I like Nana too but where i come from It usually what you call your older baby sitter or care taker.

I had a “Nana”! She was one of my great aunts, I think! She was very nice, and made soup for us. Her elderly neighbors also gave me a ton of candy once. I miss her.

@@MisSorryforthespam That’s really cool actually. I’m never heard of anyone calling someone other than their grandma that.

@@toastwell6488 She sounds like she is/was a lovely woman.

Nana is what my late Grandmother was called. Everyone in the street called her that. My children called her "Grand-Nan". She was "Nana" to 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grand children and I've lost count of how many great great grandchildren. My MIL is Nanny to her grandchildren and "Ganny" to her great grands. My oldest great nephew came up with that one.

SirNovaway aww that's so sweet!

This is by far the most adorable comment I've ever seen on KZfaq. Faith in humanity restored!

AWWWWWWWWWW! 😍😢💖

That's awesome

My little cousin did that! I’d say “mornin honey” in a country accent when we’d go stay there overnight and now my name is just “honey”

I'm the middle child but I still got to pick the name I have the power. I chose Maggie.

Sure, until another grandkid comes along and rejects your choice!

@@jfm14 That's where you're wrong kid. By the time another grandchild comes the nickname would have already been ingrained in everyone and no one usually bothers to change it again

Sooo true! My elder cousin named our grandparents and that was it!

I accidentally gave my grandfather “grepapa” when I was around four because of speech issues.

Bambi is so adorable, and congratulations!

Mine too! I was the grandkid through.

CUTE!!! My mom is Grammy, and my son calls her “Bam-Ma” 😍

Bambi's the cutest grandma name ever!

aww! that's adorable!

Nuclear Wessels that's the cutest !! Edit: good grief autocorrect...lol....what was trying to say... that is the cutest (name)!!! Lol

My nephew called me Ya Ya when he was little.

Wait... THERE ARE AUNTIE NAMES !?! I got stuck with Aunt Katie.

Me and my sister are the 'Fire Aunts', due to both of us having red hair. (And Tim Hawkins' song. Lol.)

My nephews call me Mimi. Apparently I'm not the only one. I've met 5 aunt friends that are all named Amy and their nieces and nephews call them Mimi too!

For the short time I knew my great grandmother we called her Gran

Right! (Thanks for reminding everyone--I'm a descendant of: McThomas of the Meeting Rock, & McQuilling of Dunluce Castle of Ulster, married to descendant of: McEwen). Bless Ya.

We say granny an aw

And what is Grandpa called?

@@raisingolives77 my husband's people call their grandpas: "Gramps", but my Scottish & N Irelanders immigrated to America before the potato famine (before: 1848-1851), & landed in the Appalachian Mountains, & intermarried Native American Tribal peoples: our clans call our grandfathers: "Paw-paw", & "Grandpa". (Fun fact: there is a Paw-paw fruit that grows at the foothills of the Appalachias: in N Georgia: it tastes best, right when ripened & picked--it doesn't: "save" well.) God Bless Everyone!

Me, my siblings, and my cousins call my grandma " Gam-maw". Her mother was "Me-maw", and HER mother was granny. My grandma used to call her great-grandfather "papa-dad".

My first 4 just called me Gramma. But when the 5th started talking my son asked if it would be a problem if she called me Nana (the ah sound) because she was having a hard time saying any other choices. She's 8 now & I really don't remember when it changed to gramma. It's really the Love u hear in whatever they call u! 💗💕

So many grandkids

@@back136 yep. She had five kids, and that comes out to a lot of grandkids! I’m one of four, there’s three groups of three, and then my favorite aunt has 2. Our ages range from early 30s to 8.

This is odd to me as an English person as the most common name here is nanny or Nan like there’s no mimis here

That reminds me of how I called my grandma “mom” because my parents and I lived with her when I was young and that’s what my mom called her, so to differentiate my mom and grandma I started calling her grandma mom! I love how kids find names for things

I call my grandma Honey too! And my grandpa is Bear :,)

My oldest cousin has always called my grandpa Honey lol so does my grandma, the rest of us have always called him Pa though

That’s exactly what happened to me and my Grandma. One day she wasn’t listening to me calling to her and since she always responded to my Grandpa when he said “Honey”, I called her that. She was stunned and it’s a funny memory she tells now.

