Grandparent names. What are you or would you want to be called?

[PurplePenguins]

A friend is going to be a GP at the end of March and we were talking about grandparents names. My niece has a baby and my DSis and Bil are Nanna and Pops, other GP are Nanny and Grandpa. My mum and dad have always been Grandma and Grandad so are still Grandma and Grandad. The chat got me thinking about what I would be called when I become a GP. I dont want to be a nanny (I worked as one once) but don't know what I would want to be called. What are you called or what would you like to be called?

I want to be meemaw. Doubt it will ever happen though.

My Mum was Nanny while my DS was younger and it's slowly changing to Nan. My Dad is just Grandad. My Nana is Nana to DS too

My MIL tried to be ‘Glamma’, it was so forced it made me cringe and I could never bring myself to say it out loud. Maybe it’d be okay if someone else chose that for you, but it seemed so try hard to pick it for yourself.

Grandma in honour of my grandma.

I want to be Grandma/Gran,like my grandmas,and my DMum.

Grandmama.

I'm Grandma first name and my DH is Granddad first name or Grandpa first name, depending on the grandchildren.
I love being a Grandma, but wouldn't have minded being a Nana. As a child, I had a lovely Nana.

@goodolddaze your MIL and my mum sound very similar - it's hard, isn't it?

My mum told me I was ruining her excitement of having a first grandchild to when I said I didn't want to call her that.

I am Mama; my OH is Papa.

My grandparents were Oma and opa as my dgf was German and now my parents are Oma and opa. MIL wanted a special name when our two were born and decided she wanted to be known as Coco. Oh how we sniggered. She’s now grandma, or g’ma for short and FIL is pop pops

My dc call my mum nanny, my Nan used to be called Na na. My FIL is called rat rat.... ( dd couldn’t quite say grandad and it just stuck) he calls her mouse mouse. Not really fused what u will be called... 😊

Nana, I think. My child is 3 though so it’s quite some way off!

My own mother, who as it stands is the last fluent Welsh speaker in my family, is Nain.

@Gramgram - my DD calls my mum gramgram! It's such a cute name and will stick after she can say grandma if I have anything to do with it!!

I will not be nana, that name is not something I could ever wish to be. I would prefer to be known by my name, if possible.

I'll be Granny. DS1 said his own names for my parents and it has stuck. Lots of people call them those names now!

Inlaws are Grandma and Granddad but they had been gandparents for over a decade before DC came, so it was well established.

@whiskeysourpuss The formal is abuela, but most people seem to use Yaya here (Spain). It always sounds so lovely and full of love.

I’d want to be Oma.

MIL is Granny. DF is Opa.

My mum asked to be called something from a culture she has only a tenuous connection to. I think it's slightly cringe but also incredibly harmless - I think it would be a bit mean to refuse to let her call herself it when it makes her happy. Her grandchildren are both too young to speak yet, and I reckon it might naturally evolve into a more recognisable English word when they do, but if not ah well - my family indulge what they see as my weird quirks (baby led weaning, being a bit precious about screens) so I think I'll let her crack on with hers!