Names for young grandmas
Posted by GreyStormOfLight@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 192 comments
So my first grandbaby will be born next month and I can’t figure out what I want them to call me. The women in my family are typically called “grandmom”but I’m 42 and not sure if I want to take on that name quite yet. 😐 Anyone else in their early 40’s already a grandparent? What grandma names are we using?
lolokins@reddit
My MIL ended up as Googa. 😅 My son couldn't say Grandma and Grandpa so it came out as Googa and Dooda. Dooda eventually evolved into Papa but Googa stuck. 🙃
InternationalEgg1817@reddit
My mom wanted to be called Marmy from Little Women. I grew up in country club. Instead, the grandchildren call her G-mama. Like a rapper! It's what they could say.
remoteworker9@reddit
My mom is Marmie!
InternationalEgg1817@reddit
Oh, Wow! This makes me smile.😊
Pleasant-Mountain502@reddit
I went non-traditional. I am Lollie. My husband is Bumpa.
MonicaBWQ@reddit
You know when he or she starts to talk they may come up with their own name for you?
ReplacementStill9722@reddit
A few weeks ago I was in the airport and overheard some kiddos call their grandma "Yo-Yo." I decided if I ever have grandkids (it could seriously happen at any point) I want to be called Yo-Yo.
TraditionalEssay4822@reddit
I wonder if it was little ones trying to say Yia Yia? That's Greek for Grandma.
kitchengardengal@reddit
My friend wanted her grandsons to call her Princess Yia Yia. She's not Greek, but her BFF is. Anyway, the grandsons do call her Yia Yia - no Princess, though.
lulu-bell@reddit
I have a co worker who is referred to as “No no” by her grandson. Idk why?!
TroutPouter@reddit
Short for Nonna?
Brondoma@reddit
My sister is a grandma and her grandchild calls her Gigi.
shagbark_dryad@reddit
Get over yourselves and be grandma!
Your grandkids may make up their own nickname for you later so you can't control it, really. You'll love what they choose to call you more than any stupid "young-sounding" name you come up with for yourself.
Iyh2ayca@reddit
Shame you’re being downvoted because it’s literally the only comment in this thread that makes sense
Exciting-Argument-67@reddit
It's also weird that someone is going through and downvoting literally every comment ...
shagbark_dryad@reddit
Eh, let them downvote. I'm grateful for the time I had with my grandmother, who was 38 years old when I was born. She was always Grandma, proud to be so, and the wonderful memories we made will last me the rest of my life. It's silly to worry about feeling "old" when there's so much love to share and memories to make. Gotta look good for IG, or whatever, I guess...
theluzah@reddit
I refuse for my kids to reproduce lol however, if they do, I'll be Baaba. I'm already Baaba to their pets.
Exciting-Argument-67@reddit
That's very close to the word for grandmother in Polish, anyway.
ineffable_my_dear@reddit
That’s hilarious. And I love Baaba.
My daughter-in-law seized upon Birdie (my lifelong nickname) as my grandparent name for the dogs.
Conversely, my spouse has no nicknames and refused to participate in choosing one so we jokingly started calling him PeePaw and it stuck lmao (Peep for short).
regina_phalange05@reddit
Same! Thankfully my 25 year old daughter doesnt want kids and my son is gay. He does want kids, though he's only 20 and unfortunately for him, but fortunately for me, his process will take some time.
theluzah@reddit
Dammit, you got my gay son lol. I'm 47 and my kids are 32,30,and 15 so I totally get you on the young granny thing. Nooooooo thank you lol
MellyBlueEyes@reddit
47-typo? I'm also born in 1977 and sorry to say this is the year we turn 49! 😂
theluzah@reddit
oh god you're right. WHAT THE FUCK.
