HOW ABOUT MY GRANDPARENT NAME?
Sometimes we get to decide our GRANDparent name. More often, an infant or toddler decides what we will be called for the rest our lives. We may want to be called grandma or grandpa, but we also have many other choices. We have listed Grandparent nicknames submitted by GRAND readers. Click on any of the above letters to see some of the many Grandparent nicknames. Plus, you can submit yours as well. Briefly, tell us how your nickname came to be. Thank you! (submit nickname) (submit nickname) Grandparent Nicknames: A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z
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A Grandparent Nicknames
| Abba | I wanted to come up with something different because there were a lot of grandmas around. I did a search on “Grandma in different languages,” and liked Abba so that’s me to my four little ones. – Lynn |
| Abu | – GRAND Reader |
| Abuela | – GRAND Reader |
| Abuelo | – GRAND Reader |
| Ahma | My oldest grandson could not say grandma when he was learning to talk so he called me ‘Ahma’ and I love it!! – Kathryn (Austin, TX) |
| ali | – sara (–) |
| Amma | – GRAND Reader |
| AuntieNana | I am not a Grandmother yet but I have 2 GreatNephews and 1 GreatNiece…They call their Grandmother Nana & their Grandfather Papa…and I am their Auntie Nana…So when the time comes, I guess I will be Nana… – JP |
B Grandparent Nicknames
– Kathleen
| Bumbum | That’s right! …my little grandson named me when he was 2. Kyle is 12 now and I’m Bumbum to all 5 of my grandchildren, that’s OK – my husband is Happy Hahahahaha! |
| Ba | My Great grandpa’s nickname was “Ba” because my dad couldn’t say Grandpa Claude. – Gina |
| Berber | When my granddaughter was starting to talk she had a name for everyone but refused to call me anything. It was her joke. One day when I asked who I was, she was eating a cheeseburger and said “Berber”. It has stuck for 8 years and is more endearing every time I hear it. – Jennie, Louisville, KY |
| Bumpa | My grandaughter, Adrienne, started calling me “Bumpa” when she atarted to talk and still does at age 10. – Sheldon (VT) |
| Bumba | This was the name my son came up with for my dad, when he couldn’t saw pronounce grandpa. – John (OH) |
| Buddy | My granddaughter calls me “BUDDY” (and I’m the grandmother!) – Jenise |
| Bubbies | My grandson was not quite two when he began calling me Bubbies. I had always called him that name and then he decided one day that *I* was Bubbies! – Lisa |
| Bubbie | All 3 call me Bubbie but my husband is Zaydie – and the 3 yr old insist on calling him YaYa – for whatever reason. We love it! – Agnes |
| Bubbe Mae | I had a wonderful Grandma Mae who use to take herGrandchildren downtown to the Chicago Loop and when there was still either a Marshall Field’s Resturant or it might have been another one that I can not remember. – Mae (Chicago, IL) |
| Boppa | Our oldest grandson began calling me this when he was a toddler. He is 9 years old now and still calls me Boppa along with our other 5 grandchildren. – Casey Dean |
| Boompa | If you watch the movie Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation, Mr Hobbs (played by Jimmy Stewart) is called Boompa by his grandson. My grandson Calvin’s first word was Boompa when he saw me. – jeff |
| Boobie | I don’t know how I came up with that name for my grandmother, I just know alot of people often turned to look at us often, I guess to see if there was anything out of place.. HA! HA! – Jessica |
| Bob-O | My grand-daughter Amber just came up with this name, because is could not say grandfather Bob. – Robert (ME) |
| Biba | When my first grandchild, Emily, was born, we called me Grammy. One day my daughter called and said Emily (2) asked for me, but called me Biba. When she was 5, I asked her why and she said, “I didn’t really like Anderson”. – Sandra (Tyngsboro, MA) |
| Beppe Beppe and Pakke | Are the Frisian Dutch name for Grandma and Grandpa. Our grands have several extra sets of grandparents and I wanted to be special. – Laura |
| Bekbo | This is actually my own daughter’s grandmother’s nickname. The oldest grandson in the family couldn’t say Grandma…it came out Bekbo and she’s been that ever since! – Regina (Reggie) (Cleveland, Tn) |
| Bee | When I was very young I couldn’t pronouce my grandmothers last name, and mine, and somehow shortened it to “Bee” and it stayed that. – Barbara |
| Bebop | When my daughter was just learning to speak Bebop was the best she could do for Grandpop. It stuck, all the cousins now say Bebop. – Joyce |
| BeBe | I was suposed to be MiMi , But my grandson pronounced me Be Be – Tina |
| Bebe | When my grandson was a baby we were in awe and were always saying to him ” how’s my baby” “oh I love my baby” he would mimic us but his interpretation came out bebe instead, pronounced beybey… He’s 10 years old now and still calls for his bebe.. – Fran |
| Beanies | My Great grandma’s nickname was “Beanies” because my dad couldn’t say Grandma Ruby. She just passed before her 100th birthday. My kids were able to know their own great-great-grandma! – Gina |
| Bannie | When my granddaughter, Mikalah, began talking at age 11 months, I tried to teach her to say Grammie. However, her favorite character on t.v. was Barney, so Grammie came out as Bannie. I’ve had to explain my odd nickname many times over to others. – Sylvia |
| Bampy | The Bampster I was trying for grampy but he never said it. It’s OK I gave him a nickname too! – Mark |
| Bamma | My youngest granddaughter has called me this since she was a toddler. – Barbara |
| Ba-Maw | The kids started it! It was the way our first grandson said ‘Grandma” , and it has stuck! – Dorothy |
| Bama & Bampa | When our grandson was just starting to talk, he called us ‘Bamma & Bampa.’ For Christmas 2004, I had a storybook printed for him ~ he was the star of the story, along with his Bamma & Bampa! It’s a fun way for us to remember when he called us tha – Barb & Tim (IA) |
| Bakka | My son tried to say grandpa, and got bakka – it stuck and now he’s 3 1/2. set the standard for his younger brother. |
| Baka | Our last name is Croatian and the Croatian word for Grandma is “Baka”. – Kathy (Manchester, MO) |
| Babcia | We called my Mom’s mom the Polish version of grandma. – Carolyn (MD) |
| Babah | I was so intrigued by my name that I wrote a story and gave to my granddaughter for a keepsake. – Debbie (IN) |
| BaBa | Our daughter adopted a 5 year old from Bulgaria. She is now 15 and so beautiful. She has always called me BaBa, which is grandmother in Bulgarian, and now two of our other grandchildren do. The others call me GranJan. – Jan (Fripp Island,, SC) |
| Ba | My Great grandpa’s nickname was “Ba” because my dad couldn’t say Grandpa Claude. – Gina |
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