What Do You Call Your Grandparents?

[AlphaFrog]

Mine were grandma and grandpa.

My kids call husband's parents Abuelo and Abuela. My dad is Papa, my husband is Papí, and my mom is Bama (my daughter started that before she could say "grandma" and it stuck).

[amanda6035]

Mawmaw and Pawpaw

yeah, so what!

[DaffyKD]

Although I never met my father's parents they were referred to as Bubbie and Zadeh. My mother's mom was Nonnie. No name for my mother's father.

My kids call my parents Gramma and Papa while they call my ex FIL and his wife Honey and Honeybear. They call my ex's mother Grandma _____(her name) although she died before either of them were born.

DaffyKD

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

Mawmaw and Pawpaw

yeah, so what!

AWWW YAY!

Maternal Grandmother: MAH-Maw
Her late husband: Paw-Paw

Late Maternal Grandfather: Granddad
His late wife: OMG I can't remember.... did we just call her by her first name?

My grandmother's step-mother was called GiGi, I supposed for Great Grandmother.

I was not raised by my father or any of his family, so I just call(ed) them by the first names when I referred to them.

[PrettyBoy]

My mom's side of the family:
Grandmother: Big Mama
Grandfather: Big Daddy

My Dad's side of the family:
Grandmother: Grandmommy
Grandfather: Paw Paw

[barbino]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

My mom's side of the family:
Grandmother: Big Mama
Grandfather: Big Daddy

My Dad's side of the family:
Grandmother: Grandmommy
Grandfather: Paw Paw

I like this. My family is boring; I can't imagine calling either sets of my grandparents anything other than the usual "grandma or grandpa" although they were all German. I thought that it was really cool when a friend of mine who was German called her grandparents Oma and Umpa.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

My grandmother's step-mother was called GiGi, I supposed for Great Grandmother.

We called my parternal Great Grandmother GiGi for just that reason.

[Xylochick216]

Mom's Parents: Grandma and Papa
Dad's Mom & Stepdad: Grandma K and Papa Nick
Dad's Dad and Stepmom (never met them): Grandpa A and Grandma A

Now that my parents are grandparents (thanks to my sister), they are Amma and Pop-Pop (my nephew gave them their names). His other grandparents are Grandpa and Grandma. He calls me Yaya and my husband Coco because he couldn't say our names when he was younger (I don't know where Yaya came from) and he thinks everyone has a Yaya.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Mine were grandma and grandpa.

My kids call husband's parents Abuelo and Abuela. My dad is Papa, my husband is Papí, and my mom is Bama (my daughter started that before she could say "grandma" and it stuck).

LOL! Our puluna (Hawaiian word for grandparents of the same children, she's our son-in-law's mom) wants her grandsons to call her Bama because she's a Bama fan but they don't call her anything yet. She thought that they should call me Abuela but they had other ideas.

One thing we've learned from many grandparents: if you have a name you really do or don't want the kids to call you, set the groundwork early. Since I didn't, I'm lucky that they started with GrandRose because I've heard some weird grandparent names.

[flirt5721]

I use the Spanish terms of Abuela and Abuelo or Abuelita or 'uelo