Grandma sometimes pronounced gramma. That is what I am and I have no desire to be called anything else.

DD also prefers it. The other grandmother was pushing for the kids to call their grandfather papa. DD felt they already had a dad/father/papa and it was disrespectful to her DH. So she and her DH continued to refer to us grandma and grandpas followed by our last names when speaking of us. DGD has always called us both grandma despite the other grandma pushing for grannie for a while. DGS for some odd reason called both of us grandmothers Micah for a few months. We have no idea why but that was fine with everyone since he came up with it completely on his own. Then one day he just started calling us grandma/gramma again. Never heard Micah from him again.

DGD just turned five and fully understands our relationships to one another, parent to child and that uncles and aunts are siblings of parents etc. She also understands that people married to siblings of parents are aunts and uncles also. DGS who will soon be 3 is still figuring it out. It takes time.

Nan. She was never called Grandma, or any other form. It was Nan by everyone.

Like watchmelol, I am grandma pronounced and sometimes spelled Gramma. In emails, the kids sometimes shorten it to G-ma

My husband is Bobo. Our eldest DGS named him Bobo and it stuck. He likes it.

I am Nonnie. Made up by my first born grand. I did not name myself.

Congrats, hounds! You will love this new role in your life. Sometimes you can start out calling yourself one name but the grandchild will end up calling you something entirely different. My own grandmother ended up being 'Bambi' because I couldn't pronounce what they wanted me to call her. She became Bambi even to her friends.

Whatever the child comes up with on his/her own.

Grandma and sometimes Grandma Sue. I only have two granddaughters, one is six and the other is in her late thirty's. I have one great grandson and another soon to be here.

Sue

I'm Nana to my grands but my first great grand calls me EENA and I love it. He just said it and then started calling me with that name.

I'm grandma also often pronounced gra-maw hubs is pap.

Bebe! We were told about the first grandchild by "you better get your name picked out". Of course I asked what name and DS and His wife wanted us to choose the name. DH is Grandy

Youngest (14 months) was with us in May. He became really go at sta ding in the crib and calling Bebe.

I am just Grandma which is fine with me. One of my husband's grandmothers was called Granny. When we mention her there is no doubt who we mean.

Grammy

I am also "Grandmother" and that is the designation that I have always preferred. It is music to my ears when one of my grandchildren says it. But then I could probably have learned to love "Nanny" (which I detest) if they insisted on calling me that.

You will love being a grandparent, Hounds. Congratulations!

One was Nanny the other one was GrandMary (her name was Mary)

We are Mimi & Papa.

My grand nephew calls his grandfather "Mimi-Papa" because when his parent's would say they were going over to their house, they'd say "We're going to Mimi & Papas' " He turned it into Mimi & Mimi-Papa. LOL

I called Beulah Grandmother and Dorothy GranMrs. My father's father died when my dad was a teen, and my mother's father I called GrandDaddy. I have no grandparent name yet, and let's keep it that way until he graduates university (at least five more years).

Grandma and Grandpa

DH and I are Grandma and Grandpa -- or G & G if we're sending a post card. There's no confusion since our DIL's parents carry on a Polish tradition as 'Busha' and 'Jaja'. (My attempt at phonetic spelling.)

Our DGS's first sitter referred to his parents as "Mama and Papa", and DGS still calls his father "Papa" sometimes. DGD, six years younger, uses "Mom" and "Dad".

We are Grammy and Pop Pop and we named ourselves :-)

I think you sorta name yourself and the kids catch on as to however you refer to yourself and it catches on from there "can Grandma have a kiss"...."can Nana have a kiss"...."can gigi have a kiss"...etc etc.

Still undecided. DGS is 3 months old and we might wIt to see what he come up with. Otherwise it will probably be a play off of my simple name.

I always called my grandparents grandma and grandpa. My cousins called their grandparents (mom's parents) mema (meemaw) and pepa (peepaw).