Tall_Raise_756@reddit
My kids call my MIL G.N.E. pronounced “genie” stands for Greatest Nana Ever. I love it. Her mom was already “Nana” and calling her “great nana” or “grand nana” didn’t really roll off the tongue. So we went with “Nana Nana” 🩷
5ygnal@reddit
I was going to be Nana...but the firstborn grand decided I am Mana. 17 1/2 years now, and all 8 grands (him, his 3 siblings, and my other daughter's 4) call me Mana. I dig it.
greeneyesnopatience@reddit
I wanted to”big baller”. Family vetoed. 🤣
camptastic_plastic@reddit
You say you’re not ready yet, but if you think one day you will want them to call you Grandmom I would just go with it now. I feel like whatever they start out calling you will likely stick forever.
GenghisConnieChung@reddit
100% it will stick forever. My cousins called our grandpa Bubba until he died which was well into their 30’s since he died at 103.
My kids call my MIL Gummy because my niece called her that when she was learning to talk and it kinda stuck for everyone.
yarn_b@reddit
We have a huge age gap amidst the grandkids in my family. My oldest cousin called our grandmother “Bub” when he was very young. Per the stories, he was watching TV and heard someone say “Hey, bub,” and started calling her that. It eventually became Bubby, but that’s what she was until she died.
ughisanyusernameleft@reddit
This reminds me of one time my [firstname] Nana signed a card for me as “Great Grandmama” and I was like, “who the heck is this person?!”. I was probably about 12, way too late to change her name!
Peanut083@reddit
My grandfather is called Grumps because my uncle referred to him one day as ‘Grumpy Grumps’ when my mum was pregnant with me. I was the first grandchild born, but all 11 grandkids and 5 great-grandkids (so far) call him Grumps.
The funny thing is that I think age has mellowed him out a lot. He was in his mid 40s when I was born, and it’s scary to think that I’m only a year or two younger now than what he was when he became a grandparent for the first time.
Nitetigrezz@reddit
Absolutely. I was taught to call our aunt Nini since it's what my brother came up with when he first started talking. To this day, even after knowing that and what her name is, I still call her Nini.
UnderH20giraffe@reddit
It absolutely will. I had a grandma who at first wanted to be called her name and later grandma and no one did it. We all loved her the most, by the way, and our other grandma was a deadbeat, so we didn’t want to use it. So, just saying, it wasn’t disrespect. By the time she wanted us to change, her name meant more to us than grandma ever would.
Substantial_Jump4659@reddit
I'm Mimi!
CorrectCondition9458@reddit
We call grandmom oma name to differentiate who’s who. It’s German and has an added bonus. When scammers try the whole your kid is hurt in hospital send money. We always ask what do they call me. No one ever gets it right so no stress or money lost to them. I know a lot of my friends now use that technique to filter legit requests.
Renee5285@reddit
I just had my first baby at 41. “Mom” still feels old to me.
BasicRabbit4@reddit
If I became a grandma at my age, im pushing for G-dawg. Bc im a xennial and grew up on hip hop.
toomuchtv987@reddit
You’ll wind up “Geedaw” because that’s how the baby will say it and everyone will think it’s adorable and it will stick for the rest of your life. 🤣
Snoo_6537@reddit
"Beema" over here, but yeah 😁 let the kids wing it, it's more fun that way!
Mindless_Berry_4572@reddit
Yup, I'm Emaw
NewsgramLady@reddit
Lol, this is how come my dad is called Tapaw. That was how my baby girl, now almost 18, said Grandpa. It stuck.
frayhems@reddit
OG-Ma
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
G-shock
Quarrels-ofKoi@reddit
Shock G
chicagotodetroit@reddit
🏆
chicagotodetroit@reddit
Hello fellow xennial! For a few years we had 5 generations alive in my family. When the little one was born, we tried to get the great great grandma to go by Triple G, like from that action movie with Vin Diesel and Ice cube, but sadly it didn’t stick. :-(
becky_leigh@reddit
12 - 13 years ago I started calling my MIL “g-ma”.
MSmtnMomma@reddit
In college and afterward I used to call my grandmother (her proper name for my childhood) G-mo as in, “Yo, G-Mo, what’s up?”
