Gran or Nan?

I am Oma, which is the dutch version of grandma, my counterpart is Nana and my husband is Grandpa which seems to have become Granbob, for now anyway..

I'm Grandma because other one is Grannie. Also Grandad and Dadat.

I'm nanny, as I felt it less old sounding than grandma. My mother was grandma and so were my grandmothers. As they get older I expect they will call be nan, which to me sounds quite nice.

One of my DIL's parents chose to be known as Pa and Mimi. Each to their own, but that just seems weird to me.

The common term for grandmothers in the part of the Midland where I live is mamar. This always sounds to me like the kid can't sound their Gs.

Because my first grandchild was half Indian, I became Nani Ma (or Ba) and her paternal grandmother was Dadi Ma (or Ba). Seven grandchildren later via all three daughters I am now well established as Nanny although my husband is Grampy. My eldest granddaughter is nearly 24 but I am still her Nani. How I love my multi cultural family!

My husband is grumps, which really suits him. One of my granddaughters used to call him dumps.

When expecting my first DGS, my DS & Dil asked me what I would like to be called. I thought long and hard and eventually came up with Bubbe.

For those of you who may not be familiar with this, it is a yiddush name and the general perception nowadays is that a bubbe is a frail, little old wizened lady, wearing a shawl and mostly black clothes. But as a child, I had a bubbe and I loved her dearly, so for me it was partly as a way of honouring her. And also, I realised that Bubbe would be a name my grandson would be able to say much earlier than Grandma (which his what other (rather competitive) grandmother is known by). And I love being known as Bubbe.

I am Grandma and so was my Mum and her Mum before, so I am very happy with that. My Granddaughter has two Grandmas that she identifies by adding first names when she refers to them. All my friends are called Nan or Nanny, apart from one Scottish "Granny".
Everyone should pick what they are happy with.

I'm Nonna L, DH is Nonno, DDIL's parents are Nonna C and Nonno E.
My parents are GG or GaGa or Gragga, which is different I guess!
My father's Grumpa or Grumpy to my children, DM's Gran.

I would have been Nana like my maternal Grandmother, many reminds me of a goat! However my children had Nanny and Grandad Owls for my Dad and Step Mum (dad collected all things Owls) and Nanny Rolly (Her dogs name- not because she was cuddly!)
As social services took my GD under false pretences, i will for any future grand children be called Sooz! i will no longer be at work and only work colleagues called me it! I do not ever want to be called any form of Nana because of what happened!

DIL's sister had children first, and their grandmother wanted to be Nanny, so when my grandchildren were born I could be Grandma, which was my preference anyway, but they often call me G'ma or Gmittens (can't remember why!)

I don't always read the comments on the forums, but I was interested to see what other grandparents are called by their grandchildren. I think I must be slower than usual today, because I found I couldn't work out what all the initials (abbreviations) stand for. I found kittylester's post really confusing - I thought DH must be daughter's husband, but he's grandpa and married to DMIL - daughter's mother-in-law!!?? I'd be grateful if someone would put me out of my misery (not literally!) and tell me what DH, DGS, DGC and DC stand for, please. I may then understand what people are trying to say. I'm afraid I'm not very good at things like texting shorthand etc..

I am Grandma which I chose for myself when the first grandchild was born. The grandchildren living nearest me call their paternal one Granny - then they all know who they are talking about. When one of my grandsons was younger we always had "bowling birthdays" and his friends also called me Grandma which was fine by me. I don't like youngsters using my christian name.

My son rang me from Japan in 1995 with news of my first DGC and suggested to me that I should become Baba (Obasan). So, to avoid confusion when all sides of the family get together, I chose not to Anglicise the title and am Baba to them all.

Hello spallam!
DH = dear husband
DGS = dear grandson
DGC = dear grandchild/grandchildren
DC = dear child
DMIL = dear mother in law

Very confusing isn't it, but at the top of the page, on the right is 'Acronyms' which may help you.

I wanted to be called Grandma or Granny however my first grandson decided to call me Gangang. As a result I am now known as Gangang by all of my four grandchildren and their friends!

I am Gigi and DH is Pa to our two Australian granddaughters. My mother is Nanny and Great Nan. Our 5 year old granddaughter sometimes explains to other children that Gigi is her grandmother, but as there are so many nationalities in Australia with a great variety of grandparent names, it isn't an issue.

I have 3 grandsons from 2 daughters, so it's great fun to see what it's like to help with boys, as it was to bring up daughters. Different though. The two grandsons call me Grain - yes - that's right. It's not a spelling mistake. Grain.I even get letters addressed to Grain. I have become fond of it and don't mind a scrap. It came about when the eldest was starting to say words and was told I was Gran. He insisted I was Grain to much amusement and it stuck. His brother has followed suit of course. Their paternal grandparents are known as Little Grandma and Big Grandma (should be Grandpa), and are called so in full. When all grandparents are together in public with the boys we get some odd looks. Collectively we grandparents are know as The Three Gs. My other grandson calls me Grandma when he's on his own but when he's with his cousins he swaps about. I sometimes wonder if they will go for more conventional names when they are older.

Nanno and Daddo .....thought up by one little sweetie. Grandmama Sylv to another one .
Even living in Wales we never got the Welsh Nain and Taid , .

I was brought up in a rench-speaking British colony, and we "looked down" upon anyone whose grandparent was "Nanna"... talk about brainwashing!
One grandmother was "Meregrand" the other one was "Granny" - she was horrible! My mother was delighted to be "Bobbine" to her GCs as a corruption of her name.
So when my own GCs came along, there was no way I would be granny to the english-speaking GCs. i had wanted "grandmere" but that soon degenerated to Grandma. DH is "Das" to one GC and "Granddad" to the rest...

I am Nanny to Jack and Francesca and that suits me fine. My eldest son likes to try and wind me up by calling me granny but I don't bite as it is not the end of the world. My hubby is Granddad and our grandson has been able to say that word for a long time.

My Grandchildren call me Nannie, notice the spelling too chosen by me because when my eldest Daughter was pregnant she asked me what would I like to be called and I chose Nannie! So all four Grandchildren now call me Nannie. We are in the South!

I was going to be grandma but seem to have ended up as Manma as its easier to say.

My own mother would never have been called nan or nanna, nanny. She said that the name comes from the Nanny Goat that was often used to feed babies when there was a loss of mothers milk, or she couldn't feed for one reason or another,

I wanted Granny, after my own much-loved maternal grandmother, but Daughter was horrified for some reason (current fashion, maybe?) and suggested Nain, for our Welsh heritage. That horrified me, so I was happy to be Grandma. Here in the Midlands it seems most are Nanna or Nan. I was Gaga for a while (still am in one sense...), until Granddaughter could speak. When she was five I trained her to address me as "Best Grandma in the Universe", for the sole purpose of annoying my daughter, and both she and her little sister continue to write that on notes when they want something. Now they are nine and seven I've become Gma (pronounced Jee-Ma) and Grandpa of course is Jee-pa. And my own mother, introduced as Great-Grandma, immediately became simply "Great", a title she has, quite properly, insisted upon ever since!

My children had 'Big Nan' and 'Little Nan' (my Mum was 5'8" and Mil was 5' 0"...!). I'm from the Black Country, so had always only known 'Nanny'.

When my first DGC was born, I was asked what I'd like to be, and immediately said Grandma, as it just sounded 'right' to me... Other GM was Nanna, so that was fine. DH is Grandad (only one GF as DiL's DF had died).

Second DGC also calls me Grandma - sadly other DGM is dead - and DH Grandad, while the other GF is Grandpa.