Nickname for a grandparent?

[sirrahbed]

All of the new baby excitement and then Jazzcat asking what catnapper will be called set me to wondering.... just what are some of the names used for grandparents?

Mine were called Mammaw and Pampaw. My mom and dad became Nanny and Papa. Now, my hubby and I have been named by our Misha and we are Meemaw and Pawpaw Misha's other grandma is Mimi. Carol and I were first Grammy and Grandma but Misha could not at first pronounce the "Gra.." sound and so we learned what our names would be

So what names do some of the rest of you use??

[4 Dog Mother]

Jasmine called Carl bapa but couldn't say bama so Christy had her calling him paw-paw. I wanted her to call me grandma or granny but she just can't get that Gr sound either. One day we were sitting at the table and Christy asked her who Carl was. Pawpaw was her answer. She correctly identified Mama and Dada but when Christy pointed to me, she said "nnn". Christy asked if she could say Memaw and she could so Christy asked me if I wanted to be memaw or nnn. The choice was made for me, I guess.

And now I love it when she says "MY Memaw" when Christy tries to get the phone away from her.

[primabella]

Pampaw.. that is so adorable!

We call our grandmothers Nonna, and our grandfathers are Nonno. It's just the general Italian word for grandma/pa. Not horribly creative, eh?

[Craftlady]

Up north is was always, grandma or grandpa
nana or nanna
Here in Kentucky, The first time I heard mamaw and papaw, I went "huh" who's that these kids are talking about.
You very rarely here grandma or grandpa around these parts.

[trayi52]

I'm Granny and my husband is Pa, or Pawpaw.

[Karen]

Lots of kids I grew up with had a Meme and a Pepe (the Canuck grandparents) and a Grandma and Grandpa. As my Grandmother didn't want us learning French, she was Grandma, Swedish gradfather was Grandpa, and on my mother's side, my grandfather's designation was Bummy, because that was as close as my eldest cousin could get to Grampy. So he became Bummy to everyone!

[Sevaede]

Hmm. My grandparents were Grandma and Grandpa. My husbands maternal grandparents were Mamaw and Papaw. His paternals were Grandma and Grandpa. I imagine that if I ever had grandkids then I would want to be called Nana.

[jenluckenbach]

Grandma and grandpa are the ONLY suitable names (in my book) LOL

But I also had a Nana and Pappy (my great grand parents. whenj I was very little)

My OTHER grandparents went by PopPop and BaaBaa, but there was NO way in heck I was calling them THAT! To me they were still grandma and grandpa, even if they hated it (I didn't meet them until I was 12)

[prechrswife]

My dad's parents were Mamaw and Papaw. My mom's parents are Nanny and Paw (the spelling evolved that way from Pa). As for our daughter's grandparents to be, my husband's parents are Grandmama and Granddaddy. (There are already grandchildren on that side of the family, so those names are pretty set.) The plan for my parents is Papa and LaoLao (Chinese for maternal grandmother), but we'll see how they evolve as Mary Joyce learns to talk.

[k9krazee]

We've always just called our Grandparents Grandma and Grandpa last name!

[slleipnir]

I called my grandmother Granny. I only ever really got to know her of all my grandparents. I met my grandfather on my moms side for the first time when I was like 15, so I have no idea why to call him.

My nieces/nephew call my mom Nanny Bobbi and my dad Grampie Andy. My niece calls one of her other grandmothers Mammie (don't know hwo to spell it...maam-E)

[catnapper]

I always figured it would be up to the kid to decide what to call me. In the meantime I'll settle on "Grandma" and wait for him to find his own affectionate name for me. I still think I'm too young for "Grandma" so I'm eagerly awaiting the day he starts talking and names me!

I think its odd too that I'm settling on Grandma. My mom is Grandmom and so was every other woman in her family. Not Grandma, Granny, Mommom and so forth. Grandmom. I don't know why I don't want to be called Grandmom too --- perhaps it makes me feel too old too soon?

I rather like Mimi, but I think of Abby as my Screaming MeMe for being such a demanding girl. I'd hate to be the screaming MiMi, the grandma who demands stuff from my grandson! LOL

[.sarah]

My mom's parents are both gone, but I used to call them Nanny and Papa C. Nanny was chosen because she was Nana to her other grandchildren, but my brother was my dad's parent's first grandchild (got that? lol) and his mom wanted to be called Nana. Papa C was that because, again, my dad's dad wanted to be called Papa. C is the first initial of my grandparent's last name, so it was just decided to call him Papa C.

My dad's parents are Nana and Papa, like I mentioned above

[Almita]

I call my grandparents Mama Carmen and my grandpa Tata or Papa Chuchu. I called my other grandpa Tito and mi grandma tita.

[Kfamr]

My father's parents are Memaw and Papa to us grandkids. Most of our family, including my parents, call them by this, too.


My mother's parents are Grandpa and Grandma Rose (step-grandma) to us grandkids.