Secret_Elevator17@reddit
G-ma
Objective-Ad5620@reddit
My nearly-88-year-old grandma has been signing cards and gifts as Gma for decades.
Long_Audience4403@reddit
My dad is Grandpa Dad to my kids
spaceporter@reddit
r/rolltide
DancesWithPigs@reddit
My nephew calls my mom G Bro and it's pretty funny.
username32768@reddit
It's all fun and games until G Bro's house becomes the G Spot.
DancesWithPigs@reddit
Dude seriously? I’m talking my mom and my nephew. Keep that weird shit in your family
username32768@reddit
Apologies, it was my juvenile sense of humour taking over. No disrespect intended. Sorry.
DancesWithPigs@reddit
I still love you. No harm.
Greedy_Practice_5327@reddit
I think my dad told me his grandkid calls him g pa and his wife g ma.
milkandsalsa@reddit
You’ll be called whatever that baby calls you.
Worried-Barber-323@reddit
I was 55 and told them I wanted to be called Granny. I love that name amd the kids had an easier time saying it.
dearjuliet82@reddit
My niece calls her grandma Maggie… her name is not anywhere near that. She picked it and it stuck.
evenifihateit@reddit
I will be Nana whether I become a grandmother in my 40s or my 80s!
thymeofmylyfe@reddit
This is a good pick if you want baby to say your name really early. It was one of my baby's first words. She means banana though.
PlutonicPurrfume@reddit
This is what I hope too. That’s what my grandma was called
Busy-Contest6897@reddit
My sweet little grandson calls me Grammy bear
Accomplished-Car3850@reddit
We aren't Greek but my MIL refused to be grandma. My kids call her Yaya. Or something like Gigi, Gam, nan,
Large_Commission5631@reddit
My Dad became Poppy and my Mom... Well my nephew heard us talking about her & her husband Leon, so...she became GrandmaLeon. now his kids call her that 🤣
Boring_Government307@reddit
We have the benefit of coming from two different nationalities for our kids - So my mom is baba (ukrainian) my dad Grandpa surname. and his is Avô and Avó (Portuguese)
Active_ComputerOK@reddit
Either vain or legit a bad parent cuz sex ed and women’s choices.
THEMommaCee@reddit
Have you seen this? https://youtu.be/FEnw-TDuwn0?si=JOL7p50_d1nCfqqc
StillhasaWiiU@reddit
My sister was 38 when the first grand baby was born, she was insistent she was just called Grandma as she felt a name like Mema, Gran-Gran, or Nana or whatever would make her feel even older.
VaselineHabits@reddit
My grandmother goes by "Gami" and I think that's what I'll go with too.
I thought I had come up with it being the eldest grandchild, but my dad let me know later she "brainwashed" me 😅 But I still love my Gami and, to me, she is a great grandmother.
Imnotonthelist@reddit
I called my grandmother Gami (Gammy?) when I was very small ❤️
yubsie@reddit
My son (2.5 years) calls my mom Gammy because we refer to her at Grammy and talking is hard
Brilliant_Addendum56@reddit
The joke in our house is that my wife will be Ding Ding and ill be poopy.
DerAlliMonster@reddit
We were absolutely going to call my dad Ding Dong, but he wimped out and went with Popsy.
GreyStormOfLight@reddit (OP)
🤣
curiousleen@reddit
I’m 52. My grandson calls me his Nina. (I “chose” nana… he made me what he wanted. This is advice I give. Choose something classic and then go with their first pronunciation of it. Super special.)
wehavenamesdamnit@reddit
Going through this now. I considered Oma but I'm not really connected to my German heritage. I really don't want to be Granny, Grandma or Nanny.
jannylou2@reddit
I was also a Grandmother at 42. My granddaughter just started calling me grandma. Suited me just fine. My daughter who is 52 is a grandma to 5 & they call her Grammy. My granddaughters stepson who is 14 just calls me Grandma he is good friends with my youngest grandson who is 16 & of course he calls me Grandma. So basically all of my great grandkids just call me Grandma.
