What do your grandchildren call you?

Nana was the name for my grandmother, my mum and for me, at least to my elder DD's four children. My DH is Granddad to them.

However, my younger DD's children have always called me Nanny, for some reason. The oldest found it hard to say Granddad when she was tiny, so he is Papa to her and her sisters.

I am called Oma and my husband Opa to honour his German heritage. His parents were our children's Omi and Opi. The generations alternate.

Grandma and Grandpa. Only yesterday eldest (11) decided on Gangsta Grandma!!! Youngest (4) has always opted to call DH Papa. We’re happy with it all ....

yes you read correctly not inlaw but outlaw.

wanted to be grandma but the outlaw got that title .so i was nanny...

I’m Nanny to 2 Grandchildren, Nanny Wells to the other 3. My partner is Nanny Carol to all and my ex husband is Grandad to all. As my DS’s wife is 2nd marriage and he has stepchildren there are all sorts of permutations, but we are all happy whatever we are called, and as long as we are all loved the same.

Nannie and grandad

My granddaughter calls me and my SIL's mum 'Nana' and if refering to either one of us in a conversation its Nana Sandra or Nana Lou. My son and my daughter (who have small children abroad and I only see on the phone) refer to me as granny which I will get them to change when the children are old enough to talk!

My children loved my mother who was always Granny and when their children came along they called me Granny from the start. Fortunately the other grandmother likes to be called Nanny so everyone's happy.

Dds tend to lead the way (they called my parents Grandad and Grandma) so I’m happy to inherit the honour.

DGS
has however come up with DadDad - logical enough but I’ve not heard it before - and then before a FaceTime call recently told his mum to call: ‘I want C... S... [my name]. I want to say Grandma I love you’. Aaawww!

I’m called Garry by my American grandchildren ... a slip up from my first grandchild’s naming of me ... it stuck!

Being Welsh I’m Nini, (Nain) as my mums mum was Nini to me. Husband is Grampy as he’s English, if Welsh he’d be Taid.

I have 5 grandchildren, the oldest two call me big gran (I’m 5’8” and their other gran is 5’2”). My middle granddaughter calls me granny (presumably her sister will too) and my youngest grandson calls me GranGran. No idea why ?.

Crazy haired Nana!

I am Nanny and DH is Dumpy. Our daughter tried to get her first child to call him Grumpy but he could not manage it and said Dumpy. So to this day he is Dumpy. He is not really Grumpy and it was more a joke that remains now.

See my username! My DIL found it on Mumsnet as she was going into labour. Things got a bit hectic after that so there was no more discussion. Gransey it is and I haven’t met another one yet.

We are Gigi and Pa, the other grandmother is Greek and is called YiaYia!

How odd, Petalpop. My school could access extra funding for our Roma families - perhaps they were hoping for some of that.

My GD calls me Gypsy Nanny after our dog. She calls her other nanny Holiday Nanny as she lives in Spain and that is where they spent their holidays before Covid. Did cause a stir at her nursery when they pulled my son aside and asked if I was actually a Gypsy. We still laugh at that. Just waiting to see what her brother calls me when he can speak.

I'm Grammy. My two year old grandson used to get confused because he had 4 other grans and great grans that were all called Nanny so being Grammy sets me apart from others and I love it.

I’m Nanny Pap! When my first granddaughter was born I took soooo many pictures my middle son said “ you’re like the paparazzi!! Hence the name !! They even got me a number plate with PAP at the end and I love it!!!
Did want to be called Nanna but son said no ?

We’re Nana and Grandaddy one of the DGC just came out with grandaddy and it stuck ! It makes us easier to differentiate from The other grandads too !

Ha ha, re my earlier pedantic thread, I obviously didn't proof read my post well enough!! (..should be my real (similar in translation) NAME. Shut my mouth.)

My GN name, Schnackie, was bestowed upon me by a little Dutch boy who forgot my real (similar in translation), and my daughter really hoped that her children would call me that. However it proved to be too difficult for her little ones to say so I'm Granny and very happy with that. (I actually was hoping for Nana, but the MIL made it very clear that Nana was going to be her name!!)

I'm Nana. My daughter chose it for me years ago when we first got dogs! (I hated it then, I love it now!) DGD's other gran is Grandma. My sister is Grannie to her beautiful brood.