You All. Sorry for the Typos. I lWhat Do Your Children Call Their Grandparents?

my parents were grandpa and grandma. my in-laws are grammy (which i love) and pop-pop (which i don't like at all.)
when we're grandparents i'm going to put in a vote to be grandma or grammy.
:) khairete
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My parents are G'ma and G'pa, my husband's parents are Gran'ma and Gran'pa.

Growing up I had only one biological grandparent on each side. So Gran'ma was my Mom's Mom and Gran'pa was my Dad's Dad. My Gran'pa remarried late in life and his wife was Gran'ma Betty.

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My parents are Grammy and Granddad.

My husband's parents were Mommom and Poppop.

My parents have been married for over 50 years. And my husband's parents were married for 45 when she died. He never remarried nor dated after she died. He is now dead.

My daughter calls her step-mother by her first name.

From day 1, my mother demanded that I call her "Mother". I recall as a youngster saying "mom or mommy" and she would squeeze my cheeks, get in my face and say " (Moth-ER) I am your Moth-ER"

I guess she was on some sort of ego trip and still is. I call her Moth-ER (Mother). I will say the amount of respect is greatly diminished.

I called my maternal Grandmother "Grandmother" because all of her children called her Mother. I don't think she was adamant about being called mother. I think she was called mother due to the utmost respect people had for her... She was an amazing woman. My Grandfather was killed when my mom was a teen. Most all of the other grandchildren called her Granny. I was the only grandchild for 6 yrs!

I called my paternal Grandmother and Grandfather Mamaw and Papaw

Now that my mom is remarried... I called my Stepdad by his first name. My daughter refers to them as Grandmother and Grandfather. She is ADAMANT about Grandmother as well.

My daughter calls my dad Pop-pop

What is funny, is that 6 yrs ago, my brother adopted their foster child who is bi-racial and absolutely the most adorable and smart child. This child has always called my mother "Granny". My brother and I were floored when she allowed this and we don't understand it.

Interesting question.

Grandma and grandpa. I will admit I didn't come up with these names on my own. :)

My ex's mom evidently did NOT want to be a grand I guess. When we announced our pregnancy (first grandkid On both sides of family) she announced quite firmly that she was NOT going to be called grandma...she said she did not care WHAT he called her, but NOT grandma.

We were in germany at the time, so we went with Oma for her, and Opa for him. It has stuck! She is in her nineties now, and as bossy as ever!

lets see my inlaws are grandma and grandpa, my mom is grandma plus her name, my step mom is grandma plus name, and my grandma is grandma plus her name, my grandpa is papa plus his nama and my daughter on her one called my dad papa plus his name.

i picked papa for my daughter to call my grandfather because he took a roll in raising me as a child so i felt he earned that title. sometimes she also says grand mommy or grandmother. we used names after grandma/papa to help her with family out of state. now that we no longer live with the inlaws and now live in the same state where my family is we now refer to my husbands parents and grandma/grandpa with name or just grandma and grandpa.

All of ours are called "Grandma" and "Grandpa" and it's terribly confusing for the kiddos because there are six (my parents are divorced and both remarried). Even, the stepparents get called Grandma & Grandpa because they have been around for a long time. So there always has to be a secondary name, like Grandpa Joe or Grandma Nelson, never just "Grandma."

I would recommend letting each grandparent pick their own name. That's what we did, and unfortunately no one ventured out for a nana or poppy or any name with a bit of individuality. I suggest letting them use what makes them happy!

My parents decided on Nana and Papa, and my in-laws chose Grandma and Grandpa.

My parents are Oma and Opa. My in-laws are Nonna and Dadajan.

My mother WOULD have been Mormor because she's Norwegian, except that MY Mormor (pronounced mood-mood) is still alive and there would have been too much confusion. My dad is of German descent so he's Opa, like his dad (my grandfather) was Opa, as was HIS father. My mom is Oma because it goes with Opa and well, see previous explanation about Mormor.

My MIL is Nonna. She's Italian. 'Nuff said. My FIL is Dadajan. That's what they call "grandpa" in Pakistan, apparently, where he's from.

Going back a couple of generations, there's only been one traditional "Grandpa" in my family. MY other grandmother, besides Mormor, was called Yaya (she was Spanish). So *I* had Opa and Yaya...and Grandpa and Mormor. My kids have Opa and Oma...and Nonna and Dadajan.

Simple, right?

My kids call theirs grandma and grandpa, I expect our grandkids will call us the same.