IrisesAndLilacs@reddit
Choosing your Grandma name is serious business!
Diligent-Resist8271@reddit
I was told, you don't pick your grandma/grandpa name, your grandkid does. And it was never truer than with my dad. He was going to be grandpa, and my daughter (the oldest grandchild), couldn't pronounce it (didn't want to pronounce it), so she called him Pop pop. All 4 granddaughters call him Pop pop now. He loves it.
MiniRems@reddit
Yup. My grandmother was Gram or Gramma from years of dozens of grandkids not being able to say Grandma.
My aunt became "Great-ma" to her great grandkids because great grandma was too much for them!
pow206@reddit
Our daughter call her grandpa the same thing for a reason we don’t know and it’s stuck. It’s was supposed to be Lolo, Filipino, but he’s Pop Pop now.
ineffable_my_dear@reddit
Lolo didn’t work for my grandfather either and somehow he got stuck with Papi.
Purple4199@reddit
This happened with my nephew and my mom. She was fine going by Grandma, but for whatever reason he started calling her Nana, and it's stuck. She wasn't going to argue or try and stop him from calling her that.
tickled_your_pickle@reddit
My stepfather was a grandparent at 42, he was grumpy Grampy. My mom was Steppy.
My uncle was 52 when my cousin gave birth at 17, she started calling him G-Man or G-Dog 😂😂
AdventurousKey438@reddit
How about grandma because that’s what you are to the baby?
Iyh2ayca@reddit
No it’s much better to assign yourself a silly nickname you made up because you’re in denial
AdventurousKey438@reddit
Hahaha! People are so weird! My grandads who both 59 when I was born and my grandmas 57 and 59. Very young and active BUT beautiful grandparents.
Affectionate_Ask_769@reddit
I hope my kids have kids. Gramma is what I’d go with.
Dimplefrom-YA@reddit
i’m not even a parent. heck i’m still in my dating phase after being widowed. i’m 44.
der_innkeeper@reddit
"Grandmama"
becky_leigh@reddit
I’m going with whatever the grandchild will call me - the name isn’t important as the relationship will be.
MuffinMatrix@reddit
Man 42 and a grandparent?? I'm 43 with a toddler!
He's calling our parent's 'nana' and 'poppop'.
All these new names are so weird to me. For me it was always grandma and grandpa. Nice and simple.
A friend has his 'oma'.
Miserable-Stuff-3668@reddit
FYI, Oma is German for grandmother. My mom is Oma to my cats :)
forthelulzac@reddit
I just saw a thing about how the 40's are wild because everyone is at a completely different stage of life. Some people have babies, some have grandkids, some have no kids, some are dating, some have been married for 20 years. It's just a mish mosh of every possible life stage.
forthelulzac@reddit
My friend's kids call their grandma, "Glamma," because she's glamourous
DeepestKnee@reddit
My friend’s mom decided to be called “Treasure,” and it’s cute to hear the grandkid say it. Also weird.
Lsemmens@reddit
Mumsy
Stabwank@reddit
G-Unit
Persis-@reddit
I dunno. My favorite people used Grandma. To me, if I’m lucky enough to get to be one, I’d like to carry on the title to honor my own Grandma and my mom, who were both amazing grandmothers.
Ketiw@reddit
"My favorite people used Grandma." This right here.
hallowdmachine@reddit
Same here. Went with Grandpa because that's what I called mine.
I still sign cards with Gramka for the youngest because that's all he could manage when he first started talking.
Persis-@reddit
If my grandchildren come up with their own name for me, I’m totally fine with that!
My 30 year old nephew gave me a nickname when he was 1, and he and his younger brother still call me that.
fritzwitch@reddit
My mom is Gigi :)
jonosvision@reddit
G-Mizzle short for G-Mizzle fo Shizzle
Shot-Amphibian-3239@reddit
I called my grandmother MamaJeanne (new name was Jeanne). What’s your name? Would it work?
