Well my gramdma on dads side was Nana and my gramdma on my mothers side was Doodoo which I think came about from her name being Dolly

Our youngest who is now two calls me "Mimi".

The 5 older grandsons (from the same family) used to call me "Grama Ike" they couldnt say our last name correctly.

Grandchildren are the best gift from God :)

V. Wyk

Congratulations! My grandson named me Nini which I think was a corruption of Nana (my choice) and my British SIL calling me Nanny! Lately however, he seems to prefer calling me Grandma!

My children now call me Gramma or when there are 2 grandmas present...Gramma Linda...I was Gramma Deedah to one family, which I loved, until they learned to say Linda.
The other family baby talked me as Gamma.....which Meg still says...occasionally.
I had 4 grandmas until I was 18...2 of them greats and 2 "regular" LOL!
I called one Big Gramma another Gramma Molly, one of the greats was Gramma Kissel ( a shortening of her name) and the other great Gramma DuPell....her name.
Linda C

I thought it would be good to be called what Goldie Hawn is called--Glammy. But whatever the heck they want, as long as they call me!!

With our babies it's grammy and Pa.

Have fun!

My grandkids always call me "UmmMa", Makayla called me that since she was small.

I agree that grandchildren are wonderful. They are much better than our own children, LOLL. Who said that grandchildren are God's reward for not killing our own children when they were teenagers?

Annie

my kids call my parents Meme (pronounced memay), and pop-pop. My inlaws are grammy and grampa. I called my grandparents meme and pepe (french canadian for memere and pepere.)

Jo

I`vw always said whatever they want ot call me. We only have one grandaughter and she rules the roost around here. She could almost get away with calling us whatever she wants. For awhile I was Bubba, now it's Bubbe and DH in Nonno (NO NO). LOL! The name is really an Italian name for Grandfather but...

My Godson started calling him Nonno when he was a little tike. I guess because he was always telling him "NO, NO do not touch"! It has stuck and that will be his name forever more. I like the name Bubbe, just really didn't like to be called Bubba. LOL!

No one was more important to me than my grandma so if and when Matthew has a child I want to be called Grandma.

Ann

My father's mother's name was Nanny, and so we couldn't call her that. We called her Grandma and the other one Mamaw Lilly. I always thought Nanny was an odd name for a person, since I associated it with goats, but then she was French.

Lars

My grandson also calls me Mimi, he has a grandma on his mom's side so since my name is Michèle, Mimi sounded right.

I have no grandkids yet. My kids call their grandparents: Nana J and Grandpa J (for Johnson) and Grandma Dede (her choice) and Grandpa Dan. I only had one set of grandparents and they were Mama and Dad (they raised me).

My mother once said that her grandkids should call her "Ma'am" but she got over it.

Congrats, grandchildren are so much fun. Ours call us Nannie and Poppy. Nannie seems to be the going name in my family for grandmothers. I called my grandmother Nannie and when my daughter came along she called my mother Nannie and my grandmother My Nannie. When my grands came along they called me Nannie and my mother My Nannie....LOL.

I always called my grandparents grandma and grandpa.

One set of my grandkids calls me Grandma Sharon, or just grandma,

and the other set of grandkids (now in their 20s) calls me Grammashar or Gramma. Their other grandmother is also called by her name, after Grandma...M.

SharonCb

Congratulations on your first grandbaby! Isn't it a grand feeling?

Tim and I were just discussing this last night, wondering what our little girl will call us when she arrives in this world in May.

I always called both sets of Grandparents "Gramma" & "Grampa". I suppose that is what I'll be called too, but one never knows....

I kind of like "Nana", we'll see.

Linda

Congratulations, what wonderful news.

I'm Nana to my three year old grandson and will be Nana to his sister, when she learns to talk. My mother was a wonderful Nana to my kids, and my grandmothers were both Nana (and wonderful) to me. It's a name and a tradition I'm proud to be able to carry on.

Congratulations, Di!

I have a step grandson. Since there are many "granny" people in his life, he calls a lot of women "granny". One day, I caught him doing something he shouldn't be doing. Since then I'm "mean granny". You should see the faces of people when he says loudyly (in his 7 year old southern accent) "Hey Mean Granny!". It's a badge I proudly wear!

LOL, dees, my Mom is "Little Gramma" to all her grandkids, because she's 4'10" and weighs about 100 lbs. People do look when one of the kids says in public "Where's Little Gramma?"

