Nan/Nana/Nanny

I used not to like nanny, but it was what my little Gdd called me until she was over 2, so it became very sweet. She now calls me Granny.
Dh (Grandpa) was Ba-pa for a long time, and that's what little Gds 21 months now calls him. He hasn't got around to any consistent name for me, but I don't mind since he wants lots of cuddles anyway.

I'm granna, bit of both as I didn't like granny or nana

I'm grandma or gran . Would hate to be called granny nanny or nan . But each to thier own heh ?

I am a nana by choice, but growing up I only had a great grandma who died when I was 9. Both my grandmothers and a granddad died from TB in the 1930's.

I only had one Granny the other and both my grandfathers died before I was born. I am thrilled to be a Granny and my husband is Papa. We don’t care how old it sounds. It’s a real privilege.

I had a granny and a Nan and they both came from Bristol,my mum was Nan to my children but to my grandchildren I am Grandma or Granny ?

All the grandmothers in my own family have been Granny or Grandma and all in DH's family had been Nanna. I just couldn't be anything other than Granny so as DDIL's family are also known as Granny when talking about us we have the place we live tacked on to avoid confusion. It is the only time I have represented my country!

Sometimes the decision is made by the grandchildren as was the case with friends. The first little GC called her 'Cranny' and so her DH became 'Nook'. The latter name clearly invented by the child's parents. Nook and Cranny always made me smile.

When my DIL was pregnant her mother collared me and asked whether I would prefer to be Grandma or Granny. There was a lot of “I really don’t mind. How about you?” conversation, but she insisted I have first choice, so I chose Grandma because I rather preferred my own grandma to my granny. Grandma and Granny we have remained. Nobody mentioned Nan/Nana/Nanny, luckily. I would have refused to be called any of those. I just don’t like them.

I'm Nan to all my grandchildren and love it. It's so much less ageing than Granny.

I had a Nana but my GC call me Grandma as the in laws got in there first with Nanny. It doesn't bother me though - there's a certain je ne sais quoi to being called Grandma!!!

To Cherrytree59:
Yes, my 18month old elder granddaughter has started calling me mam-ma (grandma.) It's unbelievably lovely.

I called my grandmothers Nanna,
My children called my mother Nanna
My grandchildren call me Nanna. (We are still trying to find a name for them for my mother, though.)

I thought people only called their grandmothers "Granny" in books.

I chose grandma, because my eldest granddaughter (18months) has six cousins on her father's side who call his mother nanny. She is slim and short and I'm.....neither, and I feared I would end up being called "Big Nanny." I really wanted to be called nonna, but my children all thought that would be wildly pretentious (we're not Italian.) The only grandchild who can talk now calls me mam-ma. Which sounds Italian.

My own grandparents were Granny, Grandma, and Grandad. My grandchildren all call me Mammar and refer to me as the Mammar with cats, so as not to confuse them with their other Mammar who cuts nails - she's a Chiropodist. My husband is Grandad, but when the children were very young he was Gangang

I’m Nan. I never had any grandparents so no precedent. My children’s only grandmother wanted them to use her name as she felt too young to be a grandmother. I like Nan.

Two of my DGS call me Nanna Maggie. When the little one gets excited it often becomes Nagger Maggie, which my family members seem to find amusing. I’ve no idea why.

Both my GMs were Nanna (it was Yorkshire as well!) followed by the surname. My mum was Nanna and still alive when my GCs were born so I became Granny so as not to cause any confusion

I am Granny. Both my grandmothers were Nana when I was growing up. My MIL wanted to be Grandma to my children but I always said I would hate to be called that.

As a child I used to be very confused with the poem (Little Boy kneels) from 'When we are young', where he can see 'nanna's dressing gown on the door......' Could never understand why his grandmothers dressing gown would be on the door of his room!!!
My mother was Nanna to my children (my hubbie's mum Grandma), so when my eldest. g.child was born it was felt that (for my children) there was only one Nanna - although she was long dead by them), so I became Grandma., and have remained so for all my g.children.
It is very normal when I am out with them for someone else to refer to me as Nanna to them.

Definitely there are class differences! I live in an area where there is a dialect word for grandfathers - so you can tell who the 'incomers' are! The grandmothers are nearly all 'nanny' with a few 'Nannas' which seems fairly widespread. The children who lived in the 'big houses' has Grandmas and grandpas!

When I was 19, my flatmate became an auntie. I can still recall her mother, saying in a very posh voice 'A nanny is either a goat or a woman employed to care for children. I am neither'. I found it upsetting and a bit tactless, as my own much loved Nanny had just died. Not long ago, my friend confessed ( having waited until she thought I would laugh at it) that her mother had been concerned about the flat-share, as I was 'a bit common'.
I did laugh, as I've been 'middle class' for most of my adult life!

My father’s parents both died long before I was born so I only had one set of grandparents, Nana and Gramps.

My own mother decided she would be Granny, but my children called her Gan-gan, later shortened to Gan.

My granddaughter calls me Nana and it’s music to my ears. Her name for my late DH was ‘Gammy’ as she couldn’t get her tongue around grandpa.

Maltese children call their grandparents Nanna and Nannu, similar to the Italian Nanna and Nonno.

I think it may be partly a regional thing. My sister's Scottish MiL was always Nanny, my S England mother was Granny. At least you knew who you were talking about.

My Gdcs have two grannies, so they have to add Granny X or Y. But they have a Grandpa and a Granddad, so no need to differentiate.

When my siblings and I where young we always had a Nannie & Grandpa.
All my DGCs call me Nana my choice of title as I felt too young when my first DGS was born to be called Grandma.

I grew up in the East Mids and Nanny, Nann-arr and Mamm-arr were very popular titles.
Grandma and granny were rarely used.

My Nana was a Yorkshire woman too!