@@marieremelie6716 I can relate cus I call my grandparents nanay in Filipino that means mother and tatay meaning father but since I always did it it stuck on

My 2yr daughter called my mom, “Gamma”. When she met my grandmother, she was really confused. She understood how she fit into the picture but my calling her, “Grandma” was just too much. She pointed to my mother and said, “Gamma!” Then she pointed to my grandmother and said, “Gamma Gamma!” From then on, even though we were all adults by then (23 of us) and all of our children (I honestly do not know how many) all called my grandmother. “Gamma Gamma”. My daughter’s 33 now; we still refer to my grandmother the same way.

You both have/were smart babies

I knew her as the same thing sometimes, but it wasn't her grandma name.

In sweden it's farmor(famo) and mormor(momo) for the grandmas, far=father and mor=mother.

@@flamenmartialis6839 my grandmother is Swedish and all the grandchildren called her Mormor

😂😂😂😂 this is the best!!!

y e s

And house rules are listed in The Matriarch Manifesto... My Big Momma (what we called my Dad's mother) her manifesto was no matter what even if you had been indoors all day you were taking a bath before you slept in the guest bedroom!

And I suppose their grandpa will be called “The Patriarch” and a bunch of feminists will kill him. The end.

WHEN I TELL YOU I WHEEZED

yes

Callmekris vibes tho

They couldn't do that because who wouldn't choose it!

@@sabertoothed_stargazer why wouldn't you

That's Russian-light. I call mine "babulechka-krasotulechka".

My Grammy passed away three years ago, actually it will officially be three years next week! She was the sweetest person. She put others before herself. Her family was her whole world. I am so sorry for your loss. I know it’s hard to loose such a big and impactful personality. You are so lucky to have a Grammy, and I am so glad this video made you smile!!❤️

May your grandmothers rest in peace, to the both of you.

Lauren , very sorry to hear about your loss. I'm sure she was a very fabulous and wonderful Grammy! Sending love healing and light for you and your family!

I said a prayer for your Grammy.

Sorry for your loss.

That’s ridiculously sweet ❤️

Mine were Nana and Papaw

@@cassgray9340 ...just like a lollipop is sweet! :D

@@gracehaven5459 hey same!

Too funny...I had actually picked that when my G daughter was born...her name is Lilah...but I found that I was calling her my Lolly or my lollipop. So I changed it to Nonnie and Poppy....that's stuck!

My girls called my papi and mami lito and lita for the same reason... pronunciation. 🙂

All my mom's grand kids call her " wella ." My sisters grandkids call her Lita. Both short for abuelita. I ended up grandma.

That is so cute

Lol my son did the same thing couldn’t pronounce Abuelita so it came out Vita. My mom liked it said he had to call her that and for 30 years that was not just her grandmother name but become her name. My brother, family and friends all called her Vita. I can’t remember the last time I called her mami it was always Vita and will be forever🙏🏻

Oh lol I called my late grandmother that also!! Her name was Gladys so I would call her Lita Liadis since I couldn't pronounce abuelita Gladys!! I still call her that whenever I call about her.

I said a prayer for her.

My great grandparents were GiGi and Poppy

I'm suddenly reminded of an iconic quote from Grampa (during the 2007 Simpson's movie): Beware, BEWARE! Time is short, Eeeepa, Eeeepa, EEEEEPA! Believe me! BELIEVE MEEEEEEE!

Aww I like Ema & Epa. I'm only 32 but I already know I want my grandma name to be Oma

@@Zimoria I called my *very* Bayern grandmother Oma/Omi.

@@Zimoria are you german?

And hopefully the kid becomes multi lingual. Positive vibes from New Hampshire,remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis

Yeah ikr I lv it

Yes, my daughters had "grandma" and "yiayia." The great grandma was called "Grandma Rolena" although for some strange reason I decided to call my grandma Rolena, "Nonnie" when I was a kid and it stuck.

Fr I have a grandma and an abuela

Yeah I got me a nana and a vovó

That sounds like what happened to my brother and I! I started out calling our grandmother “Grammy” but when he came along 4 years later he had a hard time with the pronunciation so we both called her “Mimi” instead. Both are top notch names!

