other names for grandma
03-30-2015, 08:08 PM
#134
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WOW! Thank you all for such interesting answers!
I have a grandmother name now! I realize, as a few of you said, that a child may give a name, but I have to start with something to tell the baby and sign cards & gifts. I decided to go with a short name; Granny! He may say Ganny until the r is conquered, but he'll be unaware of it and will eventually say Granny. My girls didn't pronounce GrandmaCharlotte for awhile until all of a sudden they did. He can shorten it to Gran when he's older. Anyway, I'm so excited to be Granny! I think it sounds like a happy person!
I have a grandmother name now! I realize, as a few of you said, that a child may give a name, but I have to start with something to tell the baby and sign cards & gifts. I decided to go with a short name; Granny! He may say Ganny until the r is conquered, but he'll be unaware of it and will eventually say Granny. My girls didn't pronounce GrandmaCharlotte for awhile until all of a sudden they did. He can shorten it to Gran when he's older. Anyway, I'm so excited to be Granny! I think it sounds like a happy person!
04-01-2015, 06:58 AM
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My mom goes by Oma, and my Dad, for the short year he lived after my nephew was born, was Opa. It's easy for the kids to say and spell.
"Blue" is my family nickname, so my niece and nephew were taught to call me "Auntie Blue". But when they were little they couldn't quite pronounce it, so I became "Annie Boo". I LOVED that name so much, but unfortunately it didn't stick. Now I'm "Auntie Blue" with my niece, but my nephew (who is about to turn 14) has just recently started calling me just plain "Blue" because it's not manly to say the "auntie" part and (as he informed me recently) he's "pretty much a man now".
Just typing that out right now gave me such a rush of affection, I love those kids so much, they can call me whatever they want! LOL
"Blue" is my family nickname, so my niece and nephew were taught to call me "Auntie Blue". But when they were little they couldn't quite pronounce it, so I became "Annie Boo". I LOVED that name so much, but unfortunately it didn't stick. Now I'm "Auntie Blue" with my niece, but my nephew (who is about to turn 14) has just recently started calling me just plain "Blue" because it's not manly to say the "auntie" part and (as he informed me recently) he's "pretty much a man now".
Just typing that out right now gave me such a rush of affection, I love those kids so much, they can call me whatever they want! LOL
04-02-2015, 05:48 PM
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my first granddaughter 40 years ago picked up a little basket and looked back at me and said bye bye nanny. So I was nanny and my husband was Poppy. Now I have 8 GG's and they call me Bignan. No matter what they call you it is the greatest blessing I have.I will see all 16 of them Easter Sunday.
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