My parents have passed, so it fell to the in-laws in this family. Mark's Dad knew right away that he wanted to be called "Poppy". In fact, WE even call him that most times now. I have to force myself to call him Dad. =)
His lovely wife is just Sally.

Now, Mark's mom is learning French and she wanted to be called "Grandmere" (grahnd-mare). But it's just too hard for the kids to say. They call her Grandma. And she's fine with it.

My mom - Abue (short for Abuela)
My dad - Buelo (short for Abuelo)
My husband's parents - Abuelitos! (the kids always see them together on Skype, so they are both abuelitos)

We have no step grandparents.
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I think kids often have a way of naming grandparents, all on their own.
My parents are rather traditional. . . "Grandma" and "Grandpa."

My husbands, mom, however, is. . . "Purple."

Years ago before we had speaker phone on anything, we had a cordless phone that we could turn the volume up really high, so our daughter could hear her grandmother, who lived 4 hours away. One day she brought us the phone, asking "Gama." We asked, "Do you want to talk to 'Grandma' grandma, or -PURPLE PHONE- grandma?

'Purple' just kinda stuck, and his mom LOVES it.

My parents are Grandma Annie and Grandpa Bill
My hubby's parents are Poppy and Nana, (sometime Grandma Debbie)

One of the bunch is a step-parent, but we don't focus on that.

good question!

when i grew up for some reason we always called our grandparents "Grandma/pa (Last Name)" i don't know why. i also had a "great-grandma (first name)" and one "granny" (also a great grandma).

now that i have a child of my own, my mom wanted to be called "grandma (first name)" - she has the same name as her grandmother so it is very sweet and nostalgic for her to hear "grandma x!" just like she used to call her grandma. to that end we have basically called all grandparents by "grandma/pa (First name)" ever since. we do have a grandpa and a great grandpa in the south who have always referred to themselves as "pawpaw" - which tangles up my kansas tongue, but i have used it because that is their wish.

mostly we call grandparents what THEY wish to be called. to me that's the bottom line.

My kids call my mom and dad (my step dad) granny and papa. My son started calling them this on his own when he was very little. they call my Bio dad Grandpa Richard, my husband folks are grandma and grandpa. I always called my step grandparents by there first names
Not sure if that helps :)

Grandma and Grandpa

When speaking about them they call them "The Grans".

My parents are Grandma and Grandpa. My husband's parents are Nanny and Grandpop.
Growing up my parents' parents were Grandma and Grandpa and Grandmommy and Granddaddy.
My parents and my husband's parents have never been divorced/remarried so we don't have that to deal with. Our grandparents are first marriages as well.

Maternal-Mimi and Big Daddy
paternal -Nana and Papa

My mom was named by my stepkids when we married. They decided on Nana. my grandmother became "Grandma First Name".

My mom is Grandma to my nephew. His paternal grands are Oma and Opa.

My ILs are Grandma and Grandpa.

When I was little, one side was "ma" and one "mom" and I often used last names. So it was Grandma Smith and Grandmom Jones.

I would ask the stepgrand what she wants to be called by the children. Maybe a nickname that has no "grand" in it. My sk's maternal grandmother made something up. I personally like honorifics and would be happy to be Grandma First Name to my stepgrands some day.

My parents decided what they wanted to be called. Granddaddy and Grandma. Before my son could say Granddaddy, he would call him Gandgy.

My son's father's parents are Tata and Nanaamma. They are Indian and we just went with their language.

They call my mom Gibby and my dad Grandpa. When my son was a baby, we referred to my mom as "Grammy," but when he started talking, it came out Gibby. My mom liked it so that's what stuck.

My husband is Chinese, so my kids call their grandparents Nai Nai (female) and Ye Ye (male), which are the traditional Chinese terms for grandparents.

We haven't had any step families to deal with, but I think if you had a strong relationship with a step-relative, you'd keep calling them by the same name even if they divorced (unless it was some absolutely horrible divorce, then maybe not).

Interesting question and an interesting array of responses. My husband's parents went the traditional route and are Abuelito and Abuelita. I asked my parents what they wanted to be called. My children are the last grandchildren but I figured no one had asked anyone what they wanted to be called. A bunch of assumptions were made and that was that. Never too late to address a secret grandparent desire, eh? My mother wants to be called Na Naw which I absolutely detest. It sounds so country bumpkin and I am not even sure how the heck to spell it. Sigh. Her wife (my second mother) is called Grandma. My dad didn't care so I selected Grandad in honor of what I called his father.

