what do the grandchildren call you?

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

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 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.

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.

We are Grandma and Grandad.

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.

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].

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

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 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!

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!!

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

Our grandhildren call both of their grandmothers Granny followed by a description which where we live.
I am going to be very careful where we move to!

I love being called Grandma. It is such a privilege to be a Grandma and that's what I want to be called!

I think the the name Gran is fine and I Hope my granddaughter calls me that

We are granny and grandad but for some reason my two eldest grandchildren have always called their other grandad "grumpy" (he isn't) and my middle daughter always called my father "rabbit" - goodness knows why!

All 3 gds call me Nanna, my choice as i loved my Nanna very much She hated granny said it made her feel old. Was first gds first word

Grandma and Grandpa - decided on by our daughter and we are quite happy with that. Our GD is moving from Gramma and Grampa to Grandma and Grandpa. - I quite like Gramma!

i was called nerni by my grandchildren because my mum was granny and still alive when they were younger. the name has stuck although the eldest has called me nan a few times because i'm sure nerni sounds quite childish to her.
my maternal grandmother was always known as granny and my grandfather was grandad. i dont feel like a granny so i'm quite happy to be known as nerni.

My dad's name was James, although anyone who met him once he was an adult called him Jim, including my mother. Same thing with my brother James. So when my parents went to visit brother James, whom his wife calls Jim, their eldest child called her grandfather, Jimpa.

All mine have called me nanna and they call my DH poppa even our DCs have
got in to the habit of calling him poppa now but really he answers to anything

I had a Granny and a gran (both Grandfathers died before I was born).
Our DDs had 2 x Granny+surname, a Grandad and a Granpa.
2 of our GC have 2 x Granny+first name and 1 Granpa+first name and 1 GRANDPAL!
Our other DGD has Granny and Granpa and Nana

All of these are Scottish except Nana who is a Yorkshire woman. I do think there is a strong regional variation in the choices made.

My husbands grandparents were Gran and Grandpa to all the family, my mother is Nana and my parents in law are called simply by their given names. I am Granny and I love, love, love it. My grandson actually said it properly for the first time yesterday. (Before now he's always just called me Mummy as if I'm an extension of his mother - I'm so pleased he can now give me my proper title.)

My mother's family were from the East Midlands and hated Nana or Nanny - always Grandma or Grandad so it's not just regional. I wondered if there were class differences but they were solid working class, though maybe with aspirations!
We are grandma and grandpa, not yet shortened by gdaughter. Her other set are Maltese - Nana & Nanu. Our son 's child will be Anglo-German-Kiwi with a French step-grandmother so I guess he'll have a grandma, grandpa, opa (or grossvater - his family considered opa too 'common'), grandmama, Kiwis?? (yet to declare preferences!) The great grandmothers will be Gran-Gran (English), Mimi (French family tradition) and Kiwi Nana yet to declare her.

I do however think it nice to adopt any versions given by the grand-children themselves. Mine called my father Tim Dad.