What is the special name you use for your Grandmother?
My maternal grandmother was Grannie and my paternal grandmother was Mamaw. My own precious (yes, I am partial) grandson calls me Ahsha.
I love that simple and warm name of Granny.
My grandmothers passed away before I was born, but my grandchildren call me Nana.
I just call my grandmothers "Grandma". It's a boring name, but they are incredibly special ladies
Not boring at all, very loving and traditional.
Ahsha is a special unique name for a special and unique grandmother. Always called grands by their first names for some reason I have no idea of. Nanny bad foot or something would have been better lol.
Thank you Alastar. You called your grands by their first names....very Kennedy like!
on my dad's side was nana and pappap, my mom's gram and grandpop, my mom was memaw to my kidlets, and i'm grammy to mine. my great grandmother was grandmom and great grandfather was pappy.
My maternal grandmother was Nan and grandfather was grandad. I am a Nana.
Isn't Mamaw from the Cajuns?
I don't know Rosemay. That might be a Hub, researching the origins of grandparent names.
My grandmothers have always been Mema to my siblings and I. My kids now call their grandmothers Nana, Mimi, and Grammy.
My maternal grandmother was "Ome" She was my best friend.
Ahsha is actually kind of beautiful!
I used to call her Abuela which is Spanish for Grandmother. Many refer to a shorter version or nickname as Abuelita or "lita".
I have heard that name Abuela and love it.
Just plain ol "Grandma" and sometimes "Grammie", but my mom gets called Nana and now even her kids (to which I'm one of six) call her Nana too.
Grannie sound so warm and cozy. I do love Nana. My sister in law'sgrands call her that.
In chinese communities, "Ah ma" is the regular name we call our grandmother. My son called his grandmother " ma-ma" instead. Everyone thought that he was calling me!
I love that tradition. Thank you for sharing it and be blessed when you become an Ah ma yourself.
I called my paternal grandmother Nana, grandfather Ghagi (?not sure why? but at that point everyone else already did). My maternal grandfather was Papa, and grandmother was called ?( she had passed away before grandchildren).
My kids called their paternal grandparents Grandma and Grandpa. Maternal grandparents were Ma and Papa.
My Grandchildren call their Grandfather "Bampa" and call me "Mar" short for "Marmee" (from Little Women)
Tracey, these are lovely names. Thank you for sharing them with us. I love that every family, every child has special names for grandparents.
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