Nana or granny?

Always granny. My maternal grandmother, with whom I often stayed, was granny to the whole family. My other grandmother was gran to her other thirteen grandchildren. Even as a child, I couldn't call her anything other than granny. I never liked nan, nana or nanny either.

I’m granny to all six. My paternal grandmother at 58 declared that she was too young to be a grandmother and I had to call her Net. All subsequent grandchildren called her grandma. Definitely not nanny as she had a nanny to bring up her children until she ran off with her lover! I think the nanny gave her time to spend with him.

With four children , there was a lot of juggling needed to differentiate us from the 'other grandparents', but it seems to have worked out.
I was more surprised at the shocked reaction when I suggested our adult children should use our first names, as their spouses do. They flatly refused, and stick to Mum and Dad

Grandma for me too. My mum and her mum were grandma. Not an age thing, I was only 38 the first time.
Now my mum is a great grandma my granddaughter calls her Nana so as not to confuse. Mums step grandkids call her nanny tats.
Each to their own. The most important thing is that there is a relationship between grandchildren and grandparents I feel.

I'm Nan to my 12 and 15 yrs old grandchildren and Nanny to my 3 yr old grandson. And I love it.

I'm definitely a Nana or a Nanny. Love it when my gorgeous Granddaughter calls out to me "Nana come and play with me"

A bit off piste, but when my sister, many years ago, married a man rather up the social scale from my family, her husband announce that he would be calling my Mum and Dad Belle Mere and Beau Pere. It took a while for my lorry=driving father and brothers to adjust!
I am, unsurprisingly, Gaggi to 2 DG C and Granny to one, and DH is Papa. These names sort of just happened.

I’m Nanna. Wouldn’t mind Grandma, but Nanny to me suggests someone looks after children and as for Granny that’s a little grey haired old lady with a bun, shawl and glasses perched on the end of her nose. No offence to Nannies or Grannies!

Before I had any grandchildren I always said I’d be willing to be called Mrs Shaw, respectfully of course
Now I’ve managed to collect a couple of GCs I am proud to be Grandma. I correct anyone who shortens it or asks if I’m nan or nana or whatever. I could never be known by one of those names because they don’t sound right to me, and my grandson’s other grandmother insists on being called Nannan which just makes me laugh
Each to their own I suppose. Wish I’d though of Wow first tho.....

I chose to be granny but first little granddaughter couldn’t say it so she called me by a slightly unflattering alternative and that’s how I’m known to all three of them now. I love it.

I’m happy with Grandma. Love to hear it. My three year old Grandson has suddenly changed us to Grandad and Granpa for no reason. Not sure if he’s doing it for fun at that age or not. His parents always says go to Grandma. But he still says it !!!only last couple of months tho. Very odd. We just laugh about it. My other three grandsons call me Grandma.

A very proud Nana here! My 18 month old granddaughter is just starting to say it and its magical she has been saying "Oof Oof" when she saw me as we have a dog, we adore her so she can call me what ever she likes!!
Silly women if you ask me, I'm damn sure my son and Dil would be telling me to get over myself if I had suggested she call me Wow

My mother died before my son was born. When he was about 18 months old, he found a photo of her as a young woman, and came toddling over, exclaiming in apparent recognition “G’anma, g’anma, g’anma!” I’d never mentioned her to him, or even designated a name, though Grandma is what I called her mother. Needless to say, when he asked what he wanted his child to call me, it had to be Grandma.

When my DGS was on the way, I thought about what I wanted to be called but wasn’t too bothered - the bond was more important than a name. Eventually settled on ‘Grammy’ which I love (although at 18months old, he seems to have named me bya which seems to be sticking)

My DD's MIL is like this. First GC due any day and she thinks she is too young to be called any version of grandma. She is the same age as me (63) and husband is 73! It will be my second GC and I love being nannie!

Nana of course :-) , same as my Mum and her Mum and her Mum . Its tradition in our family.

I remember writing "Dear Grumphy' in letters to my Grandma. It was several years before I realised that 'Grumphy' was just my Grandad's nickname for her..... I am 'Gramma' to three bundles of joy.

We have a family tradition of just using the first names. Not because we have any reluctance to admit our ages but just because it seems simpler. After all when the children get to 4 they know the implicit relationship anyway.

A friend never wanted to be Nanny, said it sounded like she was working for them , I never forgot that and agreed, and opted for Grandma every time, my dad was Great Grandad Bill, a mouthful but they managed it.Mostly they find their own names, there was Nanny Fish - she had a fishpond!!

I don't think it's anyone else's business tbh! Who is anyone to judge someone else's personal choice?? I'm shocked you care.

I’m Granny which is what I wanted to be. Eldest gs called me Gangan at about 8 months but now at 5 calls me Granny. His 3 yr old brother also started with Gangan and now says Granny. Seeing them running towards me calling “it’s Granny “ is just wonderful. The eldest is just realising that mummy, daddy etc have christian names as well, which is interesting.

I had Granny M and Granny C, my mother was Granny to my children, so it was natural to become 'Granny' when the first grandchild arrived, though it did make me feel so terribly old! I could never bear to be a Nana, which to me is the dog in Peter Pan. DH is a much loved Grandad.

I did have problems on one occasion when DGS ran off in a shopping centre whilst in my care. His mum rushed out of the hairdressers and found him first, after about 7 minutes, but the security guard refused to hand him over to her, saying he was saying he was looking for 'Danny' which they took to mean his daddy. When I ran up and he shouted 'Danny' at me (he couldn't do 'Grs), the penny dropped!

I never had to use such a name when I was young because all of my grandparents died before I was born. My nieces, born when I was under 10, both called my Mum Nana. Seemed natural so that is who I am. (Grandma seems so old to me, strange isn’t it).

I am Harry!!! When Flynn was little he couldn't say "Granny" so Harry stuck and now I love it!

I was to be called granny, but my first grandchild called me Kiki as she couldn't say granny. Kiki it was then and my granddaughter now tells me she hopes to be called Kiki one day too.