Anyone else's Grandma....

[me4real]

I happened to see this mentioned somewhere presumably as a joke, but my nan insisted on being called Grandma, as she said nan was a goat etc etc.

I hadn't heard the above reason until my uncle mentioned it a while back. Also presumably she thought it common.

I always thought it was sooo formal - quasi-Victorian, although she will've been born in about 1915 or something. She died in the early 90s. I don't recall ever challenging the status quo.

She wasn't well off financially or anything.

Anyone else?

Both of my grandmothers are Grandma, I never considered it formal or unusual. We did however distinguish them by their surname (e.g. we’re going to Grandma Smith’s house for Christmas), which in retrospect probably is a bit formal.

We’re expecting our first child, who will be first grandchild on both side - my husband’s mum will be Nanny as that’s what they’ve always called their grandmother; I should probably check with my mum what she wants to go by but to be honest just assumed she’d be Grandma too...

I'm west of Scotland and called both of my grandmothers granny or gran. My husband called his both grandma, my mil (born in England) wanted to be called grandma. I do find it very formal but it's what she wanted to be called.

I’ve personally never been a fan of Nanny (either a goat, or someone hired to look after children by wealthy families). Nan also sounds a bit too harsh to me.

I had a Grandma, she wasn’t posh at all. And a Granny. If/when I’m ever a grandmother, I’m sure I’ll choose one of those two.

My MIL insists on Grandma. The kids all hate it as their friends react to it, thinking it’s very formal and posh. (They have a point!)
Nanny in grandma’s life experience was staff.

Both my grandmothers were Nanny. My children called both my mum and MIL Nanny initially, until my mum read somewhere that Nanny was 'common' so she decided to swap to Granny because that's more refined. My children were 7-13 years old so Nanny was pretty ingrained in their habits, so she still has to remind them to call her Granny 7 years later

We also don't use nanny, and never have with precious generations. As pp have already said, we didn't like the connection with goats / Mary Poppins. So all the grandparents I know of in our family (and on DH's side) are Grandma or Granny or Gran. I certainly don't think of those names as posh or cold. The opposite actually.

My DMs mother was Gran. (Scotland).
No one has never mentioned what my dad's mother would have liked to been called... which is weird in a way as I was the youngest grandchild and only one not to meet her (she died just before I was born unexpectedly). It was always Dads Mum.

DH had two Grandmas- Yorkshire mill towns, definitely not posh!

Previous not precious

My mum was grandma or granny. I chose to be grandma as nana reminds me of a goat . I am not at all posh . The step grandma chose nana and her name and we also had an Italian nonna .

I like Granma - nan sounds horrible to me.

Our family uses Granny. Never Nan or Nana. We also use Papa (I asked my own mum about this as she said it’s normal on the west coast of Scotland).

DM’s Mum was always called Grandma and DF’s Mum was always called Nana.

It’s the same now for DS, my DM is Grandma and DH Mum is Nana.

Both of mine were Nana, the one who lived further away was Nana Surname. My mum is Nana, MIL is a made up name passed down

My94 yo Aunty (full of beans) is Grandma to her lot, my Aunty is Nanny to her lot. My best friend is Grandma as her mum was.

Grandma always seems 'older' to me than Nana, but each to their own 💁🏻‍♀️

I had a grandma and a gran/granny.

My kids have a grandma and a nan/nanny

Should the time ever come, I'd prefer to be Gran/Granny.

I sort of thought it was regional tbh - granny was in South Wales and seemed the norm there - certainly in my extended fam.

I'm Grandma, I asked to me called either Grandma or Grannie, mainly because I was a professional nanny and a lot of my charges called me nanny(first name) so I didn't want my Grandchildren to call me the same.

I had two Grandmas and my DC have two Grandmas. My DM asked for that to be the case. She thinks Granny sounds like an old lady with white hair in a bun and none of us like Nan/Nana.

Not cold or formal at all, I think it sounds much nicer and I will ask to be called Grandma too when the time comes.

Mine was Irish and Nanny to me. Most of my cousins called her Grandma Betty though.

I don't mind Nanny or Nana but I don't like Nan for some reason. My objection isn't goat related, I just think it sounds horrid.

My brothers MIL asked to be called Grandma when her first grandchild was born. She is a bit of a stuck up person. My MIL wanted to be Nana
Personally I like granny, I had 2 granny's and my mum is granny so I will be too.

My mother's mother was a nan, and so was my mum to her three grandchilldren. After mum died and sisters son had children, she chose grandma because she thought what our children called our mum should be retired out of respect for our mother

Grandma, Grandmother or Granny are all lovely and warm. Nan or nanny don't sound soft to me at all.

Mine was grandma and grandad
They were both born in 1910

And my mum is grandma to her grandchildren

Neither of my grandmothers used Nan or Nana.

One was Grandma, the other was Granny.

My kids have Granny and Grankie. Neither wanted to be Grandma or Nan.

Both mine were Grandma. We're not posh at all. I think Nanny/Nana/Nan is awful.

I had two grannies so that feels normal to me. My MIL insisted on Nan, which I think is horrible, but it suits the old bag