What do your children call their grandparents?

[Thelittleredhead]

My parents are currently engaged in a good natured argument about what their "grandparent" names will be- seeing as this is their first time.

Just out of interest (read; nosiness) what are your parents' grandparent names? I'd love to hear any unusual ones :)

[skankingpiglet]

DM chose Grandma. She was very particular about it as Nanny is "too common" and Granny made her sound too old
My DstepF is known as Pops to avoid stepping on my F's toes which is daft given F has only met DD once when she was 19mo and has otherwise never shown an interest in her.
F is known as Granddad on the rare occasion he is mentioned.
Unfortunately DH's parents passed away many years ago so they don't have names as yet as DD is still quite young so only just learning the names of people she sees. We refer to them as Daddy's Mummy/Daddy ATM, but will eventually be Grandma first name and Granddad first name I guess.

[Kim82]

Inlaws are grandma and grandad, my parents are nana and grandad. Dh's grandma is great grandma.

[SuddenBeetE]

My parents are grandma/granny and grandad.

ILS are Nana and Pops.

My grandparents are all Grandma and Grandad Surname.

[AveEldon]

Grandma & "Firstname"
Farmor & Farfar (Swedish)

When I was a child mine were all called Grandma & Grandad which was v confusing.

[BathshebaDarkstone]

Granny, Grandad Hat and Grandad [Placename].

[Mummyme87]

So we have...

OH parents are nanny and grandad (already picked as had a grandchild already)
My Mam is a granny and her husband is grandad 'insert first name'
My dad is Granda.
My grandparents are 'grandma 'insert surname' and 'grandma and grandad 'insert surname'

Personally I hate nanny

[ClearEyesFullHeartsCantLose]

Granny and Granda (my parents)
Nanny and Grandad (DH's parents)

Interesting that only one other person has mentioned Granda and they mentioned it was an Irish person - I'm from NI and it (certainly was when I was growing up) very common there.

To me Grandma sounds very posh and nanny/nana not so much - I see Granny and Granda as somewhere in the middle. I actually really don't like Nanny at all but I'm stuck with it as it's what DH called his mum's mum and so it's what she chose to be called when we had our DC.

I think I would like to be Granny, but I would maybe take Gran. Not sure I could be happy with anything else - they just sound too off to me. I suspect my DH (when the time comes) will want to be Grandad as that's what he grew up with too.

[PirateFairy45]

My daughter calls my father grandpa.
My partners father grandpa
My granddad grandpa
And other grandad grandpa

Gets very confusing.

[Colyflower]

A little easier for me, my mum has already said she wants to be Nanny or Nana and my dad wants to be Grandpa. DH only has his mum and she's already a Grandma, so sorted! For now anyway!

My mum's parents were Nanny and Grandad, my dad's parents were Grandma and Grandpa. Interesting that they've each chosen what their own parents were referred to by us as kids.

Grinds on me a little though, I don't really like Nanny or Nana, it would seem weird for me to refer to my mum as such, plus I think it should be either Grandma and Grandpa or Nanny and Grandad, not Nanny and Grandpa. But that's just me being pernickety ;)

I'd personally like to have a unique nickname (if/when I became a grandparent), there's too many nannys, grans and grandmas.

Anyway, as you said, these things can evolve over time or come from the grandchild themselves, they may not even have a choice ha ha ;)

[steppemum]

Granny and Grandpa

Oma and Opa (dutch)

When I was growing up mine were Oma and Grandpa. Oma wasn't dutch or german, but a corruption of grandma, which my eldest brother couldn't say.

My mother was adamant that she wouldn't be Nanny or Nanna.

[blinkyoullmissit]

Ds can't speak yet but we call my mum nanny and my dad gan gan

[bomfunk]

My mum is Gu (short for mamgu in Welsh)
My dad is bampa or bamps

Kids' dad's parents are grandma and grandad

My grandfather is Grampa, and before she died my grandmother was gran (maternal grandparents)

My paternal grandmother is Granny-name, and before he died grandfather was Grampa-name

[SockQueen]

I only ever had paternal grandparents, and they were Grandma and Grandpa.

We've tentatively agreed that when DC1 arrives, my parents will be Grandma and Grandpa, and DH's will be Granny and Granddad. Don't know if it will stick in reality though!

[Marilynsbigsister]

I always remember the woman's hour item from about 25 years ago where apparently what you call your grandmother is a clear identifier of social class.. It always makes me smile.

Nanny/Nan - working class (to everyone not working class, nanny is the lady who looked after you while your mother was busy or disinclined !)

Grandma - Resiliantly middle class

Granny/Grand-Ma- mar. Upper class - aristocracy.

It didn't quite ring true for me as one gm was very well to do and my parent was bought up in a house where her mother didn't work but but she was bought up by a nanny, whilst the other gm was definitely working class . Both called Nan. Whereas my mum is Grandma. Her choice.

[kiwiscantfly]

Nana and Pop or Bop depending on which GC is talking to him, mine had trouble with the P sound.

And MIL is known by her first name, she wanted to be Granny but DD1 had trouble with Gr sounds till she was 3+. FIL is Nandad as a result.

[kiwiscantfly]

Nana and Pop or Bop depending on which GC is talking to him, mine had trouble with the P sound.

And MIL is known by her first name, she wanted to be Granny but DD1 had trouble with Gr sounds till she was 3+. FIL is Nandad as a result.

[CoodleMoodle]

My Mum is Nanny and my Godfather/substitute Dad is DanDan . DD couldn't say Grandad and it took ages for her to come up with her own version. She's 2 and can say Grandad (because of Peppa Pig!) but she likes DanDan better.

PIL are Nana and DanDan...Beard He does have a beard, to be fair to DD, and when she was really small we used to differentiate between the Grandads by saying one has a beard and the other a moustache! Not sure if FIL appreciates it but we think it's hilarious!

[NapQueen]

Nan and Grumps on my side.
Nanna "Name" and Grandad "Name" on DHs side (this is how he referred to his when he was a lad).

Ive decided I will be Granny. If its good enough for Her Maj, and all.

I know someone who refers to hers as Mops and Pops.

[Brainnotbrawn]

Granny and Grandad both sets but the kids use their first names to differentiate between them.

[StillYummy]

Nana and grandpa
Grandma and grandad

Naughty nanny (dc great grandmother)

[SchnitzelvonKrummsverylowtum]

DS is 22 months. My parents are nana and bampa, DH's parents are nana and bampa pond (unsurprisingly because they have a pond in their garden!). DS decided on the names himself - I think DH's parents would like him to call them nanny and Grampy.

[UsernameTaken2]

My Mums parents are nana and grandad
My dads parents are granny and grampy.
We're from from Oxford if that makes a difference

[Hushabyelullaby]

complicated family set-up here.

1 Grandad (first name)
1 Grandad
1 Granda (family is Irish)
1 Grandpa

1 Granny
My mum was alive until DD was 8 weeks old, so was briefly Nana.

Everyone chose what they wanted to be called.

[Thelastusername]

My parents are Nana and Bampi/ Bampa.

FIL is Grandad. Were MIL still alive, I expect she would have been called Nanny.

[alltouchedout]

My parents are Nanny and Papa.