Your grandma name

I'm just Grandma - and take great pride in that name.  My husband is Grandpa unless they want something and then he is Papa 

I will be a grandma any day now. I have a couple of names in mind... Gigi/Gram or I like Gia!!

I don't want to be grandma because my MIL drives me nuts because she is called grandma and she talks in 3rd person when she is talking.. DRIVES me nuts.

My grandma was Grank-ma... apparently that is what I came out with.. guess I couldn't say grandma.

congrats on the impending grandchild, jeremysgirl!!

I thought this was going to be one of those things like 'your stripper name = your childhood street name + your first pet' or something like that, lol, and I was curious how they could come up with 'your grandma name' lol.

Awww, congrats!  I think it’s a combination of things. Sometimes one grandma decides she wants to be called something different so there will be less confusion between her and the other grandma(s) especially in cases of blended families where there may end up being more than two.

My mom had a lot of grandkids so for years before we even had our kid, we would jokingly call my mom Granny Fanny Nesselrode after the Sesame Street character of the same name. We usually called my mom Granny and DH’s mom was Grandma. After they both passed away the same year, a friend stepped into that role for our DD and DD now calls her Gramma.

My sister has grandkids very close in age to our DD (who is of course her niece). So when all the kids would be together with my sister, they all called her Moomah which was something her oldest grandkid came up with when she was little. It was just less confusing for all the kids to have one name for her, since to my DD she would be auntie but to them she was grandma.

Our neighbor decided she wanted to be Nana because the other grandma wanted to be called Grandma. You’ll figure it all out as a family when the time comes. Again, congratulations! You’re going to be a great one no matter what.

Congratulations!

We did the default "Grandma & Grandpa", but my oldest DD started calling my parents "Nana" and "Papa" which has stuck. When they remarried, their spouses chose their names. So we have "GK", short for "Grandma K" and "Nono" which is apparently an Italian Grandpa name, too. My Grandma was "Grandma surname", but since she was upgrade to Great Grandma over 20 years ago, everyone now calls her "Grandma" or "GG". "GG" was given to her by the oldest grandchildren when they started having kids, we just tacked on. My Husband's Mom and step-Dad are called "Grandma and Grandpa", but there isn't a "special" relationship and never the opportunity for it to change, if that make sense?

My daughter was my parent's first grandchild (pre-marriages and divorces in some areas), so by the time my brother married and had his kids, they took over calling my Dad and his wife what my children do. Because there were children from a prior marriage, they kept their names for those Grandparents and so my Mom is not "Nana" to his kids, but "Grandma".

Then there's my Mom's husband's kids and grandkids who have different names... haha. If you have a name in mind, pick it and go, I say! It'll all shake out in the end.

I am grandma.

My grandmother was 'Mom' to everyone, her kids and we kids just followed with Mom too.

Aww, how nice to have a new little one coming!

My MIL chose her name. I won't even get into the narcissitic ramifications of the whole thing, but in general, I do think it's fair to start with a suggestion on your part.

My mom wanted to be Grandma. My daughter could not say it. She (DD) had a name for everyone else, and it made my mom kind of sad, even though she understood it wasn't by choice. So one day on the phone, we tried to get DD to say all different words/names. She was finally able to say Meme (prounounced Maymay), which was in response to my mom's name. My mom jumped on it, and Meme she remains!

My FIL chose his. My dad's just kind of happened organically, I think. We did have to sort of forcibly change it as DD was gravitating towards Papa, and that had been my (strong personality, patriarch type) grandfather's "name." My dad felt awkward with that, so we were able to get DD to shift to Pop Pop.

My mother in law chose to be Nanny GG to her great grandchildren because she was already Nanny to my kids and she added the GG for Great Grandmother.

Congratulations on your new grandchild! I'm considering Nona (Italian name for grandma) since I'm half Italian. I also like Gigi or Mimi. 

Aw babies are wonderful!! I’m happy that you get to be a grandmother!

I chose Mimi because Nana and Grammy were the norm in our family and I didn’t want either name. I thought Mimi would be easy for a little to say and it was!

I say to heck with your mom this is your time, your turn!!

bwahaha!! I had no idea such a thing existed! My grandma name is Granny Bert... no idea where that came from. (my Top Gun name is "Hurricane" which is fitting, considering that's what our bedroom looks like hit it, with my clothes all over the place.)

Awe. Such sweet news. I’m so happy for you.

I am Grammie (that’s how he spells it even now at 15). Our only child has an only child and this is what he chose to call me. His other set of grandparents live about 45 minutes away and have always been an active part of his life. He is grandchild #7 out of 8. All of her grandchildren call her grandma. When he was little, he found it very confusing to have two grandmas. He just started calling me Grammie on his own. His other grandparents are lovely people and I felt she earned the right to be called grandma. I absolutely love that he chose a different name for me and proudly tell everyone that I am the Grammie to one.

ETA -  Our DD (my parent’s only grandchild) called my mom “Grams”. Again this was her choice.  Her other grandmother? Don’t even get me started. She became a grandmother in her mid-40s from her oldest child. Even as she gained more grandchildren, she felt she was “too young” to be a grandmother. Needless to say, there was little to no relationship there. 

And then there’s my Aunt. She felt she was way too young for that “mom” and “grandma” nonsense.  All of her kids and grandkids called her by her first name until her death. 

Our oldest grandchild named me.  He is our first , and I had decided on being “Grammy”, and DH was to be “

”Daddy B”, since our surname begins with B.  Well, as a just learning-to-talk toddler, DGS could not say “Grammy”, so he came out with “GamGam”, and I have  absolutely loved the name.  So we are Daddy.B and GamGam.