Names for Grandparents

[TheChileanBlob]

So, my little girl is pregnant with my first grandbabby, and I need some ideas about what names my husband and I will go by.

I'd like us to avoid being called anything awful like Mee Maw and Pee Paw. I can't deal with Grandma, since my own Grandma's face is emerging in the mirror more and more these days. (I loved her dearly, but she was OLD the whole time I knew her. I'm only 44!) My own parents adopted the names Gram and Skipper when my first kid was born to avoid the aforementioned Mee Maw/Pee Paw horror.

When my husband's Granny was recently in the hospital seemingly in a decline, I considered her name as a tribute, but that tough old bird has rallied and there can be only one Granny!

I had just about decided on Grandmommy and Granddaddy, but I'm concerned that they may be too much of a mouthful for a small child.



So, I put it to you, hive mind of the Geeb! Help The Blob and The Hegemon discover their True Grandparent Names!

Ridiculous names are welcome, although I'd like to get some actual ideas too.

[Zombies!]

My maternal grandparents who I see all the time (they live locally, they're very involved in my life) I just call Grandma and Grandpa.

My maternal great grandmother was Namma.

My paternal grandparents who I don't see (they live interstate, they're not involved in my life at all) are Nanny and Pa.

[jali]

I'm Grandma and his mom is Nana.

I'm Grandma and his mom (other daughter) is Grandmama.

I love to be called Gwanma (when they were small and I love Grandma now.

Can't stand MawMaw or PopPop.

[Panacea]

Originally Posted by TheChileanBlob

When my husband's Granny was recently in the hospital seemingly in a decline, I considered her name as a tribute, but that tough old bird has rallied and there can be only one Granny!

We went with Granny and Grampa. Our legendary Granny has passed on (*snif*) so I was honored to assume the mantle. Hubby just flat didn't have a preference.

The other set of parents is much younger than we are and that grandmother insisted on Nana. For that grandfather, evidently in Mass. it is common for one to be called Papa.

Grandmother nicknames I've heard over the years: Granny, Gramma, Mimi, Grandma X (her first name there), Big Mama, Gigi, Gaga.

Grandfather nicknames: Grandpa X, Gramps, Pop, Big Pop.

[mlerose]

I only ever had two grandparents (both my mom's parents and her stepfather died long before she had kids). Grandma and Pops.

[Tug]

My ex-sister-in-law and her husband are Mimmy and Gramps (His father was Gramps/Grampie to his kids) to my great niece (don't think about that tree too hard).

My niece's (great niece's mom) in laws go by Gamma Ray (or Ray Ray) and Pa.

I had a crush on one of my lab TAs in college and he was French-American. His grandparents were Mimmay and Pippay (sp).

When I was trying to look up the correct spelling of the French names, I came across this list of grand names

[mlerose]

My cousin's kids have lots of grandparents and step-grandparents and great grandparents, and each has a different name. They call my grandma (their great-grandma) Grams and their grandma (my aunt) Grammy and my cousin's husband's mom Grandma, but I don't know about the other ones.

[TheChileanBlob]

Hm.

My French Canadian great-grandparents were Mémère and Pépère.
My other great-grandmother was called Nana.
Gigi is my sister's name.

I kind of like Mimi/Mimmy and Nanny, but only kind of.

I REALLY like Grams and Grammy, but my mom is Gram, so too similar.

Keep 'em coming, please! (And really, no silly suggestions yet? I thought this was the Geeb!)

[mlerose]

There's always bubbe, baba, or yaya?

[Tug]

My niece (who's my age - also 28) called my mother G-ma for the last 5 years or so of her life. I found it amusing.

[Salambo]

Think you covered them all. My great grandparents were mamere and papere, my grandparents were Nanny and Jammie (no grandfathers), and now that I have a daughter, my parents are Nana and Grampy, and my husband's father is Grandpa (hub's mother died when he was young).

No meemaws or pawpaws in our clan... Franky, and no offense to anyone, but that just sounds bizarre to me. Is it really that popular?

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[TheChileanBlob]

Meemaw and Peepaw, Mawmaw and Pawpaw, Mammaw and Pappaw are a Southern thing, I think.

Hijacking my own thread: My little girl is on her way here! I haven't seen her since she moved to VA in October! She's taking the bus, it's like a 19 hour trip. Her man isn't coming because his slack ass is supposed to be looking for a job. We're hoping to convince her to stay. (She probably won't though. ) I can't wait to coddle and nurture her! In addition to pregnancy nausea, she also has a cold/possible flu. My poor baby!

[Solfy]

Growing up I had Grandma [Maiden Name] (paternal), Grandma [First Name] (maternal), and Ice Cream Grandma (so dubbed, and not by me, because every time you visited her she gave you ice cream; she was actually a Great Grandma).
For grandfathers I had Pap-pap (when I was about 10 my father told me it was too juvenile and I should call him GrandPap instead) and Pops (even his kids call him Pops).

My daughters have Grammy (her choosing), Pap-pap (I wonder if he'll decide it's too juvenile when the girls are older), Mimi (so dubbed by my nephew who couldn't pronounce Grammy; it stuck for all the Gkids), Pappy [Firstname] (MIL's live-in fiance of >14yrs who might as well be common law husband at this point), Nana (their Great Grandmother), and my FIL who they never see, Pappy [Other Firstname].

For the most part the grandparents have chosen their own honorifics. When I slip up and call my mother "Grandma" to the girls, they point out that it's "Grammy."

[Salambo]

Missed the edit window: "jammie" up there is supposed to be Grammie.

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[SmartAleq]

After too many generations of grandmas I'm claiming "granny" for myself. I think I'm definitely a granny.

[Zombies!]

