In honor of this weekend’s upcoming Grandparents’ Day, we’re celebrating our parents and our parents’ parents — because let’s be real, there’s nobody quite like them. Maybe your kids’ grandparents are fun, stern, goofy, whatever, but they’re more than likely hella wise. Because grandparents have been around the block more than once, which also means they can give fantastic advice — even when it’s the unsolicited kind. After all, isn’t “grandparenting” all the connection, excitement and love they had with their own kids without the stress? One thing that’s not super-fun about grandparents? Feeling the pressure to come up with something else to call them — you know, a grandparent name that’s not “grandma” or “grandpa” like seemingly everybody else.
But luckily, those aren’t legally binding names (surprise!) and the good news is that you, your kids and your parents can collab on a set of perfect grandparent nicknames everyone loves. Here are some ideas — from the worldly to the wacky.
Traditional names for grandma
- Abuelita (Spanish for “grandmother”)
- Bubbie (Yiddish for “grandmother”)
- Gran
- Gram
- Gammie
- Mimsy
- Nan
- Nana (likely an Italian influence, from the Italian “nonna”)
- Nanny
- Nonni (likely from a shortening of the Italian “nonnina,” which means “little grandmother”)
Traditional names for grandpa
- Bobo
- Pa
- Papa
- Pappoús (Greek for grandfather, pronounced “pa-poosch”)
- PapPap
- Pop
- Poppa
- PopPop
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