I am very excited - in April I will become a grandmother for the first time. So I am wondering what I should ask the baby to call me. I called my paternal grandparents "grandma" and "grandpa." My maternal grandparents wanted me to call them by their names, "Ed" and "Joy." My cousins called the grandparents "grandmother" and "grandfather." In my husband's family they use "nana."

What do you call your grandparents? Any ideas for me?

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Originally posted by Kalleh In my husband's family they use "nana."

What do you call your grandparents? Any ideas for me?

Ummm... "Baba Yaga?"

I don't call mine anything; they're deceased. I used to use "Granny" and Grandpa."

My spouse's grandsons call her, "Grandma Sue," so as to distinguish her from their paternal granny.

My maternal grandfather wanted his grandchildren to call him "Ed" because he didn't want to admit to being old enough to be a grandfather. I suppose I can understand that - it makes me feel so old to be called "grandma."

I suppose you could call yourself a second generation mother.

Old Geoff with a granddaughter in college

I didn't know you had a granddaughter in college? You do? Wow!

We just used fuddy-duddy old 'grandma and grandpa' in our families. I may choose 'nana' if ever blessed w/grandchildren, it sounds cute. (Wonder if my spouse would go for Poppy?)

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Wonder if my spouse would go for Poppy?

Mine wouldn't.

We called both grandmothers 'nana'. They were known as 'Nana Palmer' and 'Nana Abrams' (my mother's maiden name).

Yes, it sounds British. The Yiddish names for grandmother and grandfather are Bubbe and Zayde. That is a possibility for us, since we are Jewish. They're kinda fun, too. Ouma and Oupa are grandmother and grandfather in Afrikaans. They are cute enough, but probably not appropriate.

I assume that "Bubbe" is cognate of Russian, "Baba?"

Here is what I found: From Yiddish באָבע ‎(bobe).