Don't call me Nana...

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Not me. Honestly! A friend. Her 22 year old son's girlfriend is preggers. So I've been nice and helpfull all day calling her Nana as often as I can ... She said she won't be Nana, but she vetoed MeMe too... She wants a name that doesn't sound 'old'... Are there gramma names that don't sound old? What names do you use? (Did we do this before? ) 

She vetoed Roxy too... I thought that was pretty young sounding...

[Tennesseer]

Mrs. (Insert Name Here)?

[Sharon]

One of my Grandma's was Grandma << first name >> she thought that sounded younger.

[NastyWoman]

I am Oma ("O" as in "Oh" my)

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I just want to be Grandma (my granddaughter was just starting to say a lot of words last I saw her but hadn't gotten to "Grandma" yet.)

Definitely nothing so babyish and silly (MeeMaw, Nanny) it will sound weird when she uses it at age 18.

[NastyWoman]

Jun 28, 2016 20:08:02 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

I just want to be Grandma (my granddaughter was just starting to say a lot of words last I saw her but hadn't gotten to "Grandma" yet.)

Definitely nothing so babyish and silly (MeeMaw, Nanny) it will sound weird when she uses it at age 18.

HEYYYY, that real "cool" dude from TBBT Sheldon has a MeeMaw  (first time I ever heard that)

[Anne_in_VA]

I'm Nana to my grandkids and I love it.  I also know someone who is Gigi.  I think that doesn't sound old!

[Deleted]

I had a MeeMaw.  

The kids have a GG.. but we use that to mean Great Grandma... GiGi does sound young!

[andi9899]

Please someone come up with something good. I've wondered what I would want my grandkids to call me when the time comes. I called all my grandmothers "grandma".

[Tennesseer]

One was grandma and the other was grand-mère.

[justme]

My mom choose Nana. I do have to say that my niece was saying that way before she was staying grandma which is what the other one chose. Actually I'm not sure she is coherently saying grandma. But my can she scream nana.

Tell your friend that unless it's something easy kiddo is going to butcher it into whatever they can.

Same niece has been "saying" my name for months and is only recently I can decipher when she means me. And it's still not actually my name unless she repeats it right after an adult says it.

[andi9899]

Jun 28, 2016 20:56:57 GMT -5 justme said:

My mom choose Nana. I do have to say that my niece was saying that way before she was staying grandma which is what the other one chose. Actually I'm not sure she is coherently saying grandma. But my can she scream nana.

Tell your friend that unless it's something easy kiddo is going to butcher it into whatever they can.

Same niece has been "saying" my name for months and is only recently I can decipher when she means me. And it's still not actually my name unless she repeats it right after an adult says it.

True. Thing 1 called my dad backaw when she was first learning to talk. Of course, she still calls flowers "fallers" and marshmallows are still "lub lubs". But she can say the actual words since she's 18. Weirdo.

[taz157]

To my DD, my mom is Nana, my MIL is MeeMaw, my dad is G Dad, and my FIL is Granddaddy.

[andi9899]

My niece and nephew still call me "Aunt" instead of my name. They are 12 and 13, so plenty old enough to be able to pronounce my name.

[giramomma]

I also did Grandma <first name> for my grandmas.

My kids just do grandma.

Except for when they figure out that "Grandma" isn't really grandma's legal first name. Then they get cheeky for a month and call Grandma by first name only.

DH's Aunt wanted to be called Grammy.

I don't really care what the kids call me..but I haven't given it much thought, either.

[andi9899]

Jun 28, 2016 21:05:15 GMT -5 taz157 said:

To my DD, my mom is Nana, my MIL is MeeMaw, my dad is G Dad, and my FIL is Granddaddy.

My dad's parents are Grandpa Dennis and Grandma Pauline (sometimes Grandma Benny after the grandma in the George Lopez show) and my mom's parents are Grandma and Grandpa <mom's maiden name>.

[taz157]

Jun 28, 2016 21:05:30 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

My niece and nephew still call me "Aunt" instead of my name. They are 12 and 13, so plenty old enough to be able to pronounce my name.

Even though I am 36, I still call my aunts and uncle with Aunt First Name and Uncle First Name. My DH's nieces and nephews still call me Aunt Taz (range from 13 to 27).

[Works4me]

How about "Glamma?"

[zibazinski]

Mom's mom?

[imawino]

Hey, I had a Meemaw! Meemaws are awesome. My other grandmother was pretty formal, so she was always Grandmother. No nicknames.

Oped, maybe she likes a foreign version?  some of these are cute.  www.grandparents.com/family-and-relationships/grandparent-names/grandpa-grandma-different-languages      My ex was Brazilian, and the used a different Portuguese variant than the attached for grandmother, Vovo (I can't get the accent mark on).  I always liked the way that sounded.