Liveandletlive-11@reddit
I’m the same age with no children - anyway the grandma names in my family are given by the first grandchild. Whatever they call you is your grandparent name. You have to wait til their talking to figure that one out though.
Wonderful_Kale_7995@reddit
I went with tia instead of auntie cause I thought auntie was too formal. It works cause my kid was half adopted by a spanish family so spanish is just normal in our house. Like of course they call you tia cause all the babies come over.
nighteyes_fitz@reddit
I was 42 when I became a grandparent. My Mum is still young and very involved and she is called Nanna. I always wanted to be Nanna but I figured with Mum still very active and hopefully for a few more years I didn't want to encroach on that name.
I mixed Nanna and my name and got Narnie and that's what I am 🙂
Rude_Parsnip306@reddit
I became a grandma in my 40s and went with it - I'm grandma
tacosandtheology@reddit
My mom became a great-grandma at 50. So, these things happen.
SuspiciousHippo743@reddit
My kiddo was far from the first grandchild - my mom was Grandma to everyone for 12+ years. My little tot looked at her one day and said "Mimi!" and my mom was honored to be bestowed a name. My kids still call her Mimi, everyone else still calls her Grandma.
HildeFrankie@reddit
I keep bees and a part of me wants to be Honey. But I do think it could be a bit weird when the kids are older and they have to tell people they are visiting their Honey. Although it is cute... My kids are 13 and 11 so fingers crossed I have a decade or more to figure this out.
lulu-bell@reddit
I really wanted to be Babuska but my family didn’t agree.
eljeffrey1980@reddit
My Mom went by Eg(g) (epic grandma) because of the amount of grandparents boy has ..and all the other names were spoken for.
He picked it out
NewsgramLady@reddit
A relative of mine goes by GiGi. I think it's pretty cute and doesn't age you.
GreyStormOfLight@reddit (OP)
I actually liked this one but a lot of people are telling me it’s a better name for a great grandmother. I like it for a grandma though!
NewsgramLady@reddit
Aww, I think it's perfect for a grandma! But everybody's different. You should choose what YOU want. But honestly, the child will probably end up picking the name. 😆
Moist_Movie1093@reddit
Not me reading this 42 and pregnant
Sensitive-Elevator1@reddit
Re: Abuelita - My niece & nephew’s dad is of Honduran descent, so I got them calling me Tía. Now my other nephew, who is as ethnically white as I am, calls me it, too. This has led to a couple confused looks when it’s just that nephew and I in public, lol.
Nitetigrezz@reddit
You can pick and plan all you want. What's going to suck is if you get so into a name that you ignore the name your grandchild comes up with. Because there's nothing more precious than a child coming up with their own thing.
ChaucersDuchess@reddit
My mom was named Gaga and my late dad Gega by my autistic daughter, all on her own. 🤷🏻♀️
caramelcoldbrew@reddit
My sister is a grandma, her grandson calls her Gigi.
I raised my niece (sister’s daughter) so I also got a grandma name, Thee-Thee, a play on Auntie that my nephew coined when he was a baby and couldn’t clearly say Auntie.
My own kids won’t give me grandbabies for a good long while, if ever, and I’ll be fine with grandma when they do.
Esoteric_Owl87@reddit
I’m 44 with a 2 year old grandbaby. I’m grandma. I like it 😁
BayouLuLu@reddit
LuLu
Lirpa_the_Lurker@reddit
My parents fixated on it when they became young grandparents. Nothing that I picked before he was born stuck- they just kind of evolved over time. We ended up with G-ma then eventually grandma Poppa
Great grandparents were 2 grandma, granny, and grand pooba.
