re: Most unique grandparent names (what their grandkids call them) you&#39;ve heard of?

Posted by GreenRockTiger

vortex to the whirlpool of despair

Member since Jun 2020

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Posted on 11/22/25 at 6:25 pm to SuperSaint

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im in my forties

Posted by greygoose

Member since Aug 2013

13978 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 6:42 pm to Ghost of Colby

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Big Mama

That's what all my step-grandkids call my wife. She loves it.

Posted by midlothianlsu

Midlothian, Texas

Member since Oct 2009

1766 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 6:45 pm to Sull

Friends are Rah-Rah (the grandma) and Boom-Pa (grandpa). They chose those names, not a kid.

Posted by CWS91

Baton Rouge

Member since Nov 2005

1159 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 6:46 pm to Sull

Mine were Mere & Pere
French

Posted by CWS91

Baton Rouge

Member since Nov 2005

1159 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 6:46 pm to Sull

Mine were Mere & Pere
French

Posted by Sugarbaker

Peachtree

Member since Jun 2023

539 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:11 pm to Sull

My son called my dad Sport.

Before my boy could talk my dad would say “Whats up, Sport?” upon seeing him. So when my son first started talking he would yell “Sport!!” whenever he saw my dad. It stuck and he called Dad that for 24 years.

This post was edited on 11/22/25 at 7:13 pm

Posted by Chris_topher

Member since Sep 2012

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Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:18 pm to Sugarbaker

Posted by Penrod

Member since Jan 2011

51671 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:38 pm to Sull

A young woman I know told me her dad was Atti, for attitude. I like that.

Posted by dimestore3

Member since Mar 2012

16 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:42 pm to kywildcatfanone

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Mamaw

GOAT name. And you have to make sure there is no inadvertent pronouncement of the W after the first “Ma”

ETA: Duck

This post was edited on 11/22/25 at 7:45 pm

Posted by TDcline

American Gardens building 11th flor

Member since Aug 2015

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Posted on 11/22/25 at 7:45 pm to Sull

Abuelo & Nani

Posted by shspanthers

Nashville, TN

Member since Sep 2007

879 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:17 pm to Sull

Opp for a grandfather I know. My ex MiL is Galey (pronounced Gay-lee), but for a short time, when the grandson was two or so and she was trying to teach him to call her Galey, he started calling her Gaynut. I prayed that would stick, but it didn’t.

Posted by dallastigers

Member since Dec 2003

9365 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:21 pm to Sull

Sittie or Sitti

Posted by Lexis Dad

Member since Apr 2025

4536 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:22 pm to Sull

My wife's grandma(RIP) went by "Fron-Fron"

Posted by rltiger

Metairie

Member since Oct 2004

1815 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:25 pm to Sull

Mumsey and Dockie.

Posted by SammyTiger

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since Feb 2009

78068 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:34 pm to rltiger

I call my grandma Dink/Dinkle

Posted by saintkenn

Saintkenn

Member since Nov 2012

1249 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:45 pm to SammyTiger

I'm K-Pop and my wife is Cookie

Posted by SammyTiger

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since Feb 2009

78068 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:46 pm to saintkenn

Is it because K= Grand?

Posted by Tigahs24Seven

Charlie Kirk's America

Member since Nov 2007

14365 posts

Posted on 11/22/25 at 9:51 pm to Sull

My niece's grandmother on their mother's side, wanted to be called "Grandmother". Well, Grandmother came out "Mundar" on the first grandkid, she is Mundar to this day to every grandchild she has.
Love it.