What's in a grandparent name? A lot of meaning, I think.
My four grandparents were split in the name department. My dad's parents were Nana and Papa, simple, loving grandparent names that fit their traditional sensibilities.
My mom's parents were a little different. My grandfather was H.B., his first and middle name initials.
It was a perfect name for a man of great dignity who really knew how to
make a granddaughter feel special. As a kid I felt like I was in on a
little secret because I knew what those two letters stood for....
My grandmother, who died this past weekend, was Gaga, a name that captured her wildly creative streak. There's just no way that this woman would be a "Grandma" or a "Granny," and I wouldn't have it any other way. Imagine my delight when I discovered a brand of (delicious) sherbet called Gaga's, named for the founder's grandmother. There is another....
What were your grandparents' grand-names? Did they chose their names, or did grandkids' nicknames stick?
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Monday June 29, 2009
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My son tried to call my mom Abuela but it came out Lela. The name has stuck for over 25 years and she loves it. When I was growing up my grandmother was Abuela Juana or Doña Juana. My grandfather was Abuelo.
My granddaughter calls me Grammy. She calls her other grandmother Bella, because she couldn't say Abuela. She calls her grandfather Bello and the other one Papa. We called my mom's parents Grammy and Grampy, and my father's parents Ma'tere and Papa Chello. My children called my parents Papa Jose and Nonnie and their other grandparents Grandma Millie and Grandpa Bob
My granddaughter started calling me Mawmaw, now it has changed into Memaw and my husband is Pawpaw. Her other grandmother is Mawmaw Faye. It was left up to her. I called my grandparents--Granny Willie and Granny Polly, Grandpa, and Papa. This was who they were in my heart. My husband's mother has been Nannie since she had her first grandchild--now this is all we call her. I really don't care what my grandchildren call me, as long as they know who I am and that they can call on me anytime!
MY mother was big mama because my first niece figured if the other was little mama then mine must be the opposite.It has stuck until she died 6 years ago.
when i was growin up we called my great grandmother, whose name was dollie, "great dollie". my oldest brother came up with it when he was little and it stuck. every one in the family called her that.
we called my other great grandparents grandma & grandpa phillips. phillips was there last name.
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