What do you call the grandparents in YOUR family?
What do you do when there more than 4 …? My parents are divorced, so there will be 5 grandparents for my not-yet-born baby - my dad & his wife, my mom, and my honey’s parents.
So we’re looking for some ideas for what we can call them to give them each their own identity …
Heh. Grandmothers are called “Grandma” (as written; when spoken it’s “Gramma”) and Grandfathers are called “Grandpa” (again, as written. Spoken: “Grampa”). To distinguish between which grandparents, we say, “Grandma F” or “Grandma Z” (don’t have to do that with grandpas, since both died over a decade ago :().
'Course, we also call “Grandma F” ‘Bucket’, so hey. 
I only had one grandmother. Everyone called her B-. (Short for Mother Beesley.) My son called my mother Grandma and my dad Paw-paw.
My mother’s side is Acadian, so they were always Grandmere and Grandpere. Dad’s side it was Nan and Gramp (Later Grampy Bibbit). Neither grandfather got remarried after my grandmothers died, though Grampy was living with someone. We just call her by her name, and I don’t think any of my younger cousins have a special name for her either.
I knew a couple whose children had:
[ol][li]Mother’s still-together parents[/li][li]Father’s father, separated from mother[/li][li]Father’s mother[/li][li]Father’s mother’s second husband, now separated from her but remaining cordial with father[/li][li]Father’s mother’s live-in boyfriend, awaiting finalization of divorce from #4 before marrying her[/li][li]#5’s still-living father and mother[/ol][/li]
They had no problem with keeping them straight as Gramma Betty, Grampa Frank, Gramma Pearl, etc., and could explain, more or less, who all of them were if asked. Kids are resilient, and tend to assume that what they’ve grown up used to is perfectly normal.
Mine, by the way, were Grandpa and Grandma on both sides of the family, with surname added if I were saying something about one of them in the third person and needed to indicate which one I meant.
Mom’s parents: Maw Maw (pronounced either “maw maw” or “mam aw”) and Paw Paw (pronounced either “paw paw” or “pap aw”). My two cousins, several years younger than me, call Paw Paw “Poppa.”
Dad’s parents: Toshie and Grandpa. They lived in Japan for a while (long before I was born), so I think that’s where “Toshie” came from. I think I’m the only one who calls my grandpa “Grandpa” - most of my cousins call him “Paw Paw” (but I have to distinguish, you know).
My Italian cousins called their (late) granmma Nonni and grampa Nono.
I’ve heard lots of different grandparent names. Many people follow the custom of “whatever the first grandchild starts calling you, that’s your name.”
My mother is Omi, a variant of the German “Oma” which was her mother’s name. My father was Grandpa. My mother-in-law is Memaw, my father-in-law was Grandaddy.
Some others I know of are: Nana, Nannie, Plumgranny, Big Momma, Ninna, Gran-gran, Gigi, Mamaw.
and for the Grandfathers: Papa (name), Poppa, Big Poppa, Opa (that was my grandfather) Peepaw, Papa Bear, Grandy, Pop-pop.
Father’s parents: Grandma and Grandpa (pronounced Gramma and Granpa)
Mother’s parents: Mimi & Pappy
I called mine Grandma & Grandpa and Grandma Connie and Grandpa Tommy. The ones without the names added are the favored ones.
My daughter calls my parents Grammie and Grandpa and my wife’s parents Nanna and Grandpeh.
My neice has five grandparents, though she only associates with three (long story). My mother is Grammy, my dad is Grandaddy, and my stepmom is Grandma.
My grandparents were Grandma Bettie and Grandaddy on my dad’s side, and Nana on my mom’s, as my mom’s father died before he got to see any grandchildren.
Grammie and Pucka on my mom’s side. We didn’t have a relationship with my dad’s side.
My sister came up with “Pucka” when she was learning how to talk, and it stuck.
My dad’s dad was “Grandad”, and his mum is “Grandma.”
My mum’s Grandmother was “Gran”. And my mum’s mum was “Grandma”. her first and second husband were both “Grandad.”
We used to call my father’s parents Mémère and Pépère because they were French Canadian. Never really knew my mother’s parents, but she refers to her grandparents on both sides as Grammy and Pappy [Lastname]. My sister’s kids, on the other hand, have 3 sets of grandparents: Mémère and Pépère, who had raised my sister; my parents (Grandma and Grandpa [FirstName]), and the grandparents on their father’s side - I forget what they’re called.
It’s hard to properly assign past and present tenses when some of the people are no longer with us. :smack:
Grandma and Grandad on one side (sometimes with first name added) and Abue Firstname and Abuelito Firstname on the other…
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My Dad’s parents are Grandma and Grandpa, my Mom’s are Nana/Nanny and Granddad and my Dad’s Grandma is Great Grandma.
Nana though is called different things by most of the grandkids. Either Nana or Grandma depending on who it is.
My family is of Polish descent, so my grandmothers were called Busi (bushy) and Dziadzi (JAH-gee). When my parent became grandparents, my paternal grandparents were long dead, so the great grands used Busi Julie, Busi Chick, Dziadzi Frank, and Dziadzi Ted. Sadly, my mom is the only one left now.
My daughter refers to my inlaws as Grandma and Grandpa.
My grandparents on both sides were called Gramma and Grampa, though for Mom’s parents they were spelled Grandma and Grandpa. Granny was my paternal grandmother’s mother. My maternal grandmother’s parents were Great Grandpa and Great Grandma, though I rarely had a need to call them anything before they died.
My nephew is too young yet to have dubbed my parents anything. My dad’s brother and his wife have been dubbed Meemaw and Peepaw by their oldest grandkid, much to their chagrin.
I didn’t have grandfathers. My maternal grandmother was Nanny; my paternal grandmother was Grandma Lastname.
My kids call my parents Nanny and Pop-pop, and their dad’s parents farmor and farfar. In both cases, we asked the grandparents-to-be what they wanted to be called when I was pregnant with our first child.