Gran or Nan?

I am Granny Mad

I'm 'Nana', as was my mum to my three daughters. My dad was born in the Midlands and we called his mum, my grand-mum, 'Nana'.

I'm grandma, I think nanny, nanna, nan sounds a bit like a goat!

I called my Granny just that. My own mother never wanted to be known as Granny cos of association with 'goat'. My children called her Granny as that was English and their French grandmother was Mamie. All my mother's other grandchildren called her Nana. My own grandchildren call me Amama which is Basque for Granny, as I live in the Spanish Basque country. I really don't mind what they call me as long as it means something unique to them.

<crosses nanna off the list>

The children's grandparents were Granny and Grandad, and Grandma and Grandpa. We gave them a choice of what they would like to be called.

Ds shortend granny to gran at the same time he switched from mummy to mum and daddy to dad.

It is a lot easier to buy cards for grandma, than for granny/grannie/gran

LOL couldn't be 'nanna' here as in French it means a 'bimbo' or 'tart' ;)

We've been over this ground before but for the record, I am proud to be Granny. My youngest DGS (7) is well able to pronounce his 'r' sounds but persists with 'Gwanny'!

I am Gran to all my DGCs as that was what my mother was called. It is usually 'Gan' or 'Dan' until they can speak clearly. All the other grandparents are called a range of names: grandma, granny, granny +name, grandpa. DH is grandad to them all. And they all just love him

When ex-SILs mother started calling herself 'gran' out of the blue when before she had been granny+name, she was told off severely by our shared grandsons!

Sorry posted that wrong, blame old age

Are you Dutch, living in UK?

I'm Gran-gran to one lot of GC and Nanna to the others. When they all get together I am Nanna-Gran-gran.

I'm a Gran too, just like my mother. She felt Gran sounded 'sparky' and fun, and was not Grannie which she considered suitable for those who were practically gaga. 'Old grannnie so and so'. The smallest granchildren call me Dan... inevitably.

We are Granma and Granpa now but my twin grandchildren first called us Gumma and Guppa - loved that and my other granddaughter called us Mumma and Pappa also loved it and wished that had stayed . Other Grandparents are Granny Mags and Grangrad ( sadly short of grandparents in this family )

I grew up in London and my Nan was always Nan or Nanny to me. I found a letter I'd had from her, signed Nana. I don't remember calling her that, but I liked it. When I became a grandma for the first time, I wanted to be called Nana. However, my daughter-in-law, who is French, quietly told me that this was the name of a brand of sanitary protection in France!! The name was swiftly revised to become Nanny and I love being called by this name. I also remember the first time that granddaughter called me Nanny, and that's a precious memory.

I'm Nanny. My parents were Grandma and Granddad but I moved from the North of England to the South and when my granddaughter was born I was Nanny because that was what my dil started referring to me as. Think I'd prefer Nanny actually but it's a bit late to change it now.

I wish I had known my paternal grandfather. He was a Welsh musician, and a bit of a chancer. He had cards printed, with his name
"Thos. J Hughes FFPC". When my father, then a boy, asked him what that stood for, he said 'Fancy Feller, Plays Clarinet'!

No idea what happened to him - he disappeared one day...

I'm Granny which I chose because it felt like the nearest to Mammy which my own children called me, it's always Mammy in Wales never Mummy. I hate Grandma as that was my MILs choice and I didn't like her and Nanny to me is someone whose paid to look after others people's children. My SILs mother wanted to be called Granny too which was fine. The grandchildren when they are talking about us to other people call other Granny Granny Daphne which is her name but have decided to call me not Granny name but Granny Wales. I wonder if that will change when I move to be near them next year?

My grandchildren called their paternal great grandmother "Old Grandma" and their grandmother "Grandma". The former died not long ago, but I do wonder, given increasing life expectancy and absentdaughter's example of early motherhood – 13 years earlier than I went in for it and 17 years earlier than my mother – how many grandmothers future generations of the family will have to name.

My mother wanted to be Grandma, but the nearest my eldest daughter could get in saying it was Nana! Therefore I chose to be Nana to my own grandchildren. The two eldest have shortened it to Nan. My step grandchildren call me Emmy as my first name begins with M!

Should be 'bucketloads'.

SIL and I refused to be Grandma to our grandkids as it was our MIL's name in the family, added to the surname. She was a one-off and we didn't want that title. So we are granny and nana respectively and our DH's are Gramps and Grandpa. Our DIL's parents are Grandad and Nannie so there is no confusion but as someone else said it's the love that matters and we all get that in overloads!

I am Grandma which was what my own much loved maternal grandmother was known by so I chose to be called by it.
My paternal grandmother was Grandma Surname.
When my first DGC was starting to talk she called me Marma but now at 23 she calls me Grandma.
One of my granddaughters who is 19 sometimes calls me Grams.
My great grandson is too young yet to call me anything but my own great grandmother was Nanna.
My two sons called my mother Grandma and my MIL was Nanna.

leurMamie - I just had to comment as your name jumped out at me!
My mother's name was Mary but she was always known as Mamie (pronounced Mayme).
Too late I wondered how this came about (other Gransnetters: if you are curious about something, ask a question of someone who may not be here much longer, now. When they're gone, they're gone!!).
Unfortunately, towards the end of her life my mother had carers, most of whom just couldn't pronounce Mamie and called her Mammy, which, understandably infuriated my mother no end!
At least I have learnt something new today but knew I should have paid more attention in French vocab!

As in my username, I'm Mamie (pronounced mah-mee) and hubby is Papy. These are common French names for gran and grandpa. I have spoken French to the kids since they were born (I don't see them enough for them to be bilingual but I persevere) so the French names seemed an obvious choice. Papy does not speak French but he still likes his name, he's Scottish so it's like pappy, mine's like mammy (which are common in Scotland).

I'm known as Nina and my husband is called Pop, thats what he called
his gandparents. I wonder if anyone else is called Nina?