When our first grandchild was born, he had FIVE grandmothers! That was a challenge. We didn't want it to be overly confusing. I chose to be called Oma (we're German), my mother was Great Grandma, my ex-husband's wife was Nana, and the other two were just Grandma with their last names added. But as Elijah became more vocal, he came up with his own names for some of us. My mother and I lived in the same house, so that would be where the most confusion arose. She was elderly, short, and had osteoporosis, so her hunched back made her seem even shorter. Elijah called her Little Grandma and I was Big Grandma. I wasn't overjoyed at that, but it made sense. At least he didn't plaster me with the name he called his father's mother - Messy Grandma, LOL.

As he grew, three grandmas passed away and now there are only two. He is back to calling me Oma, which I really like.

Grandpa was easier. Only two to begin with. My husband is Papa and my ex-husband is Grandpa.

I now have three grandchildren and all call me Oma and DH Papa.

My mother and grandmother were Grandma. I don't have grandchildren, so no name for me.

Gammy - to grandchildren and greats.

I'm grammy. i picked that name years ago when i saw Diane Keaton in "Annie Hall'. She had a :Grammy Hall". i loved the sound of it!

I so wanted to be Grandma . . . but the other mother got other grandchildren from another son first so she was Grandma. I didn't want to be Grandma Martha (although I LOVE Auntie M for my nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews) I agonized over my name and I went from Oma to Nana to Granny to Grammy. Before our first, Lucy, was born, I settled on Nana. And so I have always been Nana to my grands. The in-laws got to be Grandma and Grandpa although after my DH settled on Poppy, the Grandpa decided that he wanted to be Papa. (He had been Grandpa for 5 years!) So our grand girls have Grandma and Papa and Nana and Poppy. I think the Poppy/Papa is a little confusing but I guess he missed out on the fun of having his own name. Personally, I would have been thrilled to be Grandma and Grandpa and the other side pick other names!

When grandson is in a really loving mood, I'm Grand-ma-ma! Rest of the time Grandmother.

Just love either one!

I will one day be a Nonna.

My grandmother was Big Mama, my mother was Gigi (g.g. for great grandmother), dh's mother was Nanny. I am Mima (memuh) and my dh is Papa.

Meme and pepe for husband's parents and grandma, grandpa for mine.

Mine were Grandma and Grandpa. DH's were Bamma and Papo. My in-laws are Nana and PopPop, named by the first grandkid.

When I was young I had 3 living great-grandparents and 3 living grandparents. The great-grandparents were addressed as Gramma or Grampa and their last name. The grandparents by Gramma or Grampa and their first name. All my cousins (there were quite a few of us) used the same name conventions.

Mimi and Pop Pop. We named ourselves.

My firstborn GD called me Ama, which I liked as it sounded like Mama.

My grandmother's name was Anna Rebecca LastName. When my sister and I visited her and were introduced to her, we called her grandmother to which she responded well. After she gave us some cookies and milk and the start of making paper flowers, she told us that she preferred that we call her Becky because that was how she was known within her private family and close friends. It was the name she had used for most of her life. She wanted her grandkids to be less formal with her.

Grandmother was a loving person and she was near the end of her life when we visited. She lived another 6 years.

I'm Oma. My grandson has three grandmothers, so to keep him from being completely confused, I decided to go with my Dutch roots and have him call me Oma. He has two grandfathers as well who both are grandpa. His 'other' grandpa was going to have our grandson call him Opa, as he's just as Dutch as I am, but changed his mind once the baby was born. And by the time my husband decided he wanted our grandson to call him Mushum (Cree for grandpa), it was too late. And he would call him Mushroom instead... lol

I love love love Grand-ma-ma (like from the Adams family lol) but my daughter says that is too dramatic I was told LOLOL. I was like - have you MET me? Dramatic is perfect!

Dances.

I had a step-grand that gave me my favorite name.....I was "Mean Granny". He addressed me as that in public. It was hysterical!!! All because I caught him doing something he shouldn't have.....but the name stuck and I thought it was the best.

Now, I'm just Grandma.....I don't care what I'm called.

I just remembered: My mom is Nannie Annie (she picked it) and Mama Loreta/Lola, just plain Lola (step, but they've been together for as long as I can remember) and Dad is Daddy Tim.