What name do you children call their father?

[lynn]

I am hearing more and more father's being called "papa" is this cultural? trend? preference? My kids use dad or daddy.

[MeanestMomInMidwest]

Dad. or Da. youngest still says Da Da. To us, grandfather is Papa.

[Jean in Newcastle]

Dad usually but we sometimes call him "papa" just to be funny. Dh calls his dad, "Pop"

[newbie]

Dad, papa is for their grandpa.

[SonshineLearner]

I call my father Dad or "Pops" and my children call him grandpa... My children call their father "daddy" I sometimes playfully call him..."Papa"

I think it's endearing.

Carrie:-)

[nukeswife]

My kids call dh "Dad" or "Daddy". I call my dad "Pa" My kids call him "Papa" mostly because dh's dad is "Grandpa" and this helps keep them straight, but also my dad is kind of short so his friends always called him "smurf" We though Papa was fitting for a "smurf" LOL:tongue_smilie:

[hornblower]

Dad or his actual first name.

 

Papa or Father (in serious British tones) are for when we're being sarcastic or funny.

[Jen in PA]

My kids call DH "daddy," and I call my own father "dad."

[ChristusG]

My 4 year old calls him Daddy.....my almost two year old calls him Da-Da. My sisters and I call ours Daddy. Our grandfathers are Pop-Pop. My girls call my dad Poppy and DH's dad Pap (per his request).

[Needleroozer]

We're a papa family here. I always called my dad papa when I was tiny- after his dad died (whom we all called Papa as well), he insisted I call him dad. Never cared for that as much as Papa, so when the Dude and I got together, I asked him if he would be papa, and so it has been. The kids call him dad every now and again, now that they are teens, but he will always be their Papa to me.

LB

[The Governess]

Papa. My dh is Italian and calls his dad Papa but with the accent on the second a. So we kept the Papa but dropped the accent. :001_smile:

[Desert Rat]

He's Dad but wishes he were called Papa. Papa is for their grandad.

[kewb]

Dad is dad or daddy.

 

Papa or poppi is what they use for their grandfathers.

[dragons in the flower bed]

My father was called papa by the little girl who he helped raised for several years who almost became his stepdaughter. (They still maintain a father-child relationship.) This girl already called her biological father (who she saw twice a year or so) dad/dy. I suspect that's why you're seeing it so often. Many children these days have more than one paternal figure with whom they are close enough for such names.

[Pamela H in Texas]

My hubby was daddy then dad. I REALLY don't like papa but that is probably because I know only one family that does that and I REALLY don't like the man. It probably would have been more endearing if it was a lovely family.

[Faithseed]

Daddy. I'm still Mamma (since Daddy has 2 d's, I needed 2 m's). Those are the names that we both prefer, but we both know they won't call us that forever, although I figure I have a better chance of it than he does, especially with the boys.

 

I call my Dad "Daddy", although I didn't all the way through my teenage years- unless I wanted something :D. I wonder if this isn't a southern thing? My Dad is "Pappy" to the children- a name he chose. He didn't care for the traditional southern Papaw.

 

DH and I both remember saying "mom" and "dad" in that irritated teenager voice. We didn't want to be called those names for that reason. I disliked "mommy" for some reason. Probably because I heard it in my head as whiny. Without warning, my "baby" at almost 4 called me Mommy out of the blue the other day and I just melted.

 

I guess the moral of this rambling post is that we don't really care what they call us, as long as it is with love.

[Janet in Toronto]

My boys are teens and call him Dad. DS13 sometimes calls him Papa-san (he's studying Japanese).

[samba2nite]

Daddy-O...not sure why but it stuck and even the older yahoos now call him that....

 

samba

[Veritaserum]

Dad/Daddy

[SquirrellyMama]

When my first dd was a baby I taught her to say "papa" for her dad. I thought it was so cute. My mom thought it was weird until she heard my dd say it and then was sad when my kids started calling him dad.

 

We used "papa" and "mama". They call my dad "pops" and my dh's dad "grandpa".

 

Kelly

Edited February 2, 2009 by kwiech

[Guest janainaz]

Dad.

 

Papa is my dad to my kids.

[Daisy]

Dad or Daddy

 

Grandparents are Nena & Papa

[Ellie]

I only know one family, of all the many, many families I know (California, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Washington), where the children call their father "Papa." And they're born-and-bred U.S. folks, on both sides for many generations.

 

My dc call their father "Dad." When they were little it was "Daddy." This is true for most people I know.

[Tap]

Dad, daddy or dad-i-o.

[Melissa in Australia]

Dad

[elegantlion]

Dad

 

My dad is my daddy, always has been. He is Papa (pronounced pap-aw) to my ds.

 

My dh's father is deceased, but when talk about him it is Papa _____(first name).

[swellmomma]

Dad. or Da. youngest still says Da Da. To us, grandfather is Papa.

 

 

THat's like my family, they call their father Dad, dd calls him daddy. THey call grandpa, Poppa

[fivetails]

He's Dad or Daddy to the kids and Papa to the cats. :D

[Spy Car]

I'm still "Daddy", but the little man occasionally tries out "Dad" as a rite of passage.

