Grandparent Names

[noeliav]

Um, we chose for my parents. Granny First Name Middle Name and Grandpa First Name. It's cute. ETA: it's cute to hear DD use their grandparent names. And it really suits them.

Actually, my sister tried to push "G-Unit" (wtf) for my Dad, but DD picked up on ours instead, ha.

[belle0720]

Grandma & Grandpa for my parents and Nonna & Nonno for my ILs (because they're Italian).

I asked my mom if she wanted anything different than Grandma and she looked at me like I was nuts and said no, Grandma is just fine.

I thought my dad my want Dziadziu since he's Polish, but my niece and nephews already call him Grandpa so we'll probably just stick with that.

[billyhorrible]

My mom and DH's mom are both "grandma." We don't have any grandfathers, but when my FIL was alive, my son called him grandpa. And my grandmother, who I call Nana, LBB also calls Nana.

[veggiemo]

DS is very fortunate in that he has 2 full sets of grandparents living in our same city, so he sees them all on the regular. When I need to refer to one of them specifically I say "Grandpa Jim" and use their first name. Otherwise it's just Grandma and Grandpa. He also has 2 great grandmothers living here too, which he also sees often. They go by "Grandma Lastname". We tried coming up with nicknames before he was born, but nothing stuck. Plus on my husband's side, DS has several older cousins. They already had established grandma and grandpa, so it would have been weird to come up with a whole new name for DS to use.

[Widget123]

My mother originally wanted to be called Momzee but I vetoed it because I thought that was too close to Mommy. DD still doesn't call either of her grandparents by name but usually knows who we are talking about. My parents are Gran and Pappy, at least for now (all of the other grandparent names were already taken in my family by people who are still alive). MIL and FIL are Grandpa and Grandma.

[Deleted]

Both moms will be Nana (first name) because they already have those established with other grandbabies. My dad will be Grandpa, and FIL will be Bawpaw which was created by our 16 year old nephew who couldn't say Grandpa when he was little.

[trixi282]

When J was born, my MIL/FIL said they were fine with just Grandma & Grandpa but if we were to distinguish from another Grandma they preferred their first names, not last name.

When J started talking though she called them Hamma and BapBap - which I thought was the cutest thing ever, especially the way she said them...  FIL has recently though "trained" her to call him Grandpa (sounds like Gampa), but switches between Grandma and Hamma for MIL.

My mom is/was Grandma to my niece and nephew.  Although my neice had called her Mamaw when she was a toddler and my mom loved it and was sad when she stopped.  So she said whatever J called her was ok with her.  J started calling her the same, and we don't "correct" her to Grandma, so she and my youngest nephew (same age) call my mom Mamaw.

Great Grandparents on H's side are Granny and Gramps (others are deceased).
nd my only living Grandpa is "Great Grandpa".

[Deleted]

My mom will probably be Grandma and my dad will be Nonno.

DH wants his mom to be Abuelita (Spanish for "Little Grandma"), but I'm putting my foot down strongly on that one. I had my own "Abuelita" and she was the sweetest, cutest, most loving grandmother ever. She passed away two years ago and I'm still not over it. My MIL is a psycho so there's no way she gets the honor of being Abuelita. She can be Abuela or Vieja Loca (Crazy Old Lady, which is what I call her). I know, I'm terrible.

[nettje]

I asked both sets of grandparents what they wanted to be called. Both grandpas didn't care. So they're both grandpa, although DD calls them both Papa.

The grandmas didn't want to be called grandma. So MIL is Nana and my mom is Mimi.

[alayne926]

My mom is MeMaw and my dad is Papa. My MIL is Geema and my FIL is Pop.

[bookninja]

In laws are already using Poppa and Nona with our nephews, so will stick with that. My parents gave me such a funny blank look when I asked them. Apparently they'd never heard of anything other than grandma/pa. So, we'll do that for them.

[mrsdee1982]

Nana and Poppa for my IL's. Granny and Granddaddy for my parents

ETA: My Dh has 3 nephews, so we're just going to go with what they call my IL's which is nana and poppa.  It's so funny to hear how they change poppa though.  One of the boys has taken to calling my FIL POP-sicle.  

[theBeeMama]

MIL and FIL chose Amma (which is like Swedish or something. She is not Swedish, but whatevs. The only problem I have with it is that it's so similar to Mama) and Papa. Again, I personally felt like they were both too close to names for parents instead of grandparents. But whatever.

My mom and dad are "Gram and Pappy"

[hbanana18]

My MIL & FIL already call themselves Grami and Grampi when talking to our dogs, so I imagine they will use that. My dad wants to be Pop-Pop as that's what we all called his dad who passed away years ago. My stepmom and mom haven't given us any preferences yet.

[gilder40]

My nieces and nephews already call my in-laws Mawmaw and Pawpaw with first names added. Great grandparents are Grand Tip and Grammer Gayle. My parents aren't really sure what they'll be called. My cousin couldn't say Barbara growing up, so he called my mom Aunt Bobbo....and he still does! Lol. I kinda like the idea of my kiddos calling her Bobbo, but I don't know if she's crazy about it.

