What do you or your children call the grandparents

[MamaSheep]

I haven't read all the responses so I'm sorry if these are all repeats.

 

In my family both sides just stuck the last name on, so my grandparents were all Grandma Lastname and Grandpa Lastname.

 

Dh's grandmothers were called "Deah" (pronounced like "dear" with a strong Southern accent), and "Dee Dee". The grandfathers passed away long before they were grandfathers, and I don't think they were ever called anything grandfatherly.

 

Our children's grandparents are Grandpa and Grandma Lastname on my side of the family, and Gigi and Grandpa Lastname on dh's side. Sometimes he is also called "Pa", so Gigi and Pa, depending on who is talking about him.

[ereks mom]

...not a bit disrespectul. ;)

 

It is interesting to think that many grandkids are 'allowed' to choose the name of the grandparents. It's actually the parents and grands that decide to 'allow' the child to get creative with the names.

[ereks mom]

I only had one set of grandparents, and one g-grandmother. Grandparents were Grandmother and Poppy; g-grandmother was Grandma.

 

I rather like the sound of "Grandmother." :-) That will be my choice for my new grandchild (due in May on her mother's birthday!).

 

For my dc, my mother and her dh were Noni and Grandpa. Mil was Grandma.

 

...your mom and my mom are both "Noni". My nephew came up with that when my sister tried to get him to say Nina or Nanna or something like that, and it just came out Noni. We thought it was adorable, and it SO fits my mom, so it stuck, and now all of her grandchildren call her Noni. In fact, a LOT of people who aren't even related to us call her Noni.

[Amber in AUS]

My parents are Grandma & Grandad, my DH's parents are Nanna and Poppy. My Nanna is Great Nanna to the kids.

 

We also have Nanna Marge and Nanna Glen who are not related but we call them Nanna anyway.

[Rosie_0801]

Latin (since we are classical lol) Ava (Avia) and Avus.

etc...

 

 

I bet that's what my dh will go for! Heheh.

 

I called my grandparents Grandma, Grandpa, Nan and Grandad, and my great grandmother Nanny John (her surname was Littlejohn.)

 

Now my mother goes as Nanna, my dad goes as Dzadek (no one remembers how to spell it, and he only chose it to be cool even though his dad who was the Pole answered to Grandpa.) Dh's mum goes as Grandma and his Dad doesn't seem to call himself anything, but his wife refers to him as Grumps, which is appropriate if not mannerly. I'm not sure what we are supposed to call him.

 

Maybe I'll go for the Babcia option. I'd have gone Grandma since I liked mine, except my mother in law has kind of spoilt that one for me. Or maybe I'll take the Latin option to be geeky :D

 

Rosie

[athena1277]

I haven't read all the replies, but here's mine. My parents are PawPaw and Gammi. Dh's are Grandpapa and Grandmother. I LOATHE the name "Grandmother". It just sounds so stuck-up. Seriously, how many stories have a character that is sweet and kind and called "Grandmother"? I can't think of any.

[*Inna*]

My husband's parents - Saba and Tata (comes from Savta) Hebrew names for Granpa and Granma.

 

My parents - Deda and Baba (short for Russian Dedushka and Babushka).

[Brenda in FL]

My grandmother is known as Grammie and my father in law is known as G.P. by the grandkids (sometimes PP before they can talk!:lol:) ("G"rand "P"a)

 

All others are already on your list. Growing up we distinguished the grandma's and grandpa's by adding their last name.

[dragons in the flower bed]

We've had/have a Nana, Abuela, Abuelita, Abuelo, Grammy, Grandad, Grandmere (pronounced grandmary), and a PopPop.

[AuntieM]

my folks are Grandy and Papa

 

dh's folks are Gramma and Grandad

[oakmom]

My kids called my grandma GG (prounounced Gee Gee) for great grandma. I loved that.