Names other than Grandma/Nana?

BBF2011 · February 2012

What will your LO call their grandparents??

My MIL will be Nanny (pronounced Nonnie) but my mother has not really decided... it's her first grandchild. I don't think she sees herself as a Grandma, Gram, or Nana...

I called my grandmother "Gaga"-- but don't want to repeat that with my mom.

Any other ideas?

ThePinkSuperhero · February 2012

My mother wants to be Granny. She says that's what the Queen's grandchild call her so it's a natural fit, LOL.

ali&jonbaby · February 2012

We have a GiGi, PopPop and Gram

cdalton · February 2012

My cousin called my mom Juju when he was little so not sure if we will go with that or something else. I also know a granny who goes by Oma.

Stick Around · February 2012

Mimi (mee mee)

Mima (mee ma)

oncoRN · February 2012

My mom wants to be Nona...I have a Nana and my dad's mom was Grammy

cookiemomstarr · February 2012

We have GG(Great Grandma), Gma(my grandma is too cool to be a grandma),Gpa(naturally to go with Gma, nickname Pa) Grammy, and Pop. My Gpa was Pop-poo when I was younger and my Gma was Ninny because she wanted to be called Netty(her nickname). Oh and we have a Papa. so we are all over the place.

myheromyworld89 · February 2012

My husbands parents will be Grandma and Papaw. (what they call themselves already with our dog)

My mom and step dad will be Nana and Poppy

and My dad and step mom will be NeeNee and Papaw.

I just let them all choose. My step mom is really young and felt grandma or a variation of that wouldn't suit her since she's only 30 but she still wanted a special name for the babies to call her other then Melanie. Both mine and Dh's dads wanted Papaw because thats what we called their dads growing up. They live two hours apart so they won't be around each other very often.

CopsGirl11103 · February 2012

We have Gigi for the kids great grandmother, my mom is Baba, and my DH's parents are GranpaMary (as in all one word! It's so cute!)

genkidesu · February 2012

my mom is going by nana, MIL is going by grammie

i saw "oma" was mentioned! i had an oma

it's german for grandma. maybe your mom's nationality background can help with picking out an interesting grandma name?

meagan.pilkington · February 2012

My step-mom uses Grammy with her son's children. & calls my dad Grampy with them. Lol. Not sure I like those.... I like grandma, pronounced like gramma for my parents but whatever they want is cool. Don't like my MILs choice with her grandkids, Nana. I'm not sure why, maybe cuz I never grew up with that in my family. Just sounds weird to me...

zyas · February 2012

My parents want to be Nana and Papa cause that's what my sister's kids call them already. This will be the first grandbaby for my inlaws and they want to be Mimi and Gramps.

martinezbby10 · February 2012

Stick Around:
Mimi (mee mee)
Mima (mee ma)

This.

Vive · February 2012

DH's parents will be grandma and granddad (aka bear dad) because its what my nephew already calls them.

My dad will be pop - like he called his grandfather. I'm not sure about my mum... I could offer her nana like we called her mum, but I suspect that may be too upsetting for her. Dad's mum will probably also be grandma... She already complains about feeling old - so putting a great in front of her title, or making reference to it - will cause an increase in the number of complaints which noone wants to deal with.

christieep · February 2012

My parents (with 6 grandchildren already) are Grandpa and Mam-mo (my first niece couldn't say grandma and this is what stuck, I've overheard other kids calling grandparents this too).

DH's parents (this is the first grandchild) want to be Mimi and Papa.

My maternal grandparents were Mom-moms (I've heard other people use this too) and Pop-po.

KarmB · February 2012

my stepmom is Go-go. I let her pick it lol. honestly, its whatever the kid picks up on

galore5 · February 2012

my first neice got to "name" my parents. They were supposed to Nana and Grandpa, but, she couldn't get the Grandpa down, so, they are Nana and Pawpaw. Her other grandfather is Papa, but there is a distinct difference in Pawpaw and Papa. I think it's cute that she named him something more convenient! Now all the other Gkids call him the same thing.

Also, with my Nana (her great grandmother), we were trying to come up with something like "Grandnana" or whatever and she decided that her name would be "Mama's Nana..." and it stuck. So, my Nana is "Mama's Nana" forever. I guess it makes sense to her!

Penguin1318 · February 2012

MHs mom will be Nana and his grandparents will be Nanita and Tatita (he calls his grandparents Nana and Tata)

My mom will be gramma and dad will be granpa. My grandparents will be known to my kids as they are known to me, Mama Yeya & Papa Lino. Also, my aunt (mom's only sister) who I've always been extremely close to has never had kids and considers me and my sister her only children So since she will never really get grandchildren Ive told her my kids will call her Aunty Grams. This made her get teary eyed.

missmaggie11 · February 2012

My children call my mom "Oma", this is grandma in German. My mom is German & Dane :-)

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