Gran or Nan?

I'm mamma to our almost 3yr old GS Grandma to our 10yr old GS and nothing yet to our 7mth old GS My DH is Jawjaw to the 3yr old and granda to the 10yr old. Granda seems to be a Cumbrian word. I had a wonderful grandma and my mum was a wonderful grandma to our children so I think it's an honour to be the same as them My MIL was nanna to ours as she had older GC but I always thought it sounded soppy!

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I'm gran to my one, and for the moment, only grandson. My mum was gran to my boys, my MiL was granny. As my DiL's mother died when DiL was very young, I have no competition, sadly. It was a toss up between gran or granny but as said DDGS is now saying Gwan, then Gwan it is.
Incidentally, why only DiL? I love my DiL to bits and would rather refer to her as DDiL.
Also, I'd like to say how much I enjoy Gransnet, it's great to know that other Gran's have the same rants as I do��.

My husband is Nonno, I am Granny. I chose my name from the available options as I don't like any of the others and my girls called my mother Grandma, so I felt I didn't want to take her place. The other GPs are Grandma and Gramps. My own girls called the other set Nonno and Nonna.

My mother was grandma to our children and my mother-in-law granny. Later Granny told us she'd always wanted to be grandma - she was Nan to her other grandchildren and absolutely hated being call that. I'm Nonna to my grandsons. They are half Italian and as their other Nonna is in Italy and don't have the opportunity to see much of her, I thought it would be nice to have an English and Italian Nonna. My husband is Nonno.

I fancied myself a Nonna too, townie, but realised that Nana isn't actually much different, so settled for the non-pretentious! My own grandmother, who was quite posh, insisted on being called Mother by children and grandchildren alike. That sounds very autocratic, but she was a lovely grandmother.

Im just 'grnadma' but would love to be 'nanna' but im not having much luck trying to change.

I'm Granny so all my grandchildren have a Grandma as well. Isn't Nana/ Nanny more northern?

It's all very much a matter of personal preference. My DGS isn't old enough to call me anything yet, but when he does really don't want to be a Nan or Nanny - though many years ago I did call one of my grandmothers Nan and the other Grandma (South London).

Happy with Grandma, Gran, or Granny or variants. Like idea of Nonna but might sound a tad pretentious in a sadly very non-Italian family!

My own grandparents were (paternally) a very autocratic couple known as Grandma and Grandfather. When visiting for afternoon tea etc., we had to sit quietly and only speak when spoken to. We would comply as we received half-a-crown when we left, not that I am mercenary or anything....! Thus the Grandma/pa connotation were too great to consider.

Maternally, I had Scots grandparents and they were Nana and Grandpa.

When my own turn came, I wanted to be different as to me Nana/Grandma were people I had known and I just couldn't 'be' them.

A friend who had lost her own grown-up child kindly came up with the name Grammy (my husband is Grampsy - often changed to Grumpsy!) and this has stuck... up to now.

My eldest grandson shortened our grand-parental names a few months ago (he is a grown-up eleven and felt too babyish calling out 'Grammy' etc), and we are now GM and GP (Grandmother/Grandfather).

Well, it is to the point!

The only grandchildren I see know me as Nana. My daughter said they already have two Grandmas and Nana means Grandma.

In this age of disrupted families, our first DGCs have 4 grandmothers and 3 grandfathers. Nanny, Nana, Granny are all taken, I am left with Grandma; Like Posie I cannot imagine be loved as I loved my own Grandma, I shall just have to see. Meantime, I accidentally dropped the d when ordering "hand made with love by.." labels for my sewing/knitting efforts!

My husband had a daughter before he met me. She is half Norwegian and lives in Copenhagen as her husband is Danish. In Scandinavian countries they are very logical and grandparents are called farmor, morfar, mormor, and farfar, ie mother's father, father's mother etc. As my little step-grandchildren already have two grand
mothers, their parents asked me what I would like to be called, so I said 'Nana' which is what I called my grandmother and my daughter called my mother.

I chose to be Nana as my Mum and Mother in Law where both Granny followed by their christian name to my DS and DD. Both Grannies were very special and are still talked about a great deal by the family as a whole, so I chose Nana to be different and also partly because I thought it sounded more fun. My two Grans when growing up were Donkey Gran ( as she lived at Weston Super Mare where they have donkeys on the beach, and Piggy Gran (as she lived on a pig farm). Piggy Gran didn't really like her name !

Grandma and Grandpa - decided by my DD

I chose to be Nana - however GS decided it should be Nana and Grandpa Bear as we have a much loved dog called BEN!!!! GS thought he was called Bear (and still does).

I'm a Nonna as decided by my step granddaughter. She already had a Nanny and Nana. When new baby sister arrived Nonna I stayed.

My favourite so far from our eldest GD is Granimal.

I am Granny to all my grandchildren. Some have other grandparents in Hungary, Italy and the U.S., but I am the only granny. I love being called Granny, even when it was changed to Bamy, as the littlier ones could not say Granny.

I feel quite lucky that my three grandchildren are growing up in Holland , hence I am Oma Lowe , usually shouted as one word OmaLowe. I find it charming , especially as their cousins call me the same .... My son and his wife are Mama and Papa ...and I like that too.

I meant of course , my two beautiful Grandchildren.! My two children call me Mam!

When my first grandchild was born my mother was still alive and she was Nanny. I was too young to be a granny or grandma so had to think about what I wanted to be called. I had been a big fan of Mork and Mindy so decided to be called Nanoo. All my grandchildren call me that and I love it

My two beautiful children call me Nano. I thought that as they got older it would abbreviate to Nan but no, I'm still Nano.

I started out as Grandma (my choice) but weirdly my youngest grand-daughter started to call me Pa and it seems to have stuck!

When I'm talked about I'm referred to as nana seaside as I live by the sea. This distinguishes me from the other nans/grandmas (some step positions) who are landlocked. To my face my gd calls me nana, nanny or ninny, sometimes all three consecutively! I love my name but I don't think it matters what the gc call you. What matters is that you communicate. I live in Devon where nanny is the usual title. For the chaps it's granddad or granfer.