What to call grandmothers?

[Orlea]

What do you (or rather your children) call your children's grandmothers? Both DM and MIL are Scottish.

DM's mum was Mama (her father was Papa) and Dad's mum was Granny (I never knew his father). DH called all of his grandparents 'Gran/Granpa+Surname', as in Gran Smith vs Gran Jones, which I find a bit weird for some reason!

I quite like the idea of continuing the 'Mama' tradition, but DM is already 'Granny' to other grandchildren, and I don't think MIL will like it (and DM might not like that being used). I don't really mind that much, and we will ask them their preference when the time comes, but I'm just curious as to what other people like/dislike and what combinations you have for either side...

curlew we have "great-grandma who sits down" (right side paralysis following stroke) and "great-grandma who stands up". Both g-gma to their faces. DS1 came up with the distinction at age 2, and very apt we thought it too.

I called my grans Gran 'surname' so both were Gran but differentiated by the surname e.g. Gran Smith and Gran Jones. DH calls both his Gran but differentiates by using their first name after it e.g. Gran Dot and Gran Mary. I used Grandpa and dh uses Grandad.

Dh's mum doesnt like Gran, Granny, etc so gets called Nanny by the kids (Still feels weird to me to say it though). My mum is just Gran to the children. Dh's dad is Grandad and my dad is dead so never got called anything.

squoosh.

My paternal Scottish grandparents were Granda and Grandma, and my maternal English ones were Nana and Grampa. My children call my mum Nana now (and they call her mum, who's still with us at 98, Nana-Nana).

My cousins boy used to call his great- grandmother 'Old Nanny' I think she was ok with it - at least it was honest.

My mum will carry on the title and be 'Nanny'. I love it, it's cosy.
Dunno what MIL will be, I suspect she will be rather posher 'Grandma'.

We asked them. Four out of the five sets wanted to be grandma and grandad!

So now we have:
Grandma and Grandad (my mum and stepdad)
Grandad Name and Nanny Name (my dad and stepmum)
Grandma Name & Grandad Name (my grandparents)
Grandma and Grandad (MIL and FIL)
Grandma Name and Grandad Name (GMIL and GFIL). This last one was only decided recently, GMIL was quite insistent that she only really wanted to be Grandma, so we had a couple of years of them signing cards with a different name every time, depending which one of them had written in it! The rest of the family have decided together that they will be known by first names too now, as calling them all 'other grandma and grandad' was getting somewhat confusing!

Oh, and we sometimes refer to the two direct sets of GPs by the aunties that still live at home, e.g. Grandma & Grandad Laura and Grandma & Grandad Becky

My mum & mil are both Nana to my kids. my mum chose it because it was easy to say & she could tell herself it was the baby's first word

We use Grandad for my fil & Pa for my dad.

My DM and DF are Nana and Pop (Pop passed down through several generations of DF's family)
MIL is Nanny
FIL is Grandad and his partner is Kiki, which is a name pfb came up with as he couldn't say her first name as a toddler.

Mine: Grandma first name, Her husband is first name
DH's: Grandma firstname, grandad first name

Over time my mother has become Grannie first name and DH's remains Grandma first name.

I had two Grandmas and Granddads and they were referred to as Grandma/Granddad when not present to distinguish between them.

One of my Grandma's was vehemently against 'Nan/Nanna/Nanny' as she believed it either made her sound like a goat or resembled a baby learning to talk!

DP is from South Yorkshire and calls his Nannan which I had never heard of before I met him. I still joke that it's something his family have made up but have since heard some of his friends use it so it must be a regional thing. Interestingly his DM's sister refers to herself as Grandma and his DM often has to correct herself from referring to her DSis as Nannan when talking to the grandchildren.

Nan and Grandad
And
Grandma and Grandpa

So they have Grandma and Grandad, and Granny and Grandpa.

We too had that.

It was drilled into us by the well-off side of the family (Granny) that nannies were staff, and she was absolutely not to be called nanny/nana/nan, as she was not hired help. I don't remember ever calling her anything other than Granny, but it's possible one or other of us could have when were first learning to talk.

my kids have a grandma and grandad (my parents) and nannan first name (mil) and yes Jaskla we are in south yorkshire. Great grandparents used to be grandad first name and nannan first name.

My nephew's other grandparents are nanny and bamps.

Mil - grandma
Fil - granda

My mum - gran
Her partner - papa

We are Scottish too

My mother is Nanny (her choice and she's Nanny to my niece). My father is Grandpa First name (again because that's what niece calls him). My father's wife is 'Aunty first name' (she has never been our stepmother and no desire to be called grandmother so her choice). Italian inlaws are Nonno/Nonna respectively (there is no other alternative in Italian language).

My child is going to have 5 grandmothers and 2 grandfathers (due to second marriages and gay grandparents). It will only really see 4 of the grandmothers, so we're having a real struggle with what to call them all!!

Ask the grandparents what they want and stick to it. I am not a grandmother yet but I shall choose my name, not the parents. I accept that the grandchildren might change it.

DH-Nana and Papa. They're a Scottish/Irish blend.

My parents are Baba (Ukrainian grandmother,) Nonno (Italian grandfather,) and his wife is Lola (a diminutive of her name.)

Everyone got a name. It was easier picking DD's name.

I had a Grandma and Grandpa and Granny and Grandad, also had a great-grandmother who I called Nannie, as my mum had a great-grandmother too and called her Nannie.

Now my LO is on the way he/she will have two great-grandmothers too, so I'm going to pass on the tradition of calling great-grandmothers Nannie! With he two they'll be Nannie (first name).

My mum will be Grandma and dad will be Grandpa. DP's mum will be Gran and dad will be Grandad. DH has a stepfather and stepmother too, they will be grandad (first name) and grandma (first name) complicated but we've managed it!

DM is Gan Gan at the moment but will be Gran or Granny (DD is only 10 months old)
DF is Ganda but will be Grandad
Partners Mum is Nan or Nanny
Partners Dad is Granddad as well, as far as I can tell. Depends what he wants to be called really :)

My DM is Granny, which she was already to my DNs. My dad is Grandpa.

Late MIL was Grandma, but FIL died before we had DS.

We see his maternal birth grandparents too, and they are referred to as Grandma and Grandpa Lastname.

Nowadays - 19 years since she became one, I also quite nakedly called DH's mum "the old bag". DH is coming round to my point of view

My Grandma = Nana to DS & other great grandchildren
DF = Grandad X (X describes his hobby/ job but sounds good with grandad)
DM = Angie* (She refused to be grandma or Nan because it sounded too old so we joked she could be Nangie which DS turned into Angie. No-one ever calls her that other than DS)
My Stepfather = GrandDave*

• Not their real names but same idea