@@tiredwolfe - Agreed! I happily respond to whatever they want to call me!😉

@@robind8149 Definitely! The one Using the name should be the one who picks it!

Grammy award

Same thing happened to my mom

I don’t know what Lakota is but that sounds too cute!

@@marieremelie6716 Lakota is one of the indigenous dialects spoken by people in the Soux nation. I’m soux lakota aka indigenous aka First Nation.

noni akamai is a really nice name ngl

Hello Sandra

Hello Sandra, how are you doing today?🌹

I agree - whatever the first grandchild calls you is the one that stays. Some women come up with alternate names because the don't want people to think they are old. Ha! Look in the mirror, sister, you ain't foolin' nobody!

Agreed. My mom was fine with "grandma," but my first child, the first grandbaby, pronounced it as "Monk" as a baby. 10 years later and my mom is still proudly known as Monk. You don't find that one on a keychain. 😂

My daughter and her cousin will call their grandparents grandma and grandpa... no special nicknames

@@ooookkkkkkkkkkk 😏

I called my mum the NannyGranny & that’s what all the kids call her 😆

Lol. One of my daycare kids couldn't say Gabby so she called me Bob. 🤣

Haha! Same thing with my little sister. When she was around 2 she couldn't pronounce my brother's name 'Daniel' (we never use 'Dan' or 'Danny') and then one day she just wouldn't stop calling him 'Bobby'. No idea why variants of 'Bob' are a go-to name for kids.

This is how my father-in-law Bill became 'Maynard'. XD

My mom when she was small used to call her brother ,,Jaś" (pronounce: similiar to ,,iash"). His name is Wojtek (pronounce ,,voitak").

Your kid is going places

This one has rocketed instantly to my top five.

God bless y'all❤

Wow! A happy birthday for your Mom.

That’s amazing! You’ve got good genetics :-) Happy birthday to your mom! ❤️🙏

My birthday is June 29th! I've never met anyone that shares my birthday, until now.

That's an awesome story. God bless your family.

In serbia it's usually Baba, or Babushka, so I used to call her Baba Jaba, which translates to Grandma frog... I'm a tad bit extra too

My son has a Babcia. Babcia Danuta.

@@marinairathemagnificent haha tad

@@marinairathemagnificent well, better than Baba Yaga lol

My dad is from Poland and we called his mother Babcia ☺️

When your grandchildren are teenagers and adults, their friends will be embarrassed for them.

@@perniciouspete4986 Bet your parents are ashamed of their son who amounted to nothing but an anonymous internet troll. Burn baby, burn. 🔥

Boompa is a dope name. Your grandkids are lucky to have a grandpa that carries his title with pride and joy.

@@perniciouspete4986 "Boompa" here, my granddaughter just turned 14, and she lets her peers know that she loves her dad, Boompa and her "Omi" (german for grandma) and instead of getting embarrassed by the comments they make she feels bad for them for not having as close and loving relationships as she has with us,

Sketches of WTBOUO same here!!!

I say omi

Same for the Dutch, Oma and Opa

Sketches of WTBOUO SAME!!!!!!

Sketches of WTBOUO your comment made me so happy!

Princess Stigma yeaaaaa my nan is called nana

IKR

Nana is German for Grandma and Opa is Grandfather

Yesssss I was thinking nana the entire time

Yea my moms mother we call he nana and my dads mom we call her nani

@davidgreg6907 I refuse to disclose that information on the internet. Personal reasons. Also, please respect if someone is not religious as not everyone is.

🤠

Huh, I like it!

@@hannahklunk6670 Thanks,I Miss Her Now Though,Covid Got Her Unfortunately

@@cjhs2006 Aw, I'm sorry

@@hannahklunk6670 Thanks

Dont forget the Mamaw, which is an in between of the mamaw and the mawmaw.

True, my Great Aunt was called Mawmaw by my cousins (she's my great aunt but their grandmother) so whenever there was a family party I always heard them say "Mawmaw"

I call my grandma maw maw can’t believe they didn’t include it

I call one of my grandmas memaw and I call one of my grandmas mawmaw. I don’t under why I do but I guess it’s just a southern thing!!

