# Nicknames for grandfathers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-grandfathers/410587>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 5, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-grandfathers/410587 "2007-07-05T13:15:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-grandfathers/410587/41 "2007-07-07T19:11:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Acid Lamp]  
Icelandic: Afi’ -grandpa 'Om-ma (think “umma”) -grandma  
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In our family, we couldn’t pronounce these so it was Ubbie and Ummie.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-grandfathers/410587/42 "2007-07-08T00:03:49Z")

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Mine were Papa (mother’s stepfather), Granddad (father’s father), Granddaddy (mother’s father), and Grampa (stepfather’s father).

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**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-grandfathers/410587/43 "2007-07-08T13:05:25Z")

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My father is called Grampy. I like that one.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-grandfathers/410587/44 "2007-07-09T09:15:53Z")

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My maternal grandfather is avi (catalan, pronounced AHbee), the paternal one was abuelito (ito when we were too little to pronounce it).

The Nephew calls his grandfather “ahlo”, a mispronunciation of abuelo. For some reason he seems to like the ends of words.

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-for-grandfathers/410587/45 "2007-07-09T13:39:03Z")

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The Kid couldn’t say “Grandpa” - came out “Gah-WAM-pa”. So that’s was his new name. Gwampa. He was also Bampa. Bampa Bob. Sounded good.

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