My Grandpa, was just Grandpa.īabsie/Papa Bear: My mother’s name is Barbara and my father is just a big guy who gives great bear hugs….īabushka: I think it means Grandmother in Ukraine or another language. My mom named her grandmother Bamboo, and it stuck with us great-grandchildren too. My other grandma, let me name her, and at 4 months, Baba came out…she is English so no ethnic relationship. My Babcia was 100% Polish and this is the name for Grandma. I grew up with a Babcia, a Baba, a Bamboo, and a Grandpa. It is, however, more difficult for our older g-child to explain to her Iowa friends what Babci and Dziadzio mean, than say, in ethnic Chicago!!! Hubby’s sister in Indianapolis adopted Bunia for herself with her g-children, and so it continues… Are your eyes glazed over yet?īabcia and DziaDiza– These are Polish for grandma and grandpa It is a lot easier to have Babci and Dziadzio on one side, and Grandma and Grandpa on the other ( our SIL is from good, Iowa stock).
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So I became Babci (it is even on my license plates!) and Hubby became Dziadzio.
When our first g-child was born, we pondered, as Busia (which signifies “old” to me) and Bunia were taken. As both families lived far apart, it worked. I was always told that Baba was Ukrainian and Babchi was Russian.īabci & Dziadzio: Hubby and I are each 100% Polish, and when we had our first, his Mom was already called Busia ( again an Americanized version of Babcia), and my Mom became Bunia, a shortening of the derivative Babunia. We always called my grandmother Babchi (bop-chee) or Baba (Bah-bah) and my grandfather was Dadju (Dah-jooh). Sometimes I just call my Baba Bubs.īabchi/Dadju: My Grandmother and Grandfather were from the Ukraine. It’s from the Polish/Ukrainian background. Everyone loved the name and when she had grandchildren of her own they called her At Mrs Mary too.īa-Ba When I was little I couldn’t say Pa-Pa so I ended up calling my grandpa Ba-Ba and it just stuck.īaba & Gigi: I call them Baba and Gigi. So now my stepmother is both an aunt and a grandma.Īt Mrs Mary: When my brother was 1 or so he was in day care where he had a Mrs Mary, our father’s sister was also Mary and soon became At Mrs Mary (He couldn’t say Aunt). I am thinking of being called Apple by my first grandchild as i am a granny smith!.Īuntie-Gramma: because I married my stepmother’s brother and we bred (LOL). My mom loves the name!Īnya: Pronounced like “onion” without the “n”, this is supposedly based on a Hungarian word for “grandmother.” My mother called her grandmother by this name, and so did all of her great-grandchildren. I really happen to like the names, i beats calling them Grandma or Grandpa ( insert last name).Īmmo: My son calls my mother “Ammo”, because he tried to say “Grandma” and couldn’t. She derived the names from lord of the rings when one of the Elves were talking.
My ingenous 11 year old sister-in-law came up with the names “Amma”– for the Grandmother and “Adda” for the Grandfather. Recently we had our first son, and my in-laws wanted to know what they should be called. They call my mother butter-butt because while they were camping, she backed into a trash basket and got a butter wrapper stuck on her butt.Īmi: I called my mother’s mother Ami, pronounced as in the French “mon amis”, I don’t know what it came from. It is short for “Abuelito” which is a diminutive for “Abuelo” which is grandfather in SpanishĪll Right Lou - When my husband was a very small boy, he was always greeted by his jazz-playing grandfather with a “Gimme Five!……All Riiiight!” - Thus, he soon became All Right Lou.Īlvin and Butter-butt: My daughters started calling my father Alvin because they thought he had puffy cheeks like Alvin the singing chipmunk. The name came from baby talk by one of the cousins.Īito: My grandkids call me Aito (Ah-ee-toh). It just stuck.Ībi-Gabi – All the grandkids in my ex’s family used that name for their grandmother. I always called my grandma AAAH ! because I could not say ABUELA (We’re Spanish) My Grandpa was PAAAAAH ! I Guess I couldn’t say PAPA. Most every unusual name has a real story behind it…see what we mean below… If it were me, I think I’d have figured a way, but I guess this just speaks to the enormous love this grandmom has for her granddaughter. She said that she would not change that name for anything because it came directly from her precious granddaughter. Now, this is a very chic and beautiful woman. We know a grandmom who’s nickname is “Dumpy”. Many times, the names literally come from the mouth’s of babes and they stick. Grandparent names come a very wide array.
According to Name Nerd, the most popular nicknames for grandparents are Bubbe, Nana, Grandma, Granny, Gran, Gram, Grammy, Papa, Grandpa, Granda, Granddad, Gramps.
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