Can I have some creative grandmother names? I know my baby girl will come up with something on her own, but "Grandma" doesn't want to be called such, so any suggfestion will be appreciated :)
My boys have 3 grandmothers- and only 1 goes by "Grandma". They have a "Mimi" (Italian) and a "Nonni": pronounced no-knee (Croatian).
Congrats on your new baby girl!
My mom is called Mimi (meme) and I have also heard Mami. Just some suggestions. :)
We've got a Grandma, a mamaw, and a Busia (polish). I've heard a lot of people call them Mimi and Nana. Granny. Those are usually the older ones.
Why not ask grandma what she would prefer?
The hardest part will be retraining yourself to call her by her new grandma name. Have fun with it though.
Gam Gam
Gamma
Gams
Gammie
Grammie
Grams
Mami
Mimi
Gigi
Bama
Gima
I want to be called MeMe when I/m a grandma (years from now!).
My mom is called "Mema" and I have a best friend whose kids called their grandmother "Oma." I've also heard Nana, Mimi, Mamaw, Meemaw, Pasha, Grammy, etc.
Good luck!
Kimberly
My son is half-chinese, so his chinese grandmother is "paw paw" (pronounced like a dog's foot(!)) and his anglo grandmother is "Nanny".
A good name I thought would be nice is nana its cute and will make you feel young!
Hi, Emily...
My granddaughter calls me Gee Gee, and you're right... when the time's right your angel girl will apply her own name for "Grandma". Also, my grandbaby calls my mother "Nina".
Good Luck,
Brandi D.
My boss's granddaughter calls her "Gigi". My daughter call my mother"mammaw" but the other grandmother is "grandma". They will use what you call them. Babies start talking in sylibals or letter sounds. Don't confuse this with a word. Encourage them to use correct words for things. My nephew was learning to talk and used "Gaga" for grandma. they never continued to use the word they wanted "grandma" so now he is 10 and sounds like a 1 year old saying "Gaga". If they had continued to use the word they wanted he would have used it too. Not that baby talk isn't cute but you do want them to use grown up words at 15!!
I have a Aunt that didn't like the name grandmother either. She came up with a cute and hip name I thought you might like. She is now called "Mim". I think it's cute and timeless! Hope I helped.
i did not want to be called grandma......
and so i have my grandson call me bella (beautiful one:)
ask what grandma wants to be called!
oma is dutch and there are grandmother names in every language.......google names for grandmother in other countries. my ex husband is called the scottish name for
grandfather because my son decided that.
my mother is called nonie and you can look at nana.
hope this helps. try below also:
http://www.thenewparentsguide.com/grandparents-nicknames.htm
Emily my grandson is 21 years old and when he started talking he could not say granny,grandma so he called me nanny. My mothe thought that was not what she wanted to be called but, soon learned that was what he was going to call her as well. Let your child come up with her own word for her grandmother. Believe me they will adjust.
I am a grammy, my mom and sister are nana's. I think one of the best I heard was a friend of mine, she is a Weena. Her name is Tina, and when her first grandson was learning to talk, he kept hearing Tina and it came out weena. It stuck.
They say your first grandbaby names you. It is true and they stick. What is amazing is that it really doesn't matter once they start to recognize and call you anything at all.
I am also heard of mimi, big mama, gamma, momo, etc.
Good luck
Well, I am faced with this myself. I am going to be a young grandmother this summer and want a younger sounding name. Plus my Mom and husband's Mom already go by Grandma. I am leaning towards Nana. I have also heard Mimi. You can also check different languages...like German is Oma. Hope this helps!
Nana Pam
Dear Emily
I love to be called Grand-mom >>>but my youngest Great-Grand Daughter started calling me** MI-MI and I love it and she is so Prcious they said no she is your Great Grand-mom and she is 3 years old now and she said no>> no >>no >> she is my **Mi Mi ****
Have a wonderful Life Babies are so Precious and such a Blessing from God
Good Luck
Alittle about me I am a Grand-mom a Great Grand-mom also
I Knit and make the Baby Caps for **Arnold Palmer Hospital
God Bless you and your Baby
Love from a Granny
Retta
My mother did not want to be called grandmom or grandma so my neices and nephew call her "Mimi" (me-me). And that works for everyone and easy for the kids to say when they were little. Now all kids friends also call her that instead of Mrs. SO SO.
Hope tou find one that works for your family!
Windy
Hi Emily my grandchildren call me Mawmaw and I love it. God Bless
I have to say that my husbands parents thought Grandma and Grandpa sounded too old so they went with Nana & Pop-pop. I personally think those sound older, but that's probably just me. You could also go with Mimmi, that seems to be popular in the south. I personally can't imagine my children having their own children in the future and not being called Grandma! I think it is a name to be proud of.