What Do You Call Your Grandparents?

[christiangirl]

When I was born, my living grandparents were my paternal grandmother and my maternal grandfather. My grandmother was "Grandmommy." Everyone called my grandfather "Grandaddy" except for me. I called him "Grandpa." Well, when I was older. When I was little, I found out what I thought was his first name was actually his middle name. No one ever used his first name so, when I read it on his suitcase tag, it was like I found out a huge secret. To a 6yo, that's super exciting so I called him by it and he let me.

I want my grandchildren to call me Madea.

ETA: Oh and I just remembered. My grandmother's last husband was called "Uncle Firstname." I have NO idea why we had to call him uncle...maybe because he wasn't any of our grandfathers? IDK.

[Jill1228]

Both of my grandfathers died LONG before I was born.
My paternal grandmother was Grandmama Lulu and my maternal grandma is Nana
My great grandmother on my mother's side was called Big Mama

[Munchkin03]

Grandmother/Grandaddy; Grandmother/Grandfather. We were very formal like that.

When my parents became grandparents, they weren't down with being called "Grandma/Grandpa," so they have pet names based on their real names. My niece and nephew call my dad "Daddy [his first name]," and I doubt any man I marry will be down with that. So it's likely that my kids will probably go to the Grandma/Grandpa route.

[DaffyKD]

Maternal Grandparents
Grandmother== called her Nonnie
Grandfather (did not meet him until I was 16 and only met 2X in my life) referred to him as my mother's father

Paternal Grandparents
Grandmother (very senile by the time I was born) Bubbie
Grandfather (died before I was born) my father referred to him as my Zeyde.

My kids use the following grandparent terms
Maternal grandparents
Gramma
Papa

Paternal grandparents
Grandmother-- her name (she died before they were born)
Grandfather-- Honey
Honey's Wife-- Honey Bear
Step mother's mother--Gramma (name)
Stepmother's stepfather Grandpa (name)
Step mother's step mother has name first name as stepmother-- Different (name)
Stepmother's father-- Babbo

DaffyKD

[Primrose]

Oma and Opa (Dad's parents)
Nana and Papa (Mom's parents)

[SWTXBelle]

Paternal great-grandparents - Mama Craft. Inker (from Enoch) and Memaw
Paternal grandparents - Mimi and Gramps
Maternal great-grandmother - Grandmother Blankey
Maternal grandparents - Grandmama and Daddy Jack
My parents are called Grandbob and Gammy (Yes, my mother is a Gamma Phi!).

[DreamfulSpirit]

My paternal grandfather died when my father was really young. But my paternal grandmother I called Grandma. My maternal grandparents I call Nannie and Papa

[agzg]

My mom's mom was Grandma Nick (Nick was part of her last name).

My dad's parents were Gramma and Grampa (my last name) or Gramma Ann or Gram (my Grampa died when we were still quite young, so really we called him *gurgle gurgle mumble something*.

[KSUViolet06]

Dad's dad: Died when I was like a month old.
Dad's mom: Grandma LastName. (more formal as we are not super close. She has like 70 grandkids and my brother and I lived 3,000 mi away from her most of our lives.)
Mom's mom: Granny.
Mom's dad: Granddad.

[KKGCaroline]

My maternal grandparents were called Nana & Pop's

[Tulip86]

I call my parents' parents Opa and Oma (they're Dutch and it's Dutch for Grandpa and Grandma).
My sister's kids call them (well, her actually, both by grandfathers passed away, as well as one of my grandmothers) Super-Oma (Super-Grandma) as not to confuse her with my parents who they call Opa and Oma.

[PSKsilver]

Originally Posted by Tulip86

I call my parents' parents Opa and Oma (they're Dutch and it's Dutch for Grandpa and Grandma).
My sister's kids call them (well, her actually, both by grandfathers passed away, as well as one of my grandmothers) Super-Oma (Super-Grandma) as not to confuse her with my parents who they call Opa and Oma.

Oma and Opa are also German, as that is what I call my grandparents on my dad's side.

As for mom's side, just regular old Grandma and Grandpa.

[chitownxo]

My brothers and I called both sets of grandparents grandma and grandpa. My kids call both grandfathers Papa. They call my husband's stepmom GrammyGram and my mom Mimi.

[CeCe Newbie]

Paternal: Grandma & Grandpa
Maternal: Gammie & Gampie

[indygphib]

Maternal great-grandmother: Busia (Polish nickname - pronounced BOO-shuh)
My maternal grandparents: Granny & Grandpa
Paternal grandmother: Grandma (My paternal grandfather died before I was born.)

I miss all of them terribly. =(