It seems like trying to pick the name your grandkids will call you is a big topic -- so here are a bunch of grandparent names. Email
me to add your grandparent name to the list!
Garrimay/Mamaay/Momu - Australia
Aboriginal (Paternal Grandmother)
Bestefa - Danish
Tutu-wahini - Hawaiian
Paati - Tamil (Indian)
I love your site... I am from
Sweden, and I saw your list of grandparents name calling.. In Sweden
we call the the grandparents on the fathers side : Farfar and Farmor
( fathers father & fathers mother) and on the mothers side it's :
Morfar and Mormor (mothers father & morhers mother) Thanks again for
a perfect site... Mia in Sweden
Article:
Just Call Me Oma by Jodi M. Webb
The new grandparent monikers
Gathered in a box is the collection of greeting cards
that chart my oldest daughter's life. Birthday, holiday, graduation
cards: I've kept them all. A closer look at the earliest ones, though,
reveals yet another journey.
