What is wrong with Granny?

As the firstborn grandchild I actually named my Nan and she is Nanny Choo Choo because we had to catch lots of trains to see her when I was little and thr last train went past her house on the way.
Great grandmother was Nanny Mac and she was NI.
Surely, what you're called doesn't matter much. Focus on the fact you have grandchildren to enjoy.

Nana is popular where I live but it makes me shudder. I’ll be Gran or Granny.

Is this an indication of how far we are plummeting towards the bottom?

No, it is not.

My children call my MIL Grandma and my late step-Mum was Grandma <her first name> as my Mum passed away before they were born.

I had a Granny and a Grandma. My cousins had already picked their titles. If I become a grandparent, I’d like to be called Grandma. I have the most positive associations with that title, my Granny was abit bossy, lots of fun, but bossy! 😂

Bottom of what?

I'm a 'G-Ran'

No idea why it amused them so much to pronounce it gee ran, but I just went with it and it stuck.

The bottom?? Do you mean you perceive Nana as beneath you? Maybe your sister likes the sound of it. Personally I am not keen on Granny, even though I had a Granny, it just sounds old to me.

I will probably be Oma because my children are growing up in Germany. Hopefully not for many years yet! I quite like the sound of it though, even though it's not a name we have ever used in our family.

Why not Nana? She may feel that your mum is Granny so she can’t be.

I had a nana and a granny. My cousin’s mum chose to be nanny because Nana was still alive when her grandchildren were born. Similarly, my dad’s dad was still alive when my dc was born and so my dad chose a different grandfather name.

Exactly. If someone says 'granny' I immediately think of someone of about 93.

If they say nan or nana I think 40, 50s, or early 60s...

Sorry, but granny in Greek is pronounced Ya-ya, it's not Nanna.

And as long as grandparent is happy with the name that sticks, that's all that matters. My GM was Gran, my DM was insistent that she wouldn't be and is Nana. Fine, nobody cares.

I always had a Nana, and a Nanny. My kids have Nanny/Nan & Nana. To me, Granny sounds too old, like Grandma & Grandmother.

My grandmother was Grandma and later Granny, my DM was Granny to my DC, my MIL Nanny as her name was Nancy. I am Granny to all three of my grandchildren, just a preference, their other grandmothers are Nana. I do not see one name any more or less than another and much easier for children if their grandparents have different names so that they can differentiate. My son, when he got older always called my DM by her first name, with affection, which she hated (with humour). My husband is Grandad to all of his grandchildren, I would have quite liked him to be Gramps or Pops but the grandchildren get to choose. My adult children refer to me as Mum, Mummy, Mumzy or Mother Goose and my DH Dad, Daddy or Papa Smurf. There are no wrong names as long as they are respectful and said with love.

I had a wonderful granny , small precious with salt and pepper hair, had a million wrinkles. The perfect image of a precious old lady. My absolute queen. I also had a very glam Nana , hair and nails always done, my mum wanted Nana without question. She loves the title. The other one is just called the wicked old bat. Cause She doesn’t deserve any title.

I had a Nana and a Nana/Nanny; DM is therefore also Nana. XH had a Granny; XMIL is therefore also Granny. Simple.

What a snotty post 🙄 I had a wonderful Nana. My aunty is now Nana to her grandson. Calling someone Nana is not 'plummeting towards the bottom', don't be so mean.

My children called my mum Grandma, and her mum (great grandma) Little Grandma - because she was!

😂

I am assuming @Viviennemary that you're taking the michael with that post?!

@Viviennemary · Today 20:49
I think nana is frightfully common. Granny or Grandma.

If you're being serious, I'm embarrassed for you! 😖

I was 50 when I became Grandma

Nope! Granny is so incredibly old fashioned and screams fuddy duddy.
I’m going to be Nannie Pennie (as an example) like my mum who is Nannie First Name.
I had a Nanny and Grandad Smoke (example) because he smoked and a Nanny and Grandad Camping, because they took me camping, a Nanny Surname and a Nanny Conservatory (because it was a massive feature of her house)
My husband had Granny and Nanna.
In our family my husbands mother was determined to be Granny and so she is, and Grandad First Name.
My parents are Nanny First Name and Grandad Nickname, plus Nanny and Grandad Smoke are now Nanny and Grandad Trouble because my oldest once wrote a piece for school called “The biggest Trouble” which featured his great grandad quite heavily.
We don’t have “Nan” and despite me being 36 I still say “Nanny Smoke” and “Nanny Camping” when chatting to the family, as the oldest child I chose their names and they stuck.

Rubbish. My working class (35 y.o.) neighbour is from Liverpool and she calls her grandmother granny.

I’m a granny, and so is the other granny.

I don’t like ‘grandma’, though - to me it sounds even older and fatter!

And I’d never have wanted to be Nan or Nana. When very little and still unable to pronounce a G the Gdcs called me Nanny, though, which coming from them was very sweet.

You sound frightfully nauseating.

How embarrassing.

I called my Dad’s Mum Grandma, and my Mum’s Mum Nan to help distinguish between the two. Called my Dad’s and Mum’s Dad both Granddad though 🤷‍♀️ My niece calls my Mum Nan and her Mum’s Mum Nana. Think Grandma sounds “older” than Nan/Nana/Nanny for some reason. Don’t think I would have minded what I was called if I had had Grandchildren.

My sister has chosen Nana, why?

Because she wants to.

You’ll live a much happier and easier life if you don’t care about these things.