Growing up my maternal grandparents were Grandma and Grandpa. Lovely people - loving, generous, kind, wonderful grandparents. My paternal grandparents were Grandmother (at her insistence; otherwise she wanted to be called by her first name) and Grandfather (which was shortened to Grandad over the years).

With the step angle in our family it is Grandma First Name or Grandpa First Name. It makes it less confusing for the children involved.

When I was growing up I only had one set of living grandparents and they were just grandma and grandpa. My kids only have one grandma, who they call grandma. Her boyfriend who she lives with is just Ernie. Their grandpa who they rarely see is pappa, because that is what the older cousins called him. My nieces and nephews call their German grandparents (my sil's parents) oma and opa. My Icelandic friend is called ama by her grandchildren.

We went through something similar with our kids and what they should call step-mom. My niece is 6 months younger than my son and she sees them more. She calls our dad "papa" and step-mom is "nana" and our kids picked up to call them those names too. My mom wanted to be called "gammy", but is now "mimi". My grandma is "gigi" and grandpa is "papa" My husband's parents are "grandma" and "grandpa".

My maternal grandparents, who died before I was born, were Mamaw and papaw. My paternal grandparents were grandma and grandpa, and they were divorced, and the step grandparents were grandma irene and grandpa Mac. My children called their grandparents grammy and grandpa. My parents were grandma and grandpa, and my stepmom is grandma Chalong (she is from Thailand). Now that I am a grandparent, I am grandma to my grandson. My ex husband is Poobah to him. His wife is Neenee, and my husband is grandpa. His paternal grandparents (hispanic) are Abuela and Abuelo (excuse me if that is misspelled).

Maternal: Grandma and Granddaddy.
Paternal: Grandma and Grandpa.

My nieces call my mother Grandmaw, which she hates. It kinda sounds like grrrraaannndmaaaaww when they say it, hehe.
They call their other set Mimi and Pop-pop.

My daughter calls my mom, Ma. I think this is cause I call her that. Before he died she called my dad papi, again I think it's cause that's what I called him.

My aunt had hers call her nona, b/c she became a grandmother REALLY young and didn't want to be called grandma or anything like it. :)

At first we were Grandma and Papaw, but the little ones started
calling us Grammy and Paps for fun. Don't know which ones will
stick.

For my one and only grandchild, I had dibs on "Granny," after my beloved grandmother who died nearly 30 years ago. My husband, a step-dad, went with "Poppy." Said grandchild also has 2 other grandmothers, a lesbian couple (both "Grandma First-name") and another "Nanna" and another "Grandpa (my first husband)." He's well-gifted with loving grandparents.

My kids call my parents Nana and Papa. They only have one set of grandparents, as my husband's parents are deceased.

We do Grandma and Grandpa, even for the greats (although she does sometimes add the great so it's Great Grandma) and for the step-grandparents. In our case, the steps are better parents/grandparents than the biological, so she knows them better and they've always been Grandpa.

When my FIL was alive, he and his wife were going to be Grandma and Grandpa Last Initial. But FIL passed away when our daughter was less than a year old, and we don't speak to bitchy stepmom anymore.

This is a great question :)

DS has three sets of grandparents/grandparent figures including biological, and two versions of "step." He also has my grandmother and SO's grandmother.

He calls his biological paternal grandparents "Grammy" and "Grandfather." He was the fifth grandchild in that family, so the names were already set. (I personally find the contrast in formality very funny, but no one else does, so it is what it is).

My mom and her husband = "Nannie" and "Zayde." My mom actually chose "Nana" for herself, but he started calling her "Nannie" around 2yo, and it stuck. "Zayde" is Yiddish for grandpa, and it's what he called his own grandpa. DS is their first/only current grandchild.

My grandma ="Nana Joy." I always called her "Nana" and Joy is her family nickname (name is Joyce).

SO's parents = "Nana Claire" and "Uncle Steven." SO chose for his mom, and it works. It's different than what her other grandkids call her, but if we have another child, they'd call her Nana Clair too. I think DS chose "Uncle Steven" on his own. :-P

SO's grandmother = "Gran" which is what pretty much what everyone calls her... clearly that was chosen long ago.

I think it really depends on the family, the relationship, and the child themselves. Like in your case, one step-grandmother was called one thing and another by their first name.

