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What do your grandkids call you?

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Lynette55 Fri 10-Jun-22 08:49:07

Reading the article on here about grandparents names I wonder if anyone else has odd names given by the child that stuck!
My GD spoke early, it was intended I’d be Grandma and her other GM Nanny. But GD decided to call me Munka. I have no idea why or how she came to it! But Munka I am! I like it because it’s her name choice! She knows I’m GM
My other half, not biologically related to her has surname Rabbett and she chose to call him Grampy Rabbit (Peppa Pig to blame there!) he likes that too!
The other GPs are Nanny and Gan Gan!

rafichagran Fri 10-Jun-22 08:55:23

Mine is very simple, they call me Gran.

Redhead56 Fri 10-Jun-22 08:58:35

I am called Naughty Nanny because I am the only one who tells them off if they are naughty. Grandad is Gan Gan on the rare occasion I am called nanny my name and grandad his name.

tanith Fri 10-Jun-22 09:29:48

Well I'm Grandma, Nanny, Nan, Granny- London and GaGa they all call me something different and that's perfectly fine by me.

emmasnan Fri 10-Jun-22 09:53:13

I'm Nanny and my husband is known as G.D.

henetha Fri 10-Jun-22 09:55:04

I'm Nan and I love it. Occasionally Nannykins grin

Baggs Fri 10-Jun-22 10:00:44

They call me by my first name just as everyone else does.

It used to be Branny, then GrannyFirstName, but we're a first name family. All my daughters call me by my first name too. And the grandkids call their parents by first names.

It doesn't make a scrap of difference to the relationships ?

Grandma70s Fri 10-Jun-22 10:04:49

I’m Grandma. The other grandmother asked me whether I’d rather be Granny or Grandma. I chose Grandma because I preferred my own Grandma to the one I called Granny, so the other one is Granny.

lixy Fri 10-Jun-22 10:11:00

Grandma and first name all round here.
My own G'ma's were Grandma and Nana though.

MiniMoon Fri 10-Jun-22 10:25:08

My two youngest grandsons have a speech difficulty (dyspraxia of speech). They couldn't pronounce the gr sound for Granny which their older siblings call me. For years I have been Dandy, but no longer.
The speech therapist taught them where to put their tongues to make the gr sound, so now I'm Granny to them all.

M0nica Fri 10-Jun-22 10:35:53

Very unoriginally we are known as Grandmar and Grandpar. The extra 'r' is due to AS calling us 'Mar' and 'Par', spelt that way when written in emails etc.

ginny Fri 10-Jun-22 10:37:11

Mine call me Nana or Nan depending on their age.
My 6 yr old Grandson will often refer to me as Nana Window as he remembers talking to me through the window during the covid lockdowns.

HowVeryDareYou Fri 10-Jun-22 10:39:52

I'm called Mammar and my husband is Grandad

Grandmadinosaur Fri 10-Jun-22 10:45:05

We are Grandma and Grandad .

Ladyleftfieldlover Fri 10-Jun-22 10:57:39

I am Nanna and OH is grandad. The other grandfather died before my granddaughter was born and her other grandmother died when she was three.

Lyndylou Fri 10-Jun-22 11:25:56

I have always been just Nana to my daughter's son now 14, but he has never met his other grandmother. I am Nana Lynda to my partner's granddaughters and I am supposed to be Nana Lynda to my son's new boy. But as he is only 20 months, it was lovely to hear him call for me the other day saying "Nan"!

crazyH Fri 10-Jun-22 11:29:55

Nana/Nanny

Kateykrunch Fri 10-Jun-22 11:47:07

I am Nanna to the youngest, Nan to the 16 year old and FBI interrogator by 1 when I have too many questions such as “what is your new Teachers name” “did you enjoy your lunch”.

midgey Fri 10-Jun-22 11:54:54

My father in law was known as Bumps by all of his grandchildren.

Aveline Fri 10-Jun-22 11:55:43

Just Gran. Lovely!

paddyann54 Fri 10-Jun-22 12:00:52

Granny my OH is Papa

Calendargirl Fri 10-Jun-22 12:05:24

Granny. Good enough for the Queen…..

Mine Fri 10-Jun-22 12:15:10

Granny and granda

GagaJo Fri 10-Jun-22 12:22:40

I was going to be granny, which is what both my grandmothers were to me. But my DGS had other ideas. I'm Gaga. He's not wrong.

Chrissyoh Fri 10-Jun-22 12:22:56

Nanny & Grandad by all of them ?