Gran or Nan?

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 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.

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 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!

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.

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.

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.

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..

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 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!

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 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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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..

My daughter-in-law is not from this country and I was visiting at the same time as her mother was. The cleaning lady comes once a week and we were chatting to her when this lady explained to us that her children were being looked after by their nanny . You should have seen the look on my DDIL's mother's face . She could not believe that anyone who had a nanny for her children would clean for someone else . We do not have many nannys in Scotland as already said , they make me think of goats I am afraid.

I am a nana, same as the mum on dad's side of the family. I have always said that he will come with his own name to differentiate us two. He has! His other nana has 2 dogs so she is nana 2 dogs. My dog is called Scruffy, ....you guessed it, I am now Scruffy nana.

I'm Grandma, although my DGD calls me Rama at the moment (she's only 2 1/2). My mum was Grandma to my two. I don't like Nanny; my MIL always liked to be called that, and her SIL used to call her the old goat! I think it's an age related thing; Grandma sounds old, Nanny sounds young. Or so I'm led to believe!

My grandkids call me grandma, my mam was granny and their fathers mother was Nan.

I'm Grandma to most; Grandma Jan to my stepgrandchildren; Granjan to one and to all the older grandchildren Gma as this is my "text name".

When youngest son was little he couldn't say Grandad it was Diggar.Over the years it got shortened to DIG
Which he has been called ever since by everyone ,grandkids ,kids,friends,family.My son is 27 now so I guess Grandad will always be DIG.

I am known as Gaga (not pronounced as gaga=dotty but horribly close to it!). My grandson chose it so his sister followed suit although she often calls me Gag or Gaggie. I should hate it but it is used with such affection that I rather like it.