Originally Posted by TheChileanBlob

Hm.

My French Canadian great-grandparents were Mémère and Pépère.

I love, love, love the French Canadian names - you've got the heritage, claim it!

[Dragonlady]

My Grandboy calls me Grammy Cracker. He's a bit confused.
The only one that I can think of that hasn't been covered:
We called my GreatGrandma our "Little Gramma". We had full sets of grandparents on both sides and she lived with one set, so she was always a part of things. We also had many Greatgrandparents till alive until I was half grown, so there were a lot of those already.

[TheChileanBlob]

I like Grammy Cracker! My son calls his dad's mom Grandma Christmas because he first visited her at xmas when he was 2 and she has her house decorated to the hilt every year.

As far as all the ethnic names, I don't think I can pull them off. My GG's were French Canadian, but I'm just a generic American white girl.

[KidVermicious]

Originally Posted by TheChileanBlob

and there can be only one Granny!

This is true. You're going to have to take her out.

[Lord Blackmore]

My wife thinks my name oughta be "Grumpy".

My parents are Granny and Grandpa. My wife's parents were Grandmom and Grandad.

I had 3 grandmothers: my mom's side, my dad's side and my biological dad's side. I didn't call 'em anything different, except Grandmom -surname-. I didn't know my bio dad at all, but his Mom kept up a relationship with me when I was a kid.

Not sure what my wife called her grandparents.

[TheChileanBlob]

Originally Posted by Lord Blackmore

My wife thinks my name oughta be "Grumpy".

My remaining grandfather is Gumpy. It's how I said Grandpa as a baby. My grandmother was Gomma.

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheChileanBlob
and there can be only one Granny!
This is true. You're going to have to take her out.

As if! Even in her weakened state she would whup my ass!

ETA: Bah! How the hell do you multi-quote??

[MarkF]

Originally Posted by The ChileanBlob

ETA: Bah! How the hell do you multi-quote??

Oo! Oo! I know!

Decide which quotes you want to multi quote, click the little icon on the bottom right corner of each quote with the quote tags and + sign in each quote except the last; in the last quote click the actual 'quote' button and you get sent to the reply box with all the quotes laid out.

Try It Granny, You'll love it! [FTR, mine were 'Nan' and 'Pop'. ]

[Rebo]

I only had one grandparent while growing up, and we called her B-. It was short for Mrs. Lastname. I think my dad would refer to her as Grandmother B- to us. (Don't forget the dash! It was how she signed all her cards.)

My son called my parents Grandma and Pawpaw. If I recall, my mom and I decided what he would call them. His stepfather's parents were already passed when we got married. Bio-dad wasn't in the picture.

[Panacea]

Originally Posted by SmartAleq

I think I'm definitely a granny.

:: high-fives my fellow Granny ::

[SoylentPopTart]

My only grandparent, we call by his first name. He's not too involved with us kids now or then....


My parents are Grammy and PopPop. Her's are Pap and Nana.

I also really like Mamere and Papere (accents be damned)

[Dazzling White Diamonds]

What about Grandmama (m'MAH) and Grandpapa (p'PAH)?

We are Grandma and Grandpa... but when our oldest grandson was little, he called my husband "Krappaw". I don't know why - he could say "Grandma" just fine. He called my husband that until he was, oh, 5 or so. Then he gradually shifted to "Grandpa".

[Chacoguy]

Thundertongue and Thor, The Man Sword

[Uthrecht]

Originally Posted by NinetyWt

Grandfather nicknames: Grandpa X

I would like to vote for this, but only if he can make adamantine blades pop from his wrists.

[Dazzling White Diamonds]

Originally Posted by Chacoguy

Thundertongue and Thor, The Man Sword

Ignore my previous suggestion - I vote for this.

[Islander]

When I was growing up, we had Grampa FirstName and Grammie LastName and Grammy and Grampa LastName because we were a rather assorted family.

I'm one who likes to preserve tradition so I am Boba to my grandchildren, the Lithuanian for grandmother. My spouse is dead so that's not an issue.

Sorry, not helpful, just paying my 2¢ admission to the thread.

[DogMom]

You could go German: Oma (gma) and Opa (gpa).

In my family, I had a Papa and a Gramma, a Grannie and a Grampa.

My in-laws are called "Grammie" and "Grampie" by their grandkids.

[GlamLife]

my parents went to great lengths to make up theirs, only to find that my son made up his own name for them anyway. I think the kid gets to pick.

[gnome42]

And consider that the more you resist Grandma/Grandpa and act like it makes you feel old, the more likely your evil spawn are to train the little darlings to call you one of them.

I fall into the Evil Spawn label with respect to this and my mother.



Gnome

[Dragonlady]

Originally Posted by GlamLife

my parents went to great lengths to make up theirs, only to find that my son made up his own name for them anyway. I think the kid gets to pick.

Which is how I ended up being Grammy Cracker.

[TheChileanBlob]

Originally Posted by gnome42

And consider that the more you resist Grandma/Grandpa and act like it makes you feel old, the more likely your evil spawn are to train the little darlings to call you one of them.

Oh hell no. I brought them into this world...

[gnome42]

Originally Posted by TheChileanBlob

Oh hell no. I brought them into this world...

That is what it will take to prevent this if they have a warped sense of humor.
Or have decided to preemptively get revenge for your revenge.

There is nothing cuter that a 3yr old uttering the phrase " Careful Grandma, you don't want to break a hip!"

gnome ( who will most likely be tortured by his own grand children when the happen in 10 + years. If not then I did something seriously wrong in raising my own children)

[Lord Blackmore]

My BiL is of German descent and his kids called his parents Oma and Opa, which are the German words for Grandmom and Granddad.