BasicReputations@reddit
Lord, just own it.
eternallysantanasass@reddit
I have been Mimi for about two years now
kingskrossing@reddit
I’m also Mimi it’ll be two years next month. My youngest son is 9 and refuses to be called uncle.
canoegal4@reddit
What's your heritage? German is Oma, and Norwegian/Swedish is Mormor
coarse_glass@reddit
We use "besta" -- just short for "bestemor."
canoegal4@reddit
thanks! I updated my post so when I look back in a few years I will remember that
GreyStormOfLight@reddit (OP)
Irish. I checked the name when I first found out I was going to be a grandmother. It’s impossible for an American kid to spell and might be hard for them to remember. It’s Seanmháthair and is pronounced “Shawn wuh-HARR.”
canoegal4@reddit
Google says... "The most common and affectionate Irish (Gaeilge) terms for grandma are Mamó (pronounced Muh-moe or Mam-o) and Mhaimeó (pronounced Wam-oh or Mam-oh). These are used similarly to "Granny" or "Nana" in English. The formal, literal translation is seanmháthair (pronounced shan-vaw-her), but mamó is preferred for daily use"
GreyStormOfLight@reddit (OP)
My grandchild’s mom didn’t want me using anything that sounded similar to “mama” unfortunately just to avoid confusion in the younger years.
Southside_john@reddit
Wild generation. I’m 42 and my first child is 10 months old
regina_phalange05@reddit
43 with a 25 and 20 year old. Wild indeed!
harbinger06@reddit
Just remember the ever popular “Gigi” is often used for GREAT grandma. G.G.
Shanntuckymuffin@reddit
Both my daughter’s grandmas were “older” and she ended up calling them “Gaga” when she started talking and it stuck.
cyclonesandy@reddit
I was Gaga for a while but now it’s morphing over to Gramma as he starts to talk better. I miss Gaga.
PureOrange7049@reddit
My mother became a young grandmother at 43 when my son was born. She wanted to be called Nanny.
regina_phalange05@reddit
This is what my mother goes by, but I made her a grandma at 38🫣
HighGlutenTolerance@reddit
I'm going right for meemaw
GreyStormOfLight@reddit (OP)
My best friend who is also my age is going with MeeMaw 😂
yellow_pomelo_jello@reddit
What would you think of a Mom who said she’s too young to be called Mom and she’d rather be called a nickname? Weird, right? Just be Grandma.
GreyStormOfLight@reddit (OP)
A mom is different than a grandma though 😕
UptownJunk802@reddit
My sister goes by Grandpa Jo. Her grandson called her that himself and she loves it. He's 11 now, she's still Grandpa Jo.
29flavors@reddit
My kids call my MIL Gram. I think it’s so cute and would be great for a 42-year old
eyelers@reddit
Just go grandma. It’s embarrassing when my mil insists on gram gram and not a single kid has called her that in 12 years. It’s grandma lol
jaywinner@reddit
Do you have a nickname that's easy enough for kids? My grandmother Lucile was known to everybody as Lulu. So it wasn't a grandkids specific moniker but it definitely worked for us.
drinkslinger1974@reddit
All my grandparents got their nicknames from the way we would mispronounce “grandma”. One was “Gaga” another was “Na Na”, later condensed to Nana, one granddad passed when I was six months old and the other got into an argument with my mom and they never spoke, but we affectionately called him Paw Paw, which is what the kids call my FIL. His wife is Nanny, MIL is Mimi, her partner is an asshole so he doesn’t get a nickname. My dad is Papa and my mom was Nan before she passed away.
No-Calligrapher3043@reddit
If I was going to become a grandma now I would probably try to keep my nickname my nieces/nephews and their friends call me. All of my friend’s kids call me by the same nickname too. Idk if I’ll feel different in the future because my son better not make me a grandma anytime soon so I might change my mind when that time actually comes.
Afootinafieldofmen@reddit
My mom put a lot of thought into this but ended up being called “Deedee” by my nephew and that stuck. The Ramones are my favorite band and of course their most degenerate member Deedee is my forever fave. (RIP) I tried to teach my nephew to sing “hey is Deedee home” like Johnny Thunders but really I just appreciate that my uptight mom gets called Deedee on the regular
roonilwonwonweasly@reddit
Gigi is very popular right now. Gan gan and Lili are ones I've heard too.
bactuator@reddit
I will be Nana and my husband will be Peoper. Then we're gonna start a banana peppers business and call it Nana Pepper's.
epidemicsaints@reddit
I know a few gigis.
