What is an alternative name for grandmother?

Kymberly - posted on 05/25/2009

i have to sets of grandparents one grandma likes to be called nanna and the other one Mema

Erin - posted on 05/25/2009

My Mum is Nonna to my daughter and nephews - it's the Italian term for grandmother. Not that we're Italian lol. My Mum just liked it, and saw it as a good alternative.

Carolyn - posted on 05/25/2009

Oh, and if you're German - Oma (oh - ma)

Debra - posted on 05/25/2009

Busha pronounced boo-sha for grandma(polish)

Nana or Nani, nanny, MA

Carolyn - posted on 05/25/2009

Mimi - meemee. meemaw Nona....these are just a few - there are so many here in the South

Morag - posted on 05/25/2009

We have gwandma and gwanpaw... then we have granma Anka for my eldests step grandma... but my youngest calls her Fammu... (fathers mother in Swedish as he is a Swedish speaking Finn). For mothers mother...its Mummu. :) Which I really like but its not appropriate.

Katie - posted on 05/25/2009

Granny, Gran, Nan?

Linda - posted on 05/25/2009

My Moms Stepmother was always called Mimi. I was supposed to be called Nanna, but my Granddaughter started saying Nanny and that has stuck for the 2 I have so far. In Italian; Grandmother is called Nonna . Hope this helps

Annette - posted on 05/25/2009

My kids my mother ---Meemaw and my Daddy Peepaw.

Jeanne - posted on 05/25/2009

I have heard of Nanny and Nene and since my hubby is Dutch his mother is called Oma by all the grandkids. Another solution that i have seen is that the kids add the name i.e. Nanny Becky and Nanny Mary if the parents on one side are divorced but both mom and step mom are involved in the children and grandchildrens lives.

Tracey - posted on 05/25/2009

My children have 2 Nanas, 1 Pap, 1 Berber, 2 Mimi's, 1 Grandy, and a Poppy. They don't call any of them Grandma or Grandpa.

Denise - posted on 05/25/2009

I am called "Meemah" by my first grandaughter...I'm not sure if it's the right spelling...my grandaughter picked the name and it stuck!!..we love it..I've seen it spelled "meema", "meemaw"..etc.. My second grandaughter is too young to call me anything yet but I'm hoping she'll like Meemah...good luck..

Lynda - posted on 05/25/2009

I am "Mi-Mi" (pronounced me-me) to my stepdaughters son. 'Step' is just a technicality with us too. She is mine as is he! =)

Licole - posted on 05/25/2009

hi Becky! i have kids call their grandmoms "big momma". i personally don't like it at all, but i thought i would suggest it. goodluck!!

Jen - posted on 05/25/2009

memaw is cute

Mylene - posted on 05/25/2009

My son and step-sons use Mamie.

Sandra - posted on 05/25/2009

I thought this site was really cool names for grandparent I thought it was cute someone would call a grandparent granola. LOL.

http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/granny.htm...

Kerry - posted on 05/25/2009

my daughter calls my mom Mima it just sounds great and she's a young grandmother so even better

Evelyn - posted on 05/25/2009

My daughter calls my mom Mima (Mee-Mah) and my dad Pipa. (Pea-Pah) I have no idea where she picked it up since all 5 of her other grandchildren (my brother and sister's kids) call them grandma and grandpa. She started calling them that when she was about 9 months old! It's soooo adorable. She's almost 7 and still calls them by her special names.

Erica - posted on 05/25/2009

If you have German background..."Oma" is grandma in German. Grandpa in German is "Opa."

Tareen - posted on 05/25/2009

My son calls my mom Anney

Jessica - posted on 05/25/2009

My whole side of the family is from Germany and that is where I was born. So when my son came along we thought long and hard about what he would call my mom, and Oma is the german word from grandma so it just kind of stuck. For my oma he calls her oma-oma. and my dad is grandpa. My in laws are MawMaw and PawPaw. So it worked out perfectly. Plus Oma is a name you dont hear to often. :)

Yvonne - posted on 05/25/2009

My side of the family is Hispanic, so my daughters call my mother "abuela" which is Spanish for grandmother. My niece and nephew call her abuelita which is the equivalent to grandma or granny. When she was alive, I called my grandmother on my mother's side mami (like mommy) because that is what my mother called her. ;) while my mother was mamita. Kinda like big mommy and little mommy.

