Names for Grandparents: What do you call yours?

[finn's mom]

I've always just called my grandparents "Grandma X" or "Grandpa X"...replacing X with their last name. David's mother is German, so she and David's dad will be "Oma" and "Opa" to Clara. And, my mother sent me an email the other day, asking what I thought of "Grammy" and "Grampy" for her and my dad. Apparently, that's what my dad called his grandparents, and I love it. As long as Clara agrees, that's what they'll be called. I know sometimes children come up with other names, based on what they find easiest to say.

So...I'm curious...what do you call your grandparents? And what do your children call their grandparents?

[Catty1]

On my dad's side, we also used "Grandma X(last name)". Never knew out grandads.

When we were younger, I THINK we 'had' to use "Grandmother X". I remember using that, but not often.

Mom's side? "Baba"

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I call my grandparents grandma and grandpa followed by their first names. Apparently my brother started this when he was really little, and now all the grandkids call my mom's mom "Grandma Betty." It just stuck!

I'm not sure what Lyra will call Eric's parents, but my mom is already "Grandma Peany-Butter." When I was in college I studied abroad in Russia, and my mom watched the dogs while I was gone. When I got home (after only a summer) Marta was so fat from all the peanut butter that she could no longer jump on the bed! My mom loves to spoil, and dogs are no exception... we started to joke that the dogs called her "Granda Peany-Butter" and my mom says Lyra can call her that, too. [Even though we have lived in a different state for over 3 years, Marta and Dell still get excited when I tell them Grandma Peany-Butter is coming].

[cassiesmom]

My brother's kids and my sister's daughter have always called them Grandma and Papa. They called their great grandmother Gigi (get it - great grandmother = GG). Which became The Geeger, the Geegster, the Geeginator, etc.

[gemini9961]

Oma and Opa for my mother's parents. Grandma and Pappy for my father's parents. I asked my parents to pick what they would like their grandchild to call them, same with my in-laws. I think my mother will go with Oma, she told me she doesn't want to be a Grandma.

Since my SIL is having a baby next week I suppose whatever names my in-laws choose for her will have to be the same for us since it will be the same set of grandparents (my in-laws).

[prechrswife]

My parents are Lao Lao (Mandarin for maternal grandmother) and Papa to our kids. My mother-in-law is Grandmama, and my late father-in-law was Granddaddy.

My maternal grandparents, who are still living, are Nanny and Paw (not sure how that spelling evolved from Pa, but it did). My paternal grandparents were Mamaw and Papaw.

[finn's mom]

How cute is Gigi?! That's neat! And easy to say! My ex's family called their grandparents Memaw and Pappy. Their great grandmother was Bemaw. I think my friend called her grandpa Tataw or something like that.

[sparks19]

I always called both sets of grandparents just grandma and grandpa... no name following.

Hannah doesn't call them anything yet but my in laws want to be called "Grammy" and "Granddad" although my MIL wants my FIL to change his to pop pop or something lol. she asked what my parents wanted to be called and I was kinda like "uhhh... just grandpa and grandma" I always thought everyone called their grandparents that unless it was like german or something where there is a name in that language that you call them lol.

so my mom is grandma, my dad is grandpa, my step dad is papa (that's what his grand kids call him so we followed suit) my MIL is Grammy and my FIL is granddad unless my MIL can convince him to change it lol

[CountryWolf07]

Papa and Nana. For both sides.

[kitten645]

Mima & Tata. It's a cultural thing I guess. My grandparents/parents are Argentinian. My neices and nephew call their American grandparents Granny and grandad.
Claudia

[Grace]

I always called my grandparents - grandma and grandpa last name.

Remember, G is a difficult letter for toddlers to pronounce. My grandkids call their maternal grandmother Mimi. I'm Bobbi (long story), and my husband is Doug, his real name.

[sparks19]

yeah Brians aunts grandchildren call her mom mom. although now she wishes she hadn't encouraged that because it gets complicated when her and their mom are in the same room

mama and mom mom sound a lot alike lol

[Karen]

My grandparents were called Grandma and Grandpa Lastname, and my maternal grandfather was called Bummy, as my eldest cousin couldn't pronouce Grandpa, so she called him Bumpa, which had evolved to Bummy long before I was born. Most of the kids in my hometown had one set of French-Canadian grandparents that were called Meme (pronounced MEMmay) and Pepe (PEPpay), and the other set Grandma and Grandpa.

The grandfather of the kids across the street was universally known as Pepe LaPlant, Nana and Papa were another set of grandparent names.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Mother's Parents: Nanny and Granddaddy

Father's Parents: Grandmama and Pop

All sadly deceased. I have a friend that's a great grandmother and her grandkids all call her just plain GG.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I always called my grandparents "Grandma/Grandpa [last name]. I would have preferred it to be the same for Nathan, but my MIL insisted on being called Nana.

I still prefer adding the last name so my parents are "Grandma and Grandpa [last name]" and Justin's parents are "Nana and Grandpa [last name]".