[andi9899]

Jun 28, 2016 21:11:46 GMT -5 taz157 said:

Jun 28, 2016 21:05:30 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

My niece and nephew still call me "Aunt" instead of my name. They are 12 and 13, so plenty old enough to be able to pronounce my name.

Even though I am 36, I still call my aunts and uncle with Aunt First Name and Uncle First Name. My DH's nieces and nephews still call me Aunt Taz (range from 13 to 27).

I call my aunts and uncles by first name only. That's if I call them by their names. My dad's side is a lot less politically correct and I may just call them "fool" or "n****". They may call me that too. My cousins and I all may call each other by the same name. My family is pretty ghetto though.

Flame suit on since we're so politically incorrect.

[andi9899]

Jun 28, 2016 21:15:28 GMT -5 imawino said:

Hey, I had a Meemaw! Meemaws are awesome. My other grandmother was pretty formal, so she was always Grandmother. No nicknames.

Oped, maybe she likes a foreign version?  some of these are cute.  www.grandparents.com/family-and-relationships/grandparent-names/grandpa-grandma-different-languages      My ex was Brazilian, and the used a different Portuguese variant than the attached for grandmother, Vovo (I can't get the accent mark on).  I always liked the way that sounded.

Baby Daddy is from Mexico and his mom is "Abuelita". For some reason, his dad is "Grandpa". I don't know why they don't call him "Abuelito".

[andi9899]

Jun 28, 2016 21:18:27 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Jun 28, 2016 21:11:46 GMT -5 taz157 said:

Even though I am 36, I still call my aunts and uncle with Aunt First Name and Uncle First Name. My DH's nieces and nephews still call me Aunt Taz (range from 13 to 27).

I call my aunts and uncles by first name only. That's if I call them by their names. My dad's side is a lot less politically correct and I may just call them "fool" or "n****". They may call me that too. My cousins and I all may call each other by the same name. My family is pretty ghetto though.

Flame suit on since we're so politically incorrect.

I guess the n word gets starred out. I ended it with an a and not an er.

[imawino]

Jun 28, 2016 21:20:50 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Jun 28, 2016 21:15:28 GMT -5 imawino said:

Hey, I had a Meemaw! Meemaws are awesome. My other grandmother was pretty formal, so she was always Grandmother. No nicknames.

Oped, maybe she likes a foreign version?  some of these are cute.  www.grandparents.com/family-and-relationships/grandparent-names/grandpa-grandma-different-languages      My ex was Brazilian, and the used a different Portuguese variant than the attached for grandmother, Vovo (I can't get the accent mark on).  I always liked the way that sounded.

Baby Daddy is from Mexico and his mom is "Abuelita". For some reason, his dad is "Grandpa". I don't know why they don't call him "Abuelito".

I think Abuelita is so cute!

[Deleted]

This is still a sore spot with me.  I wanted to be GiGi, but my DIL told me that sounded like a stripper's name.  However, my ex's wife is Mimi.  I found this out years later and asked why she got her choice.  Answer?  Because she insisted.

So I am Grandmother Susan.  Most the time they just call me Grandmother, but that's what my kids called their grandmother so sometimes they have to differentiate.  It's fine.  I like Grandmother.  I called my mother "Mother" and my grandmother "Grandmother."  

Grandfathers have some really cute names.  DH is Papa Owl.  His name is Al so that's how it came out.  A friend of mine's husband is Grumpy, a variation of Grampy.  

My sister is Oma.  Isn't that the German version?

[andi9899]

Jun 28, 2016 21:25:04 GMT -5 imawino said:

Jun 28, 2016 21:20:50 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Baby Daddy is from Mexico and his mom is "Abuelita". For some reason, his dad is "Grandpa". I don't know why they don't call him "Abuelito".

I think Abuelita is so cute!

Yeah, but it reeks of old lady. I can't. I was thinking more along the lines of MiMi or something that doesn't say "old lady".

[muttleynfelix]

My mom is Gigi.

[Deleted]

The Filipino word for Grandma is Lola! .. Yes. 

[dannylion]

I think you should start calling her Granny. That will make everything else sound young and hip, and she won't care what they call her as long as it's not "Granny."

[Apple]

My son called my mom Gramma and my ex's mom "Daddy's Gramma".  We didn't teach him that, he just came up with it.  She was around 45, and asked us to correct him to "Daddy's mom" at the very least.  She was awful, so I thought it was pretty funny myself.

I love the word Babushka, maybe my son will marry a Russian/Polish girl