[sully326]

My mom is Nana & my Step-Dad is PopPop.
DH's parents are Granddad & Grandmom.

[tatersalad]

My mom was beside herself trying to figure out what she wanted to be called. My son started calling her Umba when he was about 18 months, so that is what we call her.

My dad just goes by grandpa. Unfortunately both of my in laws are deceased.

[mcp6286]

My mom has been saying she's going to be MeeMaw. I keep suggesting alternatives. This could go on a while...I swear that she's only this attached to the name because she knows how much I hate it!

My dad picked Pops (because the day we told them I was pregnant, he stopped for gas on the way to our house and the kid working at the station said "Have a good day, Pops"). MIL and FIL are sticking with what my nieces & nephew call them - MomMom and Grampy.

[bruunk]

My parents are already Nana and Grandpa. I'm assuming my in-laws will be Grandma and Grandpa, but you never know what a kid will go with. My nephew looks at you like you're crazy if you mess up his grandparents (they're in the same city and we have holidays together), which was cute on a 2 year old, not so much on a 10 year old. I came up with Bucca (no idea) as a kid - so my grandparents were Bucca First name. Eventually my dad's parents where Grandma and Grandpa, and my mom's where Grandpa First name, Grandma First name. My maternal grandparents are all I have left, and I think Grandpa will still be Bucca (my nephew uses it too) but Grandma will stay Grandma - she doesn't like Bucca.

[megd893]

My Ma and Dad will be Nanna and Grandpa (nephews already use these).
MIL wants to be called "Glamma" (over my dead body)
K's Grandma will be "Grandma"
FIL is "Grampie" and his wife is "Gammie"

Good God, my poor children...

[nicolec78]

My parents are grandma and grandpa
My inlaws Grammy and papa. That's what the kids just started calling them.
When or if I'm lucky enough to be a grandma I want to be called yiayia.

[mrskblack11]

My mom and MIL have changed their name so many times during this pregnancy, it's RIDICULOUS.

Neither one of them wants to be grandma, because "grandma" is old. Some of my mom's ideas have been Grams, Grams Cici, Grams Rella. My MIL's ideas include MawMaw, Mama J, Mimi and Grannie. My dad wants to be Papa Pix (his nickname), which I am cool with. MIL wants her BF to be Papa P, which I have vetoed since it made my dad upset (she posted it on my Facebook and he saw it). Her BF will just go by his first name since he is not married to her. We all call DH's sister Nana, so that name is already taken.

Thankfully my DH's dad is sane and will be Grandpa.

I told them our baby will call them whatever he feels like (or can say).

[lunalovegood]

My mom and step dad are Grandma and Papa. My dad and stepmom are just Grandma and Grandpa. My Grandma (kids great-grandma) is GG for great-grandma. She came up with it when the first great grandchild was born 13 years ago and it has stuck.

[lunalovegood]

Feb 12, 2015 13:33:32 GMT -5 megd893 said:

My Ma and Dad will be Nanna and Grandpa (nephews already use these).
MIL wants to be called "Glamma" (over my dead body)
K's Grandma will be "Grandma"
FIL is "Grampie" and his wife is "Gammie"

Good God, my poor children...

LOL at Glamma!  I can see my stepmom doing this!!

[megd893]

Feb 12, 2015 13:50:01 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

Feb 12, 2015 13:33:32 GMT -5 megd893 said:

My Ma and Dad will be Nanna and Grandpa (nephews already use these).
MIL wants to be called "Glamma" (over my dead body)
K's Grandma will be "Grandma"
FIL is "Grampie" and his wife is "Gammie"

Good God, my poor children...

Ha--Now THAT is a grandma name! She better be one flashy, sassy lady if she's going to be Glamma.

She's a terrible mother, and terrible grandmother already lol 
Sassy is the PG version of of what you could call her.  

[bendherova]

H's Family is Czech, so they use the Czech words -Babi and Deda ---missing a lot of accents to indicate pronunciation.

My mom insisted that DS1 pick her grandma name which was all well and good but we had to call her something until he could do that. The rest of us chose Nana, which is what we called her mom. somewhere around age 2, DS1 had heard my dad call her by her first name enough times that he started calling her Carolnana (carol being my mom's name). SO. Mom got her wish after all.

My dad is Poppa, which is what we called his dad.

[Deleted]

My ILs are Nana and Papa. My mother is Gramma Jo, but DS has always just called her Gramma. My dad is Opa.

[mrsmonogrammed]

My mom will be grandma, MIL haaaates grandma and wants to be called Mimi (I'm not crazy about it) and FIL hasn't stated a preference....it will be interesting to see what sticks! LO will be the 1st grandkid on both sides so options are wide open!

[mcp6286]

Feb 12, 2015 14:07:18 GMT -5 megd893 said:

Feb 12, 2015 13:50:01 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

Ha--Now THAT is a grandma name! She better be one flashy, sassy lady if she's going to be Glamma.

She's a terrible mother, and terrible grandmother already lol 
Sassy is the PG version of of what you could call her.  

This made me laugh. I think our MILs would be friends lol

[leenziepops]

My parents will be called in Chinese. MIL will be called Baba. No clashing so its great