Mimi Sands I call it Mamaw

I cut out the nd.

My parents were offended that I didn’t ask what they wanted to be called. I have a cousin that asked and her parents wanted to be Mamaw and Papaw. That is the exact reason I didn’t ask!!! Well, they didn’t take no for an answer. My mom wanted Grammy (which is an awesome name that I want myself if my kids ever give me grandkids!) but my dad wanted to be Papaw!! Yeah no. Fortunately my son couldn’t/didn’t pronounce that so he was Papa. Perfect!

Traditional and classy

My family day meme pronounced meh-meh

i call mine oma

Lol to the third one. My Grandpa is just Grandpa, and so was my step grandpa, so to separate them, I would call my step grandpa “Grandpa” or “Grandpa (his name)” and my other Grandpa “Grandpa with the Sailboat” because he owns a sailboat

@@firebros1695 Lol

Wait

Hol up

@@justarandomtechpriest1578 ???

Yep mine is nanny and Mamaw

Yupp my husbands mom is nanny. And of course nana is really popular lol.

My grandma is nana and my great grandmother (rip💜) was mawmaw

Mine is Nana and my since deceased Nanny

I have a Nana. We say it like "Naw-nuh"

Cute!! Momo is a pet name in Japanese that means “peach”.

That's what I call my grandma

we call my grandma queenie

I live in Texas as well and my grandma is Gogo to us!

Atla "appa ate momo"

Fun fact: "Memaw," "Mawmaw," and several other frequently used Southern grandma names are descended from the French word "Maman"

@@DarthFurie Oh cool!

Hello beautiful ❤️ . I am looking for a sincere sugar baby who needs a sugar daddy to spoil you and also help financially... You want to be one?

Get her on some Van Halen, Rush, Scorpions, Ozzy, Nirvana, and Santana.

Gotta teach 'em young 🤘

My dad introduced me to Cheap Trick with "Dream Police" and "I Want You to Want Me". Been listening to them actively for almost two years now and am hooked!

Forgotten? Rock's coming back!

My dad just passed away. He was telling me the week before that he always regretted that he wasn't granddad for any of the grandkids. That's what we called his dad, who passed away when I was 5. Luckily my dad got to know his grandchildren longer. I was the youngest of his parents' grandkids. My nephew is the youngest, and just turned 19.

That's actually a name for my race. So, it's like calling herself Caucasian or Polynesian, etc.

That's a really neat nickname actually

So I'm guessing all roads lead to Roma's Cookies.. When your at Roma's you do as Roma tells you. ... OOOO SHE'S a Keeper.

I also call my grandpa Grandbob like that!

Roma Roma de mi vida Roma Roma de mi amor No me importa la distancia Si estas en mi corazon 🎶

We called my great grandmother Mimi, but pronounced it Mim-me. I always thought it was just her name because everyone called her that. It was only after I was an adult that I found out her name was Anna Mary.

Happy birthday to your Mimi, and God bless your beautiful family 🥰❤️🙏 My closest grandmother is called Nana :-) the other we call Grammy Kay.

@@leepope3377 I get that. My family does the same. I will note before I continue with this thought that, I was and am the only daughter of my Mimi's youngest child and her only son, so my dad grew up with over ten years between him and his sisters, So when I say "cousins" they're technically my second cousins, since all the cousins I would have been in the same generation with were all adults some with children or graduating by the time I was born literally my technically oldest cousin was like a kid sister to my dad. Likewise I became the "baby" like my dad and kid sister to the generation I technically belong to. With that I'll go back to my train of thought... My "cousins" used to call her "Mimi" even their baby siblings still do occasionally. But as they grew being the second/third generation (?) they began being told to call her Grandma Eggie, after her middle name. While I being from the last of my generation, was praised and pushed to continue to call her what literally was what I called her without being asked to do so when I could make my first words or names for people. (I think I was told I'm the reasons people began calling her Mimi seeing how much she loved it when I was a literal tot who couldn't put together words and just used sounds). The reason, is I guess since my Mimi was an adult and even as a teen she utterly refused to go by her given name. Actually to this day just mentioning it repulses her, makes her groan and make these purposefully dramatic hacking sounds or cries. It's kinda hilarious. To me it's not that bad.. but lets just say the name is akin to Medusa, but also isn't. It's the visual reference I had as a kid when thinking of the name. I'm not saying the actual name but it's close enough. As a kid I easily saw why she hated the actual name she was given. But as I've grown I kinda like it to an extent it was unique and though sounds harsh has a nice ring to it. I think to honor her parents she never had the heart to legally change her given name, and by tehn everyone already called her by some nickname or her middle name, so she had no reason to honestly correct people on it. Although, then again I can't recall seeing her first name on her drivers license so maybe she did change it. Still, I love seeing her reactions to her name though I never dare call her by it. Just hearing her moan and groan randomly when she thinks or brings it up herself is severely cute and bemusing.

