Names for Grandparents: What do you call yours?

[Lillycat]

......Gracky?

[Moesha]

We called our grandparents (my dad's parents) Grammie and Grampie when talking to them. I remember writing them letters spelling those words out. My mom's mom was Grammie too. My mom's dad had died before I was born. I was the first grandchild. When talking about the grandmothers, we used where they were from to tell them apart. There was Grammie Florida and Grammie Cape (Cape Cod). We didn't live near either one of them since we were in Tennessee. Once we grew up, we call them both Grandma. We were the only grandchildren on my mother's side since she was an only child. My dad had a brother that had two sons. They lived near Grandma Cape and their other grandparents. They used to call her Grammie Belle (her name is Rosa Belle) and her husband was Grampie Joe. Now that my brother has children, they call her Granny. My mom's mother died about 5 years ago, but they called her great grandma. My mom and dad are Grandma and Grandpa to them. Their other grandparents are Grandma and Poppy.

[Andie]

I called my Mom's parents just Grandma and Grandpa. When Mom married my (step)Dad they became Grandma Bonnie and Grandpa Louie and Grandma Katie and Grandpa Ken. As us kids got into texting our only living grandmother (Bonnie) became G-ma. My Uncle Tom's kids called her Ding-Ding. Grandpa was Ding-Dong. Dustin calls his grandmother Nonnie. He has no idea where that came from.

I don't know what are children will call our parents. I guess I'll just let it come natural. Though Dustin just suggested Granny Num-Num.

[Taz_Zoee]

I called my grandparents Grama and Granpa (last name). Although I never knew my fathers dad. We couldn't say just the last initial because they were the same letter.

My nieces call my parents Grama and Granpa and my SILs parents Nana and Papa. They called their stepgrandma Grama Billie, but she is no longer living. I'm actually not sure what they call their Nana's husband. I think just by his first name.

Bruce's nephew calls his mom Grammie and the other Grandmother Gran B. B for her last name. And like Cataholic said, they chose the names they wanted him to call them.

[blue]

Both of my grandfathers died when I was very young, both of my step grandfathers died before I could even meet them. My stepmoms Mom I have only met once and I simply called her Maam.

My dads mom, my brother and I couldnt pronounce our last name so we called her Granny Mo and it stuck, our moms mom we called grandma C.

[Marigold2]

I called my fathers parents Oma and Opa as we are German. I called my adoptive grandfather, Grandpa. My grandkids call me GG. I am gorgeous grandma. I like being a GG.

[Medusa]

Three of my grandparents passed before I was born so I only knew my grandfather on my mother's side whom I called "Granpap".

[Cataholic]

......Gracky?

OMG, you don't remember that? LOL...it was a cross between gracky and graggy...

[Husky_mom]

this is really weird but I´ll try to best explain..(translation/meaning wise.. not weird as cataholic´s case..lol.. no offense just I found it fun )

the formal way is grandmother/ grandfather (abuela/abuelo) but I ´ve never liked that so i always went with a diminutive more cute way Grandma(only had one) (abuelita).. and now you wonder what about grandpas.. well.. one was Tata (a kind of mexican form of Papaw) and the other one was Yeyo (it was a morph from abuelo mispronounced.. turned into ayeyo.. then finalized as Yeyo)

now for my kids grandparents.. on hubby´s side they are grandma/grandpa or the grannies (abues)

and for my side they are Tito and Tita.. short for abuelita haha.. more like abuelitita.. an even smaller diminutive..lol.. this one stuck because the person that helps my mom with the cleaning referred to them like that to my kid and stuck.. they all love it though

[Cataholic]

this is really weird but I´ll try to best explain..(translation/meaning wise.. not weird as cataholic´s case..lol.. no offense just I found it fun )

Maybe we will come up with a nickname for YOU!

[Husky_mom]

Maybe we will come up with a nickname for YOU!

lol.. kids so come up with the weirdest names aren´t they... haha..

completely off topic.. here we call bumps "bordos" but my kid called them "sales".... could be translated into salts or as in meaning the action to go out

[Lillycat]

........just chose to remember it for a teeny-tiny minute.......smile

[cassiesmom]

My oldest niece had trouble with "Aunt Elyse" when she was little - so I became "Cease" -- and that has stuck! My nephew called me Aunt Elyte ("aunta leet"), my second-youngest niece called me "Aunta ease" and my youngest niece actually called me grandma for a few months. Most of the time she would just point to whoever she wanted, though Over time they all have pretty much dropped the "Aunt" title. Whatever they want to call me (within reason) is fine with me!

Thanks,
Cease