wanted to be called "nana" because she thinks it's a name for a younger grandma. Funny, because when I hear "nana" I think of an old, frail lady with white hair, more like a great-grandma, lol.

pensparade · January 2012

We have:

Nana, Nina, Meme, and Grammie

Popeye, Papa, and Grampa

ETA: I had a Memere and a Pepere. It's very French but common here in Maine.

pensparade · January 2012

KFCupcake:
My mom has decided that she's Nana and my dad is PopPop, and MIL wants to be Nona and Papa.
DH and I just had a talk about this last night. I think all the cutesy names are pretty silly, as does he. His sister wants to be called Auntie Krissy. No. I think we are going to refer to them all as Grandma and Grandpa, and if our LO comes up with his own names for them, then that's fine with me.

That's a bummer for your parents! Picking your own grandparent name is a huge deal around here. If you think about it, it's really the only thing they have control over. Some people choose a name that's different but some people choose names that honor one of their own grandparents or honor a specific ancestry. For example, mom ADORED her Nana and I can't imagine not letting her carry on that tradition/name.

frwndoh · January 2012

Wonderful post! This is something that we've kind of struggled with for DD although I'm convinced it's more confusing for the adults than her! We typically refer to the grandparents as "Grandma Debbie" and "Grandma Barb" and the same for the grandfathers (with first names). However, my husband's mother calls herself "Nam-ma" (atleast I think that's it). My parents are much more involved so "Grandma and Grandpa" typically refers to my parents and, unfortunately, she tends to drop the "Grandma" or "Grandpa" part when referring to the other grandparents and will just say their name. But, will call them Grandma and Grandpa when she's around them (phew!) See? Much more confusing for adults!

That said, my husband and I both grew up calling our grandparents by Grandma and Grandpa with their last name so I'm not much help at all.

kissyfitt · January 2012

pensparade:
We have:
Nana, Nina, Meme, and Grammie
Popeye, Papa, and Grampa

ETA: I had a Memere and a Pepere. It's very French but common here in Maine.

You're from Maine? My DH is from there and his whole family lives there. Sanford/Wells area. It's like a second home to me

loveheaven · January 2012

We have Grammy and Granddad (MIL and FIL), Nana and Papa (mom and dad), and my grandparents (baby's great grandparents) are GG (for Great-Grandma) and PopPop (he's been that for me too). I also had a great grandma I called Non-non- which I think was supposed to be Nona (Italian for Grandmother), but somewhere along the way, got lost in translation.