 

Sunrise, sunset

Sunrise, sunset

Swiftly flow the days

Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers

Blossoming even as we gaze

 

Bill

[Caroline]

Dad or Daddy is what my kids call their father. Well, sometimes the thirteen year old calls him father to be goofy. Every once in a while, one of them will use his first name. We all call my dad Bucko.

[Nakia]

Daddy here. My good friend's son calls his dad "Papa" and it is precious! They are Italian.

[Plaid Dad]

I'm papa or pater.

[WTMindy]

Daddy or Dad. I only know one family who uses Papa.

[YHZNS]

I grew up calling my parents Mom and Dad (Mommy and Daddy when I was younger). Our kids call my husband Papa. I think they call my husband Papa because he is French Canadian. Once in a blue moon, they will refer to him as Daddy. It is usually a long drawn out Daaaaaaaaddddddddy if he is being silly. My father is Grampy and my husband's father is Grand-Pere.

[The Girls' Mom]

Our kids say Dad or Daddy. My little brother (who is 12) calls our dad Pa. Weird to me..lol. But my dad is old now, so I guess Pa is fitting :lol::lol:

[Melissa B]

Dad or Daddy

 

Papa is the name of one of their grandfathers - the other is Opa.

[Rhonda in TX]

DD calls him "Daddy" sometimes. I still call my dad "Daddy". :)

 

I haven't heard anyone use "papa".

[Stacia]

Papa.

 

My dh is Belgian & Papa seems to be more of the norm in Europe.

[Amy loves Bud]

Dad. Except for Romy who just screams with glee when she sees him. :D

[tibbyl]

Dad.

[bumbledeb]

My sister and I called our parents Mummy and Daddy right up until I had my first child. Since then we have called them Granny and Granda.

 

I have been called Mummy since that time, dh is Daddy.

 

My sister recently had her first child and she has told me that she finds it hard to remember that she is Mummy and I am Auntie, not the other way around, after years of calling me Mummy and herself Auntie.

 

I suppose our family is just too lazy to use more than one name per person.:lol::lol:

[Peela]

Dad or daddy (my teens still call me and dh mummy and daddy sometimes, I love it).

I think Papa is European- my BIL is married to a Belgian woman and their kids call him Papa because of her influence.

[Aurelia]

My 4 year old usually calls him Da-tee, like Daddy, but with 2 very specific separate syllables and definitely a T and not D at the end.

[Harriet Vane]

My kids call their father "Dad" though sometimes ds calls him by his first name. We don't really allow him to do this, but ds thinks of himself as an adult and tends to address everyone as if they are his peer. :lol:

 

They call their grandfather, "Gramps" and their grandmother, "Grammy."

[scrappyhappymama]

My sons call their father Papa and his father Papa (first name). When my husband was growing up, he called his father Papa and his grandfather Papa (first name) too.

 

My husband's father is Italian, so I think it's a cultural thing. My husband asked me when we had kids if they could call him Papa, and at first I thought it a little odd, but now it is quite endearing. As a result, I am Mama instead of mommy, which I also prefer. Our oldest is nearly 7, so I'm sure they'll modify their names for us as they get older, but so far we are Papa and Mama. The grandparents are Grandma, Grandpa, Papa (name), Abuela and Abuelo, so no confusion there.

[riada]

Dad, papa is for their grandpa.

 

:iagree: Exactly how my kids do it.

[Heidi @ Mt Hope]

Just Dad or Daddy around here. Papa sounds more like a grandfather to me. My boys call their grandfather 'Poppy.' Grandmother is 'Bambi.' :)

[ereks mom]

...people of all ages tend to call their fathers "Daddy". People I know who are from the north tend to call their fathers "Daddy" only when they are very young, and begin to say "Dad" when they are a bit older. Of course, here in the south, we tend to call our mothers "Mama", while northerners I've known always say "Mom" or occasionally "Ma". I've always wondered why.

[Mandy in TN]

Dh is Persian, so he is Baba, sometimes Dad, and sometimes the same nickname I call him.

 

My boys call me Mom.

 

My mom is Gigi. My step-father is Papa (insert name). My dad is D.D. My MIL is Aziz. My FIL is Baba Haji. My xMIL is Grammy and xFIL is Daddy (insert name).

 

My father's mother is my Mimi. My kids call her Granny Mimi, because they have an Aunt Mimi and a cousin Mimi.

 

Gone but Not Forgotten

My father's father was Paw-paw. My mother's mother was Nana. My mother's step-mother was Grandmama. My mother's father was Granddaddy. My paternal mother's mother was Granny. My maternal father's mother was Maw-maw and maternal father's father was Dad- everyone called him Dad.

 

Mandy

[Mabelen]

Daddy or dad when using English.

Papá or papaito when using Spanish.

 

Paternal grandparents are called Patta and Patti (tamil terms), maternal grandparents are called Abuelo and Abuela.