What are grandmas called in your family?

jeepgirl4ever
jeepgirl4ever Posts: 17
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I just found out I am going to be a grandma. This baby will have alot of grandmas and great grandmas. I want to go by something else, so it won't be so confusing. What have you heard grandmas called?
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  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    getoutoftheway

    bequietgranny

    gotobedalready

    just kidding
  • helyg
    helyg Posts: 675 Member
    Mamgu and Nain, but I'm Welsh.
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
    for my family its nonna
    and husbands family avo
  • cabaray
    cabaray Posts: 971 Member
    One was Nana and the other was Grandma...shocking, I know! I was born way after other grandkids, so the names were established before I came along!
  • SEEotU
    SEEotU Posts: 32 Member
    Mawmaw
    Goggie (often shortened to Gog)
    Gommy
    GG (that's great-grandma)
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    My kids and nieces and nephews all call my mom "Hamma", because the oldest couldn't say "Grandma" when he was learning to talk...other than that, we always use "Grandma"...I have always preferred "Nana", but it best be a long while before I have to think about it!! LOL
  • mamasmaltz3
    mamasmaltz3 Posts: 1,111 Member
    I called my Czech grandmother Babi (pronounced Bobby).
  • emmalene1984
    emmalene1984 Posts: 137 Member
    do you have any pets? when I was a kid I had lots of grandparents and as they were all called nanny, to differentiate they became nanny 'insert pet's name' so nanny chico, nanny suki, nanny bossie, except the one that didn't have a pet was nanno or nannio and although her husband passed away before I was born i hear that my mum used to call him daddio (they were my great grandparents)
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    I've called all my grandmothers "Grandma".

    Wife calls one of hers "Nana". Our kids call her by the same name, and they call my wife's mother "Mama".
  • pinkgumdrop123
    pinkgumdrop123 Posts: 262 Member
    avo
  • chljlleal
    chljlleal Posts: 229 Member
    Mamgu and Nain, but I'm Welsh.

    My great grandma was Mamgu!
    I had a Grandma and a Grannie
    My kids have a Grandma and a Nana, and my eldest renamed my Grandma - Grandmama cos she didn't want to use Mamgu.
  • jennfranklin
    jennfranklin Posts: 434 Member
    I am called GiGi. My daughters great grandmother was Gran-nan!
  • citizencrp
    citizencrp Posts: 228 Member
    As a child, I always called my grandparents "Grandma/Grampa __fill in last name here___"--rather formal, but we lived far away from extended family.
    But I also had a "Meema" and as a teen we lived closer to one set of grandparents and "granny" and "gramps" came up a lot.
  • mmckee10
    mmckee10 Posts: 405 Member
    my son is right around a year and 1/2.

    my mother - mawmaw
    my grandmother - gama
    my other grandmother - nana

    my son picked what to call them lol
  • AmyFett
    AmyFett Posts: 1,607 Member
    my mom is NeeNee... odd i know... but when my oldest daughter was 1 1/2 or so, she used to just scream nee nee all the time and we had no idea what she was talking about, turns out she was referring to my mom. It just stuck, now both my girls call her that and my oldest is almost 4 =)

    husband's mom is nana, but they don't hardly see her at all. My grandma is great-nee-nee
  • littlebuddy84
    littlebuddy84 Posts: 995 Member
    I call mine Nan :smile:
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I call mine Gram or Gramma.

    My daughter calls my mother Mom, but that was an accident. My BF's mother is Mimi to her grandkids.

    And my grandfather is Grandpa. To my daughter, he's Big Grandpa and my father is Little Grandpa.
  • karawRN
    karawRN Posts: 311
    MeMa

    My daughter wasnt able to say grandma when she was younger, so she started calling her grandmothers "Mema"

    MeMa Ona
    MeMa Sheila
    MeMa Sue

    I think its kind of cute :)

    She can now say grandma but sometimes still prefers to call them MeMa
  • treineck
    treineck Posts: 103 Member
    my kids call:
    my mother, Nina (not sure how this started)
    my husband's mother, Gee-Gee
    and my grandmother, Nanny

    And Congratulations!!
  • Mamasota
    Mamasota Posts: 144
    Granette (Grandma Janette shortened)
  • tuckerrj
    tuckerrj Posts: 1,453 Member
    Called my grandmother Nana. My grandson calls my wife Meemaw.
  • Juliejustsaying
    Juliejustsaying Posts: 2,332 Member
    I always called mine Grandma. My kids call my mom Nana.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    My daughter calls my step-mom and MIL "Mamaw" - I'm not a huge fan of the name, but the older grandkids (on both sides) had already started using it, so it stuck. Her first babysitter, who is like an adopted grandmother, is also Mamaw.

    My mom is "Grandma" - my daughter is her only grandkid, so we got to pick the name :bigsmile:
  • Litlbeast
    Litlbeast Posts: 340 Member
    My side calls them grandma; his side, mamaw. (Yankee living with a Rebel)
  • elpiper
    elpiper Posts: 183 Member
    I call my grandmother.........


    Grandmother.

    I know, super exciting! lol

    Some of the rest of my family go with Abuelita or Granma
  • BarbaraC47
    BarbaraC47 Posts: 175 Member
    I used to be Nanny but now the kids are older its reduced to Nan. I don't care what they call me as long as its said with love :heart:
  • GrammyPammy145
    GrammyPammy145 Posts: 48 Member
    The kids call my mom Nana.. or Nonnie and my grandkids call me Grammy... or Grammy Pammy which I love! lol
  • Litlbeast
    Litlbeast Posts: 340 Member
    I call my grandmother.........


    Grandmother.

    I know, super exciting! lol

    Some of the rest of my family go with Abuelita or Granma

    In my oldest son's dad's family, it's abuela. Doh! Thanks for reminding me. :)
  • Jill_newimprovedversion
    Jill_newimprovedversion Posts: 988 Member
    I am a grandmother to five (#6 on the way)........

    @ the beginning, I went by the generic "GRANDma"

    but as my relationship with all of them grew, each set of grandkids

    started their own a term of endearment

    One set calls me "Grandma Loves Me"
    and the other calls me "Gummie"


    THOSE names are the most special= when they're ones *they* pick, not me.
  • StartingAtSixty
    StartingAtSixty Posts: 85 Member
    I just found out I am going to be a grandma. This baby will have alot of grandmas and great grandmas. I want to go by something else, so it won't be so confusing. What have you heard grandmas called?

    I am Grannie...

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