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Unusual And Fun Grandparent Nicknames


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It seems that high on the list for new or soon-to-be-grandparents is to come up with their grandparent nicknames. This is no light matter. If you are lucky you’ll have that name for 30 plus years.

When I was a new grandmother I was quite young and the last name I wanted to be called was Grannie or Grandma. I’m sorry, but that was what my grandmother was called, and as much as I loved her, that was not how I saw myself.

My first grandchild was named Chantal so having absolutely no clue what I should be called, I opted for the French word for grandmother, grandmere. I remarried many years later and my new husband took the French word for grandfather – grandpere. Today, the same grandchild calls us Mer and Pere for short.

Baby Center has come up with some unusual and fun grandparent nicknames. They conducted a survey that yielded over 1400 different names. Twenty percent were highly creative and unusual.

According to Baby Center, “If your mother-in-law and your mother both claim Nana, tell them there’s no need to worry – there are more choices out there than there are cereals in a supermarket.”

Creative, unique grandmother nicknames

Abi

Ama

Babs

Bella

Big Mama

Bubbe / Bubbie / Bubby

Coco

Cookie

Deedee / Didi

Fifi

Gaga

Gamma

Goldie

GRANDpuss

Gangie

Glamour

Gramby

Gramma-Bamma

Honey

Hugs

Lala

Lulu

Mamie

Mamita

Mammy

Mia

Momo

Omi

Nanner

Panda

Punky

Safta

Tita

Uma

Vava

Yumma

Zippy

 

grandparent nicknamesCreative, unique grandfather nicknames

Abi

Ampa

Baba

Bebop

Big Daddy / Big Papi

Big Dawg

Bubba

Bumpy

Chief

Coach

Dido

Doc

Fafa

Gampy

G-diddy

Graddy

Grandy

Heart

Honey

Jaja

Jimbo

Koko

Lolo

Nanu

Opapa

Pampoo

Pepe

Popper

Pow

Stud Pa

Tito

Uberdaddy

Umpa

Yubba

Zayde

Christine Crosby

About the author

Christine is the co-founder and editorial director for GRAND Magazine. She is the grandmother of five and great-grandmom (aka Grandmere) to one. She makes her home in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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