What do you call a grandparent? Grandparents' names are often from a grandchild's mispronunciation. Includes the grandparents of our surfers. The names of grandparents are names of love.

What do you call a grandparent? The names of grandparents are names of love.

Thanks for all of the other great stuff on your site - marvelous handy
info!

PB

My grandbaby calls me meema, and calls my husband boppa tony.

SM

My parents are Italian and my children call them:

Nonno (grandfather)
Nonna (grandmother)

Thank you for yor wonderful site!!

In Creole Louisiana, Grandmothers were MeMere (Mere Mere, or mother's mother)
Grandfathers were PePere (much the same derivation, I guess.)

JH

RM

I am known as Mimi. My two granddaughters call me Mimi. They are 5 and 3. My Mother (who is still alive and kicking) is known as Shammy. My daughter couldn't say Grammy when she was little , so Shammy it was and still is. Except for my son (mach0-man) who calls my Mom, Shammerdude.
Sortta John Wayne-ish, but whatever the name the love is the same for all grandparents.

JRG

My grandparents on my mother's side were Nanny and Pappy. On my father's side they were Daddy Mac and Grandma. My children have carried on the tradition of Daddy Mac and now call my father
Daddy Mac and my mom they call Carty. Thus my children's grandparents on my side are Daddy Mac and Carty. On my children's father's side it is quite different. They were just Grandpa and Grandpa until one of the newer nephews who mispronounced them started calling them Bompa and Meema. Now all of the younger grandkids call them that. Kids are so cute!!!

Happy New Year! 

L

My grandmother's name is Helen. When she was small she could not pronounce Helen and started calling herself Honey. The name stuck and her family started calling her Honey also. Now all her grandchildren call her Honey. My grandfather wanted to be called Papa but the first grandchild shortened it to Pop.

RC

I called my grandparents, memere and grampy. My husbands grandparents are called mom mom and pop pop. My cheribs are only 4 and 5 right now, so I have a long time before anyone is calling me or my husband grandpapa and grandmama. God willing we will be grandparents one day; it will be nice to be able to spoil them and then send them home with their parents..... lol 

M

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