Names for Grandparents: What do you call yours?

[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]".

[pomtzu]

I have no recall of either set of grandparents. My father's parents had passed before I was born, and my mother's passed when I was barely a toddler.

My kids called both sets of grandparents Grandma and Grandpa.

My granddaughter calls me Grammy. My ex and I split when she was very little and just starting to talk, but she called him Poppy. She calls her other grandparents Oma and Granddad.

My grandson calls me Grammy. He doesn't know my ex at all. He calls his other grandparents Mom-mom and Pop-pop.

If my ex comes up in a discussion between the adults and the grandkids are present, he is referred to as "your grandfather".

[Cataholic]

LOL, J calls my mom, Gay Gay. I don't know why, really. It beats what he used to call her- Gracky! LOLOL.

I think G-parents should be 'allowed' to choose the name they are called. To me, Grandma (last name) and Grandpa (last name) are just too cold and bland. Bring on the cuteness, the unordinary, etc. It usually tells a story and brings fond memories to those early years.

[sirrahbed]

to my kids, they used Nanny & PawPaw for my folks.

To our girl grandkids, we are Meemaw & PawPaw
to the boys we are simply gramma and grampa

their other grandmother is Mimi

[Genny]

I call my grandmother 'Booboo' and my Grandfather 'Paw-Paw'

[wolfsoul]

On my dad's side: Grandma Zilkie (Zilkie is the last name) and Papa.
On my mom's side: Grandpa Philpott (Philpott is the last name) and Grandma Gray (I couldn't pronounce "Joy" when I was a baby so I'd say "Gray" and it stuck). I couldn't call her Grandma Philpott because that was my great grandma. My other great grandma was Nanny.