They call my mother-in-law grandma, while their great-grandmother (husband's grandma) is G-ma or grandma Carol.

Kala - posted on 05/25/2009

My mom is Awmaw to my nieces and nephew. My son is too young but she will be Awmaw to him as well.

Frannie - posted on 05/25/2009

My granddaughter calls me mom-mom.

Katrina - posted on 05/25/2009

my granddaughter chelsi,could say ama,so thats what i have become am tryin to teach 19 month old g/son but its not working lol,xtina

Rena' - posted on 05/25/2009

Hello Becky! When my first grandchild was born, I figured no way will I be "Grandma." My best friend was with me when she was born, and she just popped up with "MamaLa." It fits me to a tee. Now after three grandchildren, the youngest (almost 2) calls me "LaLa." If it helps, ask your granddaughter what will be comfortable for her to call you and go with that. (I apologize, but I simply hate that title "Step." It sounds like someone who doesn't want to be a part of the new family they adopted.) When it's all said and done anyway, it's not the name, but the relationship. God bless.

Tricia - posted on 05/25/2009

my kids call my mom Mima, or you can always use Mimi

Marg - posted on 05/25/2009

my hisband calls me mokey, as a nic name, some of the granchildren call me moke..some nana, mosy nanny..i think whatever the kids are comfortable with...i love them all!

AnnMarie - posted on 05/25/2009

My daughter started calling my mom mom-mom and it's so cute! She calls my mother-in-law nonna (that's italian for grandma).

Pat - posted on 05/25/2009

Nana, Mima, G ma, Ma Dia

Becky - posted on 05/25/2009

My granddaughter is 3 weeks old, and i have been using Mamaw, but coincidentally that's is what my mother in law is called by all of her grandchildren. She is mines great grandmother, so I don't see that changing. We can't even use Mamaw Bolton, because she is a Mamaw Bolton too!LOL and like I said, we already have a nana too. Gosh who knew it would be so hard?

Brooke - posted on 05/25/2009

My mother is the step grandmother to my step daughter. We call my mother "NooNoo" Pronounced (newnew) we got it from the teletubies show. My mom said that she was always cleaning up after the kids.

Kristin - posted on 05/25/2009

My gm is Nanny, but my daughter calls my mom...Ding Ding! lol We said that my dad was calling my mother a dingbat behind her back and my daughter picked it up! LOL You could be Gran or Gram? Have you picked one yet?

Karen - posted on 05/25/2009

my kids call my mum Nanna

Glendeen - posted on 05/25/2009

Also my daughter uses Poppy for grandpa but her step-grandpa is Poppy Steve. Like you said .. just so no toes are stepped on. But everone is very okay with everything.

Esther - posted on 05/25/2009

The Dutch word for grandma is Oma. Since my husband and I are both Dutch that's the name my son uses for his grandmothers.

Erin - posted on 05/25/2009

My kids call my mom "Gigi" and it's very cute!

Glendeen - posted on 05/25/2009

We use Nanny as well. Then as they get older they shorten it to Nan .. what my whole family has always used and what my daughter uses now too : )

Morgan - posted on 05/25/2009

My son calls my mom Nonny...just like mommy but with n's and he calls my step dad Poppy....i think it is super cute!

Kris - posted on 05/25/2009

My mother uses Gran, she didn't want to use the more traditional names because she feels she's too young! Ha so she picked Gran and my dad, well he's Big Daddy!

Ashley - posted on 05/25/2009

how about Nanny? thats what all the grandkids call my mom. she didnt want to be called grandma so it started off with Nana but one of the kids just started calling her Nanny and we thought it was cute and has stuck ever since. Plus they already had a Nana and a Grandma.