Do you see a difference between Northern and Southern names for Grandparents?
My family is from the south...
My maternal grandparents - Granny and Paw-Paw
My paternal grandparents - Nana and Grandpaw or Bumper - the first grandchild chose that name and so we all called him Bumper.
My husband's mom is from the north and her parents are known by the grandchildren as Gram-ma and Gram-pa.
Hubby's dad is from the south and his parents are known as
Granny and Pa.
I think the most unusual grandparent names I've ever heard(more so than my "Bumper" for my grandfather) are what my cousins kids call my Aunt and Uncle. It started when one cousin was dating a lady (who he later married) with 2 young daughters, and they asked one day while visiting what they could call my Aunt and Uncle. My Aunt came up with Queen and King and the girls would be the princesses. So now all of her grandchildren call them King and Queen.
2006-07-07 04:17:40 · 19 answers · asked by pottersclay70 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
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2006-07-07 04:24:35 · update #1
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2006-07-07 04:28:47 · update #2
I love Southern grandparent names.....its one of the benefits of living in the south. Where else can we hear...maw-maw, granny, mee-maw, nanny....lol My mother decided she wanted a modern, younger version of Granny when my kids were born, so they call her Granna. I love it, but nothing takes the place of maw-maw....lol. My great-grandparents were maw-maw and paw-paw, and my grandmothers on both sides are granny. My kids call my husbands mom and dad Grandmama and Papa. Good question....made me smile thinking about my family.
2006-07-07 04:24:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
I was born in Memphis, then lived in Alabama but have called Arkansas my home for most of my life. My Grandparents were Memaw and Pepaw, my other grandmother was called "Tick tock" that was a very unusal name my sister came up with it. My parents are Mamaw and Papaw. My husbands family have funny names his grands were Daddy Joe and Momma Ozie. His parents are Daddy Joe and Mom G. I wanted to break that cycle we are now young grandparents my name is Jan so we came up with Janma, its so cute to hear my granddaughter and grandson say..Janma Janma...:). My husband is called Papa I named him that I like that better than if he had gone with his family names and been Pap Ken or Daddy Ken..lol. But the funny thing is my son named Beau is 24 and he says when he gets to be a grand he is going to be PAP BEAU.
2006-07-07 04:28:54 · answer #2 · answered by Jan G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grandma and Grandpa
Sometimes Me-Ma and Bum-Pa
2006-07-07 04:27:00 · answer #3 · answered by J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grandmother and Grandaddy
Ma Mize and Daddy Mize
2006-07-07 04:20:58 · answer #4 · answered by Levi E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine- Grandma and PaPa
My kids'grandparents- Grammy, Grandad, Grandpa Archie and Grandma Cindy
great greatma is called Ama (german)
2006-07-07 04:23:32 · answer #5 · answered by iahp_mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grandma ,then I call my stepdad's mom granny lett, grandpa
2006-07-07 04:22:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only have one side of Grandparents, which I call Gram & Pap. My husband called his one set Nona and Nono, they were Italian, his other grandmother we call Grandma.
2006-07-07 04:24:20 · answer #7 · answered by imNangel270 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grandmaw granddad poppy mommom and papa. I like the different names people come up with (like bumper) king and queen is a little much though.
2006-07-07 04:29:53 · answer #8 · answered by in love with superman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My kids call my mom Grandma Kelley and their dads mom Grandma T. They call my moms girlfriend Grandma Artichoke.
They call my dad Papaw, and my step-mom Mamaw.
i call my dads mom Maw-Maw, and the rest was just Grandma and Grandpa.
BTW,My dads side of the family is from WV, My moms KY.
2006-07-07 04:28:03 · answer #9 · answered by ladyjno7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grandma and Grampa
2006-07-07 04:21:37 · answer #10 · answered by Linda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