# Need another name for "mommy"! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674 "2003-10-16T00:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/1 "2003-10-16T00:06:11Z")
Lesbian friends of mine are having a kid. They need another way to say “mommy” or “mom” that easy for a baby to say but different enough so they won’t get confused. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/2 "2003-10-16T00:11:42Z")
how about mummy? ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/3 "2003-10-16T01:03:24Z")
maman! madre! ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/4 "2003-10-16T01:36:37Z")
Mommy and Ma? ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/5 "2003-10-16T01:47:08Z")
Matushka… its Russian. tres kool! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/6 "2003-10-16T01:59:13Z")
“Mater.” ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/7 "2003-10-16T02:14:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ranchoth \* > \*\*“Mater.” \*\* _snort_ Only a poor little rich boy would say _that_. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/8 "2003-10-16T05:30:03Z")
Mee-ma ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Evil\_Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Mr.Evil\_Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Evil_Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/9 "2003-10-16T05:42:54Z")
"_The one with the boobies."_ What? 😕 Oh. Slinks out of thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/10 "2003-10-16T07:26:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aasna \* > \*\*_snort_ > Only a poor little rich boy would say _that_. \*\* Please, let’s not drag Richie Rich into this. He’s suffered enough already. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/11 "2003-10-16T07:30:35Z")
Mama. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/12 "2003-10-16T08:30:32Z")
I second “Mama.” It’s what I call _my_ mother 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![G-Unit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@G-Unit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G-Unit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/13 "2003-10-16T13:40:33Z")
mammy ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/14 "2003-10-16T13:57:50Z")
How have the kid call one of them Mama and the other Mia. ---
**Author:** ![G-Unit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@G-Unit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G-Unit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/15 "2003-10-16T14:06:35Z")
mammy ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/16 "2003-10-16T14:08:20Z")
One could make one of them rather English: Mum Mummy Mumsie The Old Dear ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/17 "2003-10-16T15:14:09Z")
English: Mother Arabic: Um Spanish: Madre French: Mere German: Mutter Italian: Base Portugese: Matriz or Mae or a family favorite: Bunny (grandmother is BamBunny) ---
**Author:** ![Nils](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Nils](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nils)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/18 "2003-10-16T16:57:10Z")
The Finnish word äiti (pronounce it similar to the number eighty) is easy to say for a baby and it is very different to Mummy, Mom or Mater. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/19 "2003-10-16T18:01:31Z")
My mates kids call them “mamma lisa” and “mamma karen”, almost as one word, mammalisa. Works fine and no confusion abounds. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674/20 "2003-10-16T19:31:20Z")
The suggestions are good, but people should have more faith in the kid. There are countless gay parenting books out there with stories about kids having a “Mom” and a “Mommy”, and correcting people on who is who! **Well-meaning acquaintance** : Did you and Mommy go to the zoo today? **Adorable child** : No, I went to the zoo with **Mom**. Mommy had to stay home, because she has a cold! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-another-name-for-mommy/207674.md?page=2)