what do the grandchildren call you?

What book was it where the grandmother was quite posh and the family all called her "Grand"
Wish that was me!

I am Nana. I think the children found this easier to say. My own grandmother was Nanny and my grandfather was Bobby, because that's what I named him! My children called my mother Nanma.

I love being Nana. My grandaughter calls her mother Mama and her father Papa. My two grandsons called their parents Mummy and Daddy, but also sometimes Clare and Mark, their names!! The grandsons are 4 and 2!!

I like Granny, which my Grandson calls me,my Granddaughter calls me Danny which she did when she was little,and it stuck. I have a step-mother who professes to dislike children so her Grandchildren call her Grumpy Granny ,to her face. She loves it!

My grandchikldren call me Nanny, as did my own children to my mother
and Grandad to my father.My mother is now known by my grandchildren as NannyBel and my Father as Gramps. My maternal grandparents I called Nanny and Grandad and my paternal grandfather I called Farvie as did all his grandchildren and my grandmother Nan.

I don't know if titles are regional but we were all from London.

I am Granny, just because that's what I called my granny, and I loved her sooo much.

I absolutely loathe 'Nana', and as my MIL wished to be called that by my GKs I had to live with it for many years!

My own GKs call me GrannyLiz to differentiate between me and their other grandmother, called GrannyCarol.

[More than a whisper! - 'Nana' is definitely a class thing in my area, Liverpool].

My grandchildren call me Gran. My Mother who lived with me was Nan or Nanny so to save confusion I chose to be Gran. I used to call my grandmothers' Granny so felt this was now a bit old fashioned. Grandma felt too formal. My youngest granddaughter made her own name up for her other grandmother who unfortunately is not very mobile, she became Nanny chair! I felt this was a bit sad so tried to encourage her to say Nanny M- but haven't succeeded.
My only grandson used to call my husband Grandad B---- and his other one Grandad Tractor (he is a farmer).
Whatever you would like to be called, quite often children come up with their own version and sometimes it is more personal and cute than you could have thought up. I am enjoying every moment, as they grown up all too soon. The eldest is about to become a teenager and is into mood swings and doesn't always want to know us. I can remember what it was like to be a stroppy teen so although it can be a bit hurtful at times I try to ignore it.

We are Grandma and Grandad.

Three grandchildren prefer to call me Grannie Annie and the other four choose to know me as Nana. My husband, John, is known as GpJ.

I live in Germany and Oma and Opa are usual. However I couldn't seperate Oma from my over bearing mother- in- law. It was her name and I didn't want it. I talked to a French friend here and she said she was Grandmere so that did it. I decided on Grandma and my daughters went along with it. My son in law's parents are divorced so there are already two Omas on that side. My grandchildren are interested that their Grandma is English and like the idea, but then again in this modern world it is nothing unusual to have a grandmother from another country.

I have found this thread very interesting & helpful, and it made me think about how we choose this title, and what it means.

2 posters used the term "hate" in reference to "nanny" - which I found quite a strong term to use (no criticism of what people feel - just observation).

I thought that how grandparents chose their title said quite a lot about their families, and especially whether they wanted to follow a family tradition, or opt out of it.
I especially liked those grans who just said that they liked whatever they were called because they loved to hear the grandchildren say it (keeping it real!)

So as I am deeply proud of the family & tradition I come from, I shall be following that, remembering my own nanny (or nanna, not completely sure yet!) with love.
Thank you all!

I think you could be right about class bias jackyann, I never heard the term nanna until I married. We always used Grandma and Granda.

We are nanny and baps, nanny i am to the 3 grandchildren but our two year old little grandson couldnt say grampy so it became baps. I had a nanny and a wonderful nanny she was too.x

I know that some of these titles are family nicknames & some are from other languages, but is there a regional bias?
When I was a child, all grandmothers (East Midlands) were nanny or nana and grandfathers were gramps or grampy (unless they were from other countries, which a number were, post WW2). Only a few children, mostly those who had moved from elsewhere had grannies & grandads.

I never heard the term "nanny" as someone to care for a child until I moved away - anyone in that position was called a "children's nurse" - indeed when I was a child, the term "nurse" was always qualified eg: "hospital nurse" or "sick children's nurse".

When I read that people "hate" nanny/nana I wonder if they are from other parts of the country?
My own mil (London) certainly wanted to be "grandma" so that left my mum very happy to be "nanny" as all of her family had been.

I am also wondering (in a whisper) if there is a class bias in these names????????

I am Granny to my own grandchildren, but I am a surrogate grandmother to several other children (long story) so am also known as Grandma, Granann and Po Po/Nai Nai (Chinese).

Both Grandmothers wanted to be called Granny - both hated Nan, Nana, and Grandma or Grandmother - so I was referred to as GrannyP and the other Granny as Granny. Our 2 two year old grandaughter calls me Gaggi and the other Granny, Granny. Which ia fine with us. My maternal grandparents were Poppy and Atty [don't ask why too long a story].My ex-husband who lives in Florida with wife #3 wants to be called Pappi and his wife Miss Linda!! Silly fool, I daresay our little one will find her own names for them. I know we have............

I am nana, but my grandson used to call me nanas, because my daughter used to say "let's go round to nana's house", which I think was very sweet. My dh is grumpsy because he is a bit!! The only problem with having unconventional names is that you can't get cards with titles on. There are plenty around for granny, grandpa etc. but that doesn't really matter, they can always make them for you which is probably nicer anyway

Because my granddaughter has two sets of grandparents, two great Grans and one great Grandad we tend to call our selves 'Granny' followed by our Christian names, or two of them are 'Nannie' +Christian name apart from my mum who she calls Poppet which was originally the name my mum called her.

I'm in my early fifties and I love it when we are out and she calls me 'Granny'
It doesn't make me feel old at all, just very proud and lucky to have her.

I've noticed as she's got a bit older she's shortening it herself to 'Gran' when she speaks to me.

We are Grandma [ me ] and Poppy [ him ] not sure where that came from, the eldest started with poppy from knowhere and the others have just copied I think.

We are Nanni and Dandan and when our grand daughter comes here she says she is going to nannidandan's.
Nanni was my daughter's choice but the little girl came up with Dandan herself.
When I was a child I used to call my Grandad 'DanDan' so we've gone full circle here.
To my other grandchildren I am White Nanni. Their other grandma is Blue Nanni. We can't work out why - nothing to do with hair colour either.

I also wanted to be known as Grandma, which is what my children called my Mother and even though she is no longer around it makes me think of her.

I'm proud to be Granny, as my mother was to my children. I hate Nanny, that's someone paid to look after children and now sounds very 1970s.

I used to call my Gran Gaggi when I was small ... and my Granddad was 'Ga Ga'

My claim to Nonna is very tenuous ... My Maternal Grandfather was Italian but I never knew him and I have no other Italian connections.

I originally wanted Grandy but my kids laughed at me so I reverted to my fall back position of Nonna (which has the advantage that the little ones learn to say it very quickly LOL)... a friend of mine chose YaYa which is Greek but she's no more Greek than Yorkshire pudding, she just liked it

Both Grannies are Granny - as we both hate Nana and/or Grandma - however I'm called Gaggi for some reason. Obviously that is how my 2 year old GD can sort out who is who in her life.

We are Nan and Grandad. I used to call my own grandparents that so it feels right.