@@cassgray9340 That's utterly cute. I have a neighbor up the street, who my family has been long time friends with, it's kinda ironic how when the fam moved we they happened to live far away each time. But she also goes by Kay, and her grandkids (who I grew up with) do the same. Although, I think they either say Granny K (for the younger grandkids), Grandma Kay or something different now. They may say something else, as I don't see or talk to the her grandkids as much as when we were children. But it's something I recall well. She kinda acts like a grandma or aunt to those kids she's watched grow up, super sweet lady. :) Also super thanks for the birthday wishes to Mimi. I'll try to remember to pass it on when I see her next. She loves hearing messages like this even if from total strangers. She's literally the type to make friends anywhere you go, my baby cousins entire basketball team and track literally made her their Cheerleader and the one the look forward to seeing every game. :) So she'd love to hear this too. Also before I forget, God Bless your family and Your Grandmas Nana And Grammy Kay. I wish them all a wonderful New Year, as well with you. Stay safe and healthy during this uncertain time. Lastly, Merry Belated Christmas!!!!

@@colorgaurdsweethreat3474 Aww, thank you! Your Mimi and your family friend sound like such lovely and open-hearted women! Please do send my birthday wishes to your Mimi!

Clever baby

I called my Greek grandmother "Yia-yia" and did not know until I was about 12 or so that it is the Greek word for Grandmother.

I call my Spanish grandma Yaya as well, but in my case it’s because it’s a common way to refer to your grandma in Spain. I also call my German grandmother Oma and my grandfather Opa, which are basically the German version of grandma and grandpa

And Papoo is grandfather to the Greeks!

Just be aware that if you go anywhere Spanish speaking, people are going to giggle everywhere she says it, as "chichi" is a crude name for a female body part. 😉

That sounds cute

Neat-- that sounds nice

Don’t forget the classic ouma

Trevor Noah calls his grandmother "Gogo". I recently watched an interview with him.

My family is South African and the grandkids call my mom Makhulu. My nephew couldn't say it growing up so he called her "Khu" lol Can't wait til my grandkids can call me that! It's an honor!

Nothing wrong with that. Hope her knits are “close to the swatch”

South Africa is way further south then where the people in these skits are from

hahah my south african grandma is the same

My grandmother is south African too. She was a badass

My parents are South African, they’re known as Ouma and Oupa to my nieces.

My youngest G baby said Meemaw a few weeks ago and I walked on air the whole day!

I’m sure you already know this but momo means peach 🍑 in Japanese, so it’s actually really cute 🥰

I think she chose you a great name.

Momo is a great name

It's an Irish grandma name. It's what I called mine.

Oh I think it's nice. You should too, because once they pick it there's no changing their minds. You don't actually get to choose. People just think you do.

Micaela Voss yes holland is the same

Yeah same (German and Dutch grand parents)

So does my friend - she's Austrian

Micaela Voss yes Austria is the same

Same (Germany)

Awsamazing Eden Mine are grandmother and Gma! XD

Mine are Grandmom and grand dad and grandma Kay

Same!!! 😂😂

Same!!!!!

Awsamazing Eden o

aww that is cute!

My niece calls her gramma Moggy and grandpa unfortunately became Boggy

Soooo true!! When there are already: grandma, granny, gg, nana, Nona, nanny, mima, Mimi, MeMaw....one must choose carefully!! Nonnie it is....

You’ll understand when you’re older. 😂

@@michellenash6802 don’t forget “Oma” for the German/Dutch roots.

