Family Names in Social Genealogy and Family History: Grandparents

Family Names in Social Genealogy and family History: Grandparents

Family Names in Social Genealogy and Family History: Grandparents

What do you (or did you) call your grandparents?

Have you ever thought of this social genealogy question and how interesting it is that so many people call their grandparents by different names, not to mention how interesting those names can be?

Well, I do; that’s why I decided to ask this social genealogy question on social media! I wanted to see just how many variations of grandmother and grandfather were floating around out there! Of course, this is just a small sample, with only about 225 comments, but still very interesting! 😉

Here are the responses I had to grandfather:

• Grandpa
• Grampa
• Granpa
• Gramps
• Granddad
• Grandad
• Zedo (Slavic)
• Pappy
• Grandpap
• Pop
• Papa
• Poppa
• First Name
• PawPaw
• Poppy
• Dadun
• Pop Pop
• Pop Pop with last name
• Grandpa with last name
• Papa with last name
• Papaw
• Papaw with first name
• Grandpap with last name
• Grampy
• Pudgy
• PapPap
• Granddaddy
• Big Daddy
• Pap
• Poppsy
• Boompa (Finland)
• Grand Dad
• Poppo
• Papa with first name
• Gramp
• Dziadzi (Polish)
• Papap
• Pampa
• Gampy
• Pipi
• Pipaw
• Crampa
• Pepaw
• Little Grandpa with last name
• Grandpa with dog’s name (Haha!)

Here are the responses I had to grandmother:

• Grandma
• Gramma/Grama
• Grandmother
• Teelie (form of her last name)
• Little Grandma
• Grammy
• Big Mama
• Little Grandma with last name
• MomMom
• Mimi
• Yia-Yia
• Granny/Grannie
• Gammie
• Mimi
• Mimaw
• Grandma with last name
• Noonie
• Gramma Grape (always had grapes, haha!)
• Big Granny
• Grandma with first name
• Grandma with dog’s name (haha!)
• Nanny
• Memere
• Nana
• Gram
• Gramma
• Gammie
• Granmaw
• Happy Grandma (because she was always happy…haha, love it!)
• Grandma Mom (because her mom always called out, Mom!, When they went there…haha, love it!)
• Mother
• Biggie (short for Big Mama)
• Mom
• Gramps (haha!)
• DeDe (even though her name was Anna 😉)
• Oma​

So, there were names anywhere from the standard to the unusual! It was a fun question to ask, and it was fun to see all the different names that people use to call their grandparents by!


Interactive Questions:
What do you think of the names on the list? Do you use any of these? What do you or (did you) call your grandparents? I’d love to read your comments below!
 
*I may try to update this list with the counts for each, later!
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More Social Genealogy and Family History Questions:
Come read more of my social genealogy questions and their results under the Social Genealogy and Family History category. (More coming very shortly 😉)
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