I grew up with a grandma that had us all call her by her name, it made her feel like a special character to me as a kid.
GreyStormOfLight@reddit (OP)
I was actually thinking about GiGi, I’m just not sure if it fits me 🤔 I like it though!
Euphoric_Evidence414@reddit
Hang on to GiGi for when you’re much older and become a great grandma
Fianna9@reddit
My grandma because GG when the next gen was born. It’s very cute
takisara@reddit
yeah was going to say - normally it is GiGi, when it is a great grandparent...but hey whatever works :)
My dad is poppa to my daughter, but my mom was just 'grandma'....i had a thing about calling her nana which is how the other kids call her, but couldn't get on board with that.
DieAloneWith72Cats@reddit
I let my oldest grandchild choose my name, now I’m “Bobby.”
He was trying to call me buddy, since I’m his friend and he didn’t know my name. He fumbled it, so I’m Bobby and my husband is Bappy
PrudentOwlet@reddit
My husband met grandparents called "Lolli and Pop" and he's obsessed and insists that's what we be called whenever we become grandparents. Pop is fine, but Lolli on its own is dumb, and what if he DIES, then I'm stuck with Lolli forever? No.
toomuchtv987@reddit
Frankly, it doesn’t matter what you want to be called. You can make all the suggestions you want but whatever version of it the baby squeaks out first will stick and you’ll be something like “Gimme” for the rest of your life.
sevalle13@reddit
We will be Oma and Opa
the1truestarr@reddit
Wait, let it come to you. It'll present itself organically. Life is what happens after we make plans. I can assure you, whatever they call you, you'll love how it sounds- everytime.
Educational-Tie00@reddit
Grandmother (lastname)
GreyStormOfLight@reddit (OP)
I had considered just being grandma “first name” at one point but it sounded kinda chummy and I was hoping for something a little more “lovey”. 🤔
Educational-Tie00@reddit
I’m looking forward to being Grandfather (lastname) but I call my parents mother and father and my wife Wife.
Complex-Cucumber-507@reddit
Mimi
Swansong80@reddit
We used to call my grandparents “Ma” and “Pop” don’t know if that helps.
Pinklady777@reddit
Gram
Sweet-Situation-8224@reddit
I've had friends use mimi, nana, and stuff like that. My oldest is 21 and I'm dreading the day.
elphaba00@reddit
A friend said her MIL wanted to be called Ninny. My friend hated it. She said it sounds too close to a nickname for Nincompoop.
Sweet-Situation-8224@reddit
Whhhhhhat!? haha, ninny is literally a synonym of nincompoop. Priceless.
elphaba00@reddit
She isn't my brightest bulb of a friend :)
She didn't have to have the Ninny fight with her own kids. Her MIL died before she had them.
sexwiththebabysitter@reddit
Don’t have a name suggestion (my mother chose nana for my kids to call her) but I know a guy that was a grandfather at 32. Had his first kid at 16, his kid followed the tradition.
Past-Confection-6730@reddit
My grandmother refused to be called any grandma-type name, even in her later years. My cousins and I called her by her first name.
Neither-Mycologist77@reddit
My grandma was 46 when I was born and she was always Grandma.
tuwts@reddit
You can do anything! I know a Cookie, a Mimi, a Gigi, a Birdie, a Lovey, Bubby.
Forest_of_Cheem@reddit
I married and had my son young and his dad’s mom didn’t want to feel old, so she liked being called Gemma.
Mafamaticks@reddit
G-Ma
ThisIsACompanyCar@reddit
I am not yet a grandmother, but some I know go by GiGi, GaGa, GoGo, Geggie, Glamma, Gramma, Nana, Nonna, or Grandma first name.
I named my own grandmother Nano and it stuck for all of the other grandkids. I plan on letting my first grandchild (whenever that might be) choose what to call me naturally.
Inside_Complaint_172@reddit
My family calls grandma "glam-ma". 💅 💃