If I'm going to spend the entire second half of my life being called something by what will end up being multiple generations of my family, I'm going to have a say. And don't forget the politics involved. You can't use a name already in use on either side of the kids family, then you have to smile while fighting the other grandmother ( bless her heart) for rights for whatever titles are left. This is tuff stuff

@@GR-bo5zt one of my grandmas was moeka (Dutch)

Omg how do you pronouce that it's so hard

I have a harder spelling for that... Gramma

@@k-vy5nt grammar

XxGacha GirlxX Huh. I’m just saying how I spell my Gramma’s name

@@k-vy5nt oh I thought you meant grammar srry

You try telling that to any grandma. They're old as shit let them have this 😂

Nah, it's always whatever pops out when the 1st grandkid viciously mispronounces her name. 😂

I did..lol

You do actually, in fact you can choose your own legal name so why not parental titles?

Yes you do lol. You can introduce yourself as whatever you want, even to your grandkids. If I was Elizabeth and I wanted to start going by Liz that’s what I’d introduce myself as. Actually, used to go by a nickname I didn’t like. So I asked people to stop using it and call me something else and they did.

My grandma is “Babo” (Bulgarian)

Why did I go to google translate lol

I called my grandmother "Bubby". She was Czech.

N I K K I I call mine Nëna (Albanian)

In polish we call it “Bapcha” (idk if I spelt it right)

That is a very clever name.

My mother is a Honey. That's been her grandmother name for 34 years.

@Crystalized Reader That's what happened to my mom, as well. My cousin's young son started calling her Honey because he heard my father calling her that. :D

I just had my first grandbaby and I chose my grandmother name to be Honey. My mom wanted it when my niece was born and my sister hated it so she chose Mimi. I took it for my own. I'd never heard it either but whats funny is, after my grandsons father decided to claim him we found out his mom, who's already a grandmother, is called Honey. Sooooo now he's got 2 Honeys.

That’s what we call my grandmother! I never knew there were other “Honeys” out there :)

That's also the name of a candy store in my area. (Lolli and Pops)

Mom Cat22 My friend isn’t from Texas but that’s what she calls one set of grandparents and I think the others are oma and opa

Mom Cat22 , you win for best names !

Amen to the Ma'am......its a Southern thing for sure.

Both my grandmothers were named Jaqueline!

My grandma is called Elizabeth haha!

My mom had a Grandmother whose name was Daisy Mae and everyone of course called Grandmother. She called my mom Sharon Anne so my mom called her Granny. It was a mutual understanding lol.

that girl in okc I call mine Grandma and the other one nana (insert name)

That's quite cool.

Yesssss, or 'Lola Mami' 😂

Saint Hannah Girl named Lola: *it’s free real estate*

Same here. It was Grandma and Grandpa for my Dad's parents, and then Grandma Bobby for my mom's mom.

Me too! You add a last name or possibly first name and you’re done! That’s how I grew up.

Same here. My dad's parents were "Grandma and Grandpa LastName" and my mom's were "Grandma FirstName and Grandpa FirstName" and the fierce debates and fraught decision making over grandparent names is totally foreign and needlessly ridiculous to me. @@emeff5786

mimi = mi mi mi mi = me me me me = meme

That’s my grandma name😄

Could be worse, I got mixed up with the babysitters cat! Me: call me nana Babysitters cat: neena Me: Neenee I love my grandkids, they can call me whatever they want, it's perfect

I'm a Mimi, too.

I got an Obachan!!!

sisi saurus it’s nice in the south.

Awesome

Mine is Obachan too!

obi-wan and solo

Yes😊

Oh Erin, it's not immature. I'm sure your PopPop Loves it! My Granddaughter called her only Great Grandma, Papa Barbie. None of us know why she chose to say Papa, but it stuck. Now, even tho she's passed on, we all call her Papa Barbie. 😍

As long as you and PopPop are good with it, doesn’t really matter what your aunt thinks!😜 I always worked hard at especially showing my love to a few family members who are like your aunt, so they see that I’m gonna love them no matter how negative they are… so you go!!!🙏❤️

I love this so much. 🥲

I had a GG although I didn't see her much and she passed when I was little. RIP

My condolences ❤️🙏

Hetanekoloid15 too long

I like it!