I need some alternate names for grandfather other than papa?

Question

I'm having a baby and I have a HUGE family and I would just like my child to call some of their other grandparents different names...

Answer 1

grandad
grandaddy
pappie
poppie
papaw
pepaw
pops
grampa
pawpaw

Answer 2

My daughter has a Papa Jim and a Grandpa Jack.

I had a Pop-pop and a Grandpa.

All pretty much picked their own names. Ask them what they'd like to be called. Even if it's similar, the baby will learn the difference (I had a Grandma K and a Grandma Z)

Answer 3

We have a huge family too. Our daughter has 5 "papa"s and 5 grandmas/great-grandmas. She calls my grandma "Mimi" and my mom "gummy". Our daughter is barely 2. All of her grandpas are "papa" because thats all she can say, lol. You could try "grampy" or look up how to say grandpa in other languages. I remember hearing it in italian once, and it was really cute, but i dont remember what it was. But until your child is old enough, it will all probably sound like papa anyway. perhaps you could just do "papa bob" "papa john" whatever their name is. that happens a lot in our family too, to keep things straight

Answer 4

Why don't you use the words for Grandpa in different languages for example my great grandparents were alive when I grew up and we called them Oma and Opa(German for Grandma and Grandpa) With our children My grandpa is grandpa,my dad is Papa my husbands father is Santa or Big Papa(he looks like Santa and competes in strong man compitions)My mom was Grandma California forever as that was where she lived(my nephew calls her "old grandma"because she told him she was older than dirt). And my hubbys moms are Granny Froggie(she loves frogs)And cold grandma(she lives in Whitehorse doesn't get warm there often)

Answer 5

We have a large family and our grandchildren call us Grandma Sue and Grandpa Tom. They do this to all their Grandparents so we know who they are talking about, whether it be great Grandparents or even an elderly friend of the family.

Answer 6

we recently became Grannie (Annie) and Grandad, Thomas' other grandparents are Grandma and Grandpa (they were already called that by their first grandchild) and my daughter's father and his wife are called by their forenames. Grandmama and Grandpapa sound quaint if a little formal. Or you could ry just using affectionate nicknames that will be easy for your child to remember.

Answer 7

I was brought up to call my grandparents, Grandma *insert last name here* and Grandpa *insert last name here*. My mom in law wants to be call nana. You could have your child call one set of granparents nana and papa, and the other grandpa and grandma.

Answer 8

We're Indian and call the mom's parents Nana (means grandpa) and Nani (grandma) and dad's parents Dada(grandpa) and Ba or Dadi (grandma) - just for some other ideas.....

Answer 9

Pabby, Poppie, Pops, Granddaddy. Look into other languages for grandfather's name.

Answer 10

When I was growing up, I called my grandfathers by their last name, with grandpa in front - Grandpa Gardner and Grandpa Diplock.

Answer 11

lol my kids call my dad grandpa, they called my grandpa& grandma .... Old grandpa. Then called my Grandma ( his wife) Gram or Grammy because thats what I called her. My daughter called them abuelo, abuela spanish for Grandmother and grandfather. She learned it on Dora. She called then that since she was 2.

My other grandmother makes all the kids call her Nana