If you were going to be a grandmother, what would you call yourself?

[MILTOBE]

Just as the title says - if one of your children was having a baby, what would you want to be known as?

The only options I can come up with are:

Gran
Granny
Grandma
Nan
Nana
Nanny

Which would you choose, or would you choose something else?

I became a first time grand mother 3 months ago to a beautiful baby girl. I'll be called nanny or Nana.

I would be called Nana because Gran and Grandma are my grandmothers names!

I am called Bubba, as were my mother and grandparents. It’s an old Yiddish term but much preferable in my mind. Families will often add the person’s first name as well to differentiate them. When I had children my friends also called my mother Bubba!

Grandma, like my mil. Or first name like my mum. But- and I can't stress this enough-it's up to the grandmother in question.

No, I know it's up to the grandmother in question - that's me! All of the above seem so old!

My mum is Nan because she felt variations on Grandmother were too ageing. She was 73 when she became one 😂

I would want to be Gran or Granny. Grandma sounds too formal and I can't bear Nanny.

Im called mimmim

My mum chose Amma, which to be fair none of the rest suit her in the slightest so it's a good one.
Easy for the kids to say too, I think my MIL has settled on nanny but honestly I'm not sure it changes so often

Good old Grandma/Grandmum/Granny but most importantly, whatever my grandchild(ren) likes to call me. After all, it's their name for me and not what I prefer.

Grandma or Cucu (pron sho-sho)

Nanny followed by my Christian name.

As children we had Granny/Grandpa and Grandma/Grandad, with their parents being prefixed with ‘Great’, so either Granny or Grandma. Unreasonable and irrational I know, so don’t shoot me down, but Nanny always reminds me of a goat, and Nan / Nana seem common.

One of my old colleagues chose the term "Granma" to specifically be different, and likes to emphasise that there's no "d" in it as well.

Personally, I like Nana, but I haven't even got kids so 😂

My mum started out as Granny but my niece struggled to pronounce it and called her Danny. That stuck and now she is Granny Danny to her teenage grandkids.

My MIL opted for Nana. Hard to get cards with that on.

My Italian aunt is Nonna. It really suits her!

But doesn’t that make you sound like an extra from a Disney movie rather than an actual member of the family?

Anything but ‘Nana’, ‘Nan’ or ‘Nanny’.

I wouldn’t wear yourself to a frazzle over it, OP. In my experience, small children decide for themselves after a certain point, regardless of what they’ve been ‘taught’ — my parents and PILS had a discussion about it, but by the time DS was about 2.5 he was calling them all by their first names!

I am straightforward Gran. other grandmother is Nanny

I'm going to be called Grandmama, if it ever happens.

It depends on if there are already living people in your family that go by one of those names - I'd choose a different one, so you don't get all the "which Grandma?" confusion.

Also, what the other Grandma was going to be called (for same reason).

SO, in my case, Granny.

When I was little I had Balham Nanny and Derby Nanny. We went to see them both by train.

it's just a title and it doesn't mean you are old I think we need to get over ourselves about things appearing old.what would you like tobe called ?

if it was me I quite like granny .

I'm Grandma.

I'd want to be a Nanny then a Granny when I'm a great Grandmother. Here's hoping it happens!

that's lovely a rather grand 😀