Annie

When my daughter was pregnant and "that" guy was still in the picture they made a big deal about what the baby was to call each grandparent. My response was always "I don't care, she can call me 'come here'. Now, keep im mind there could have been alot more on their minds than what the baby should call the grandparents..ahhmm (money, house, medical bills, etc.) Anyway, I finally told my daughter, okay call me Mimi and she had a fit...no way, everyone will think about the secretary to Drew Carey on his show and I said okay, then you decide. "Grammy" it was. When Aleksi got old enough to talk Grammy came out "Mimi" and that is still it today, unles sometimes, playfully it is Mims, or sometimes it is Mom. Uhhh, the other GP's, we call them....well, better not mention that here.

Congratulations, Di.

My two grandsons call me Grandma. the oldest one calls his other grandparent Grandma Joan. He lives with me and hubby along with his mother. Next summer I may have a granddaughter, do not yet know the gender. Youngest son's girlfriend is pregnant with her second child. We are hoping for a girl. Mom-to-be and my son will be getting married this March.

My kids called my parents Pop Pop and Ma and call Dh parents Grandma and Grandpa

I called my grandparents Grandma and Grandpa. My XH's mother was Grandma.

My mother is called Sarge by not only her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, but also by a lot of other people. It fits her to a T.

I don't have grandkids yet (boo hoo) but I think Grammy Pammy or just Gram would work since it rhymes with Pam.

One of my friends is Granny Franny or GranFran. Another goes by Marmie. Her real name is Margie.

Congrats on the grand baby, I can only imagine what a thrill it must be.

If the day ever comes I will be Nana. My Mom was Nana to my kids and all her other grandchildren and my Grandmothers were both Nana to us. I just could never imagine another name. I have friends who seem to think that there needs to be a name distinction between maternal and paternal grandparents. Growing up that was never an issue with us. When with them we simply called them Nana. When referring to them we called them Nana O'Grady or Nana Woodcock.

My Great Grandmothers were Gramma Marjoreen on my Mom's side and "Scottie" on my Dad's. To this day I have no idea what "Scottie's" real name was.

Unfortunately there were no Grandads alive on my side so no idea what they would have been called. My husbands parents were Granny and Granddad to all their grandchildren.....nobody is calling me Granny! LOL

Congratulations! I am so jealous ;-P

In our family, we use different sets of name for each couple: Opa and Oma (German) Mammaw & Pappaw (W. Virginia), Grandmomma and Granddady, and Grandpa and Grandma.

Thanks all, it's still sinking in but I get more excited everyday. Some of these are so funny, Glammy, Nonno, Sarge, mean granny, bubba, doodoo! Sure is fun to see what they come up with!
I've been doing a lot of window shopping, but unlike Doucanoe I won't be buying any clothes for a while. I want to though!
Di

I was talking to my grandson recently and asked him if he was a dinosaur hunter (he likes Go Diego Go, he said "No, I'm Christopher", and I said "well, I'm Barbara" and he said "NO, you are NANA."

Mine call us KK and Tommy Dad. Well, the little almost 2 year old says TA TA.

Before my first granddaughter was born I decided I wanted to be Grandmother. She eventually learned to say the word correctly. When the second one started talking I would say "say Grandmother" and she would seriously look me in the eye and say "Mush".Everyone in the family thought this was so funny! I encouraged her to say Grandmother and of course she learned to say it as does the third one.I hate to think how terrible it would have been to have had that name stick.

When my DILwas first pregnant there was a discussion as to what the baby would call me. They kept ruling out the traditional names..no I didn't look like a grandmaw or granny (I was only 43) and her mother was Mammaw, which relieved me greatly. A mutual friend suggested NANA (pronounced Nahna) because it was a natural sound for a baby to make, therefore it would be one of the first words it learned to say...and it was. DH is Papa, his parents were Mammy and Pappy and my mother was Ma. My ggrands call us Nana and Papa as well. I read somewhere just the other day, it could have been on one the forums, that great grandchildren called great grandmother Gigi (the 2 G's prompted that). I thought that was pretty cool. Several of the grands have shortened Nana to Nan and that's okay too. Mimi and Pop-pop seem to be popular nowadays. As long as they call me I don't care that much what it is.
jude

When my grandson was born, he had so many "Grandmas" (my mother, my grandmother (!), my SIL's mother), DD and I wanted him to call me something a little more special. So, we came up with Noni. He's 17 months old and that's what he calls me! I love it. :-D

Lori

Di - congrats on the exciting news :)

Sue