I had a stepmother by age 11 months, never called my stepmom anything but her first name but my children call her Mommom Pam. When I was 26 they split but didn't divorce for more than 6 years later (I think longer than that). She was still Mommom Pam to my son and then my daughter was born. She was still there and was still their grandmother. She's also the mother of my siblings. Their kids call her Grammy (quite annoying since she was already MomMom before they were even born).

I on the other hand always called my stepgrandparents by their first names (probably because they were already referred to by their first names).

My son calls my inlaws "MomMom and PopPop" but not his dad's inlaws. The relationship is different (rarely sees them, was older when dad remarried).

All of the grandparents/great grandparents picked their names before my first was born. We have a nana, a papa, a grandma, a Minnie, a Gigi, a childhood nickname and a standard first name. So - whatever they want to be called.

I hate writing on MP with an iPad!

One set was Grandma and Grandpa. One was Grandmom and Granddad. I wonder what I will be one day?

We don't have blended family. But a friend who did was Nana (her husband was deceased, so I don't know what they would have called him.)

To my children, my maternal grandmother was "Granny"; my paternal grandmother was "Nan-Nan" (her name was Nancy); my mother was "Gram", my father was "PaPa". Now I have grandchildren and I decided that I would like for them to call me S. Mommy. My name is S.. My stepdaughter called me by my first name. She preceded me giving birth to my children and her mother didn't want her calling the step any endearing names. To avoid confusion and make it easy for the child, she called me what my mama called me (SMILE). After my girls came along calling me Mama, she asked if she could call me Mom and that was alright. When she had children they joined in calling me S. Mommy.

nonna for grandma...

both of my grandfathers were called "Paw Paw" and then there first name. My grandmother was called just that "Grandmother" and the other was called "Nanny" both women picked there own names.

My parents are called "Grand" and "PoPo". The oldest grandchild picked there name. (it was a step daughter who was about 4 at the time and since the parents of the child have divorced and she is rarely at any family functions but the names stuck)

We call my father inlaw "PawPaw R___ " (his name) and my mil has passed away but her grand children she did have called her "Memaw" Southern names .

Memaw, Nanna, Grandma, Mimi, Grammy, are all grandmother names often used

PawPaw Pop Pop,

My son calls his Grandparents: Grandma, Grandpa, Grammy & Gampa. His step grandmother by her name, although she insists Nana and I do not encourage that personally.

My parents - grandma and grandpa
Inlaws - Nana and (would have been) Pops (he was Pops to the grandchild born before he died).

-My Mom- Grammy
-My 2nd dad (my mom and step dad got divorced, but I'm still very close to him)- Papa John
-My 2nd dads girlfriend (they've been together as long as my son has been born)- Jonarita
-My MIL- GiGi
My FIL- PawPaw
Other MIL- MawMaw

My son called my parents Dear and Grand daddy.

I want to be called Go Go. It is the South African name for Grandmother. I am not South African (that I know of), but I want my future grandchildren to connect to the Motherland.

Well, my husband I grew up calling both our grandmothers Nana and my grandfathers Papa and expected our children to do the same.

Then when we had our first, my MIL decided that she wanted to be called Grandma. It bugged me at first but she wouldn't change her mind no matter how much my husband and I asked, but I got over it and grew to like having just one Nana and one Grandma.

When my BIL had his first (when my 2 were 4, 3 and I was pregnant with #3), he announced that his parents were going to be Nana and Papa to his kids - and the inlaws agreed to it! So when we're all together (which is pretty often), MY kids are calling them Grandma and Grandpa while they're Nana and Papa to HIS kids. It's confusing to my girls and they always ask why....oh, well.

My parents are just Grandma and Grandpa.
My in-laws are Nana and Jiddoo (Arabic custom)

My sister's kids call her in-laws Nana and Boppy. My kids call them the same, rather than think of a new title for "Grandparents of our cousins."

My grandparents we called Grandma Kaye, and Grandma Ruby; Grandpa Gordy and Grandpa Bill.

My cousin's kids call his ex-in-laws Memaw and Paw-Paw.

ETA: After my Grandpa Bill passed away my grandma got remarried, and we called her husband "Uncle." He only lived about 1 year after they married, so I wonder if we would have continued calling him "Uncle" if we were closer to him, or if he would have become "Grandpa."

My parents are Papa and Grandma.
My in laws are Papa and Grammy.

Let the adult decide what to be called.
What do you care?

Papa, Grandma, Memaw, Granddad, Grandma P, and Grandpa.

The person picks what the kids will call them. If the kids have a special name they like then it might be a compromise.