Nanny or Nannie

My mother refused to be called Grandma and settled for Nan, although her mum was my "Grandma".

My DDs MIL already had two GCs so I chose to be "Nannan" I understand it's a Sheffield/East midlands thing, fast dying out. The DGS's always understand completely who was who and don't get mixed up.

I wanted to be called Granny as I was teased at school about having a Nanny (not the paid kind). I'm called Granny, Nanny, sometimes Mummy and even Daddy once! You know, it really doesn't matter!

I don't know what I will end up with, probably Gramma and Grampa when she gets her words sorted, maybe Gram and Gramps when she's older. Her mum's mum is German, so she's Oma and dad is Opa... they pronounce the 'o' as 'aw'.

I am a Joma - suggested by my DD. But I expect DGS will call me what he wants when older, names evolve as the relationship grows I think.

My son decided I would be GrannyB, but my 14-month-old granddaughter calls me BeeBee! I don't mind what she calls me, as long as she says it with love in her eyes.

My grandkiddies call me Nan, Nanna, Nanny and Nannie - don't really care which they use to be honest. I was in a cafe with my grandson when he was a toddler and he called me Nanny several times. A lady came over to us as we were leaving and asked if I was a paid Nanny as her daughter was looking for someone and she liked the way I interacted with my grandson. When I told her I was a grandparent she apologised profusely. My daughter is used to people assuming I am the parent or at least the Aunt of my grandchildren, my grandson patiently explains that no, that's my Nan

I wanted to be called Granny but my first grandchild called me Nana. Why fight it? DH was referred to as Grandpa by us, but same grandchild called him Barbar (like the elephant) for a time, then he started to call him Grandpa. He has never called me Granny though! ?

I spell it Grannie as in Grannie Island and when they were small I was Grannie Placename and the other Grandma was Grandma Placename. All very Katie Morag!

I am Nanna as that is what my children called my mother, also it is very easy to say so my GC could say lt easily before any other names!

Pigglywiggly it's a good thing you are not from somewhere like
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch,
or would they just call you Grannie GoGo?

I'm Grandma to Emily age 22 and Gaga to her sister age 6 love them both!

I never liked Nan or Nanny as a child, my GPs were Grandma & Granny.

However when 1st StepGC was born I felt choice of name was up to StepD & SiL - so I was Nanny L, StepD's DM was NannyA & SiL's DM was Granny. This has stuck so I am just Nanny to my DGS.

My DM is however Granny not Great Granny, think it suits her to be called this as it doesn't sound quite so "ancient" although she is 87, slightly less confusing for DGS as she is Granny to my DD.

Buying cards is a nightmare as my DD often finds - try to find a Granny or even Grannie card, then suddenly it's all change as Nanny falls out of fashion

We are Nanny and Grandad. Elder grandson calls his other grandparents Nana and Grampian (they are welsh). My daughters called both sets of grandparents Nanny and Grandad followed by their first names. When I was young my grandparents were Nanny and Grandad followed by their surname. How times have changed.

I am grandma and great grandma. According to the Oxford dictionary, nana can mean silly person and nanny, a goat.

Nana and Grampa (pronounced gramper)

My mother wanted to be nana but it was v hard to find cards with that on! I wanted to be granny but my g d says nanny.

My own grandparents were nannie and grandie but I waited a long time to be called Grandma. I think it's an individual thing.

I am Nain, pronounced nine, to our four. My Welsh Mum was Nain to our two and they chose it for me in deference to her. I love it to be honest.

In our family we use Nanan. Not sure where it comes from but I think it sounds more endearing than Nanny/Nanny which has an element of "being employed" to do the job about it.

I'm Granny but 2 year old GS calls me Grammy!Love it.

I'm Grandma. No ifs, no buts - and no idea why, as both sides of the family have always used Nanny - it just seemed 'right' and I love it My DGCs other grandmother is Nanna, so no confusion...
The only thing that I will say OP, is that if your family exchange cards, I don't think that I've ever seen one with 'Nannie' on - so they might struggle...

I've always been Granny so when my youngest grandchild came along she called her paternal grandmother Nanny. However, she now calls her Nanny Hooch (the dog's name!) to differentiate with great-grandmother on that side. When my mum was still with us, she chose for her grandchildren to call her Meme

I asked to be Granny Lynne, although one of my GDs has translated that to Gaggy Lynne! When mine were little we had Granny and Gramps Sam (their dog's name!) and Granny and Grandad Caravan (work it out ?) with no input from us!

I'm Nana to most of my grandchildren and Oma to the German and Dutch ones. My grandma always forbade us to call her nanny because, as she said, she wasn't a goat.

I'm Gaga (in more ways than one!)