What Name Do You Use For Your Parents?

[forHISglory]

I call my folks Mom and Dad. My mom called her parents Mother and Daddy. My dad called his parents Momma and Dad.

I've known people who called their parents Ma and Pa, or Mama and Papa, or Mommy and Daddy. Some call their parents by their first names.

I always called my grandparents Grandma and Grandpa. But where I live now, it seems to be very common for the grandparents to be called Nana and Papa.

Just wondering........... What do you call your parents? Grandparents? Any family traditions on that? Are some names more cultural or regionally oriented?

On a slightly different note....... It's tradition in my family to call the daughters of the family "Sis" and the boys were called "Bub". (We all had real first and middle names, but in the family we were called Sis and Bub). My son carried this on and calls my granddaughter "Sissy" and the boys are called "Bubby."

[FrugalWitch]

For my family I use Momma and I called my step-father Dad (he died 6 years ago) I called my grandparents on Momma's side Ninny and Poppa.

I was forced to call my step-grandparents Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw. (they were two of the most hateful people I've ever had the misfortune to know...calling them anything galled me)

For my first set of in-laws it was Momma (last name) and Pappy.

I call my current MIL Mrs. (last name), she's never asked to be called anything else. I called DH's dad Mr. (last name), he died over a year ago. They evidently prefer the formal.

My first husband called my parents Mr and Mrs. (last name) for 17 years despite their asking him to be less formal.

DH calls my mother Momma. He calls his own mother Mom. My Dad died before DH ever met me.

I look forward to seeing other answers, great question!

[Holly]

My dad was Pops and my Mother I called Maude ( her name was Ethel ).

[Lady_V]

You asked for it

My Family
My Mother - Mom
My bio-dad - was Daddy, then his first name
My other dad - first name, then Dad, then just 'him' (he no longer deserved my respect, or a name)
Mom's Parents - Grampa (Grandmother passed before I was born)
Bio's Parents -I didn't call them anything, they scared the heck out of me, and I haven't seen them since I was 4 or so.
'his' parents - Granny and Mac (I absolutely loved them, still confuses me as to how 2 wonderful people gave genes to 'him')

My daughter's names
Me - Momma
Ex - Big Dad (he's a body builder)
Old Man - Daddy
My Mom and her fiance - MieMie & Poppie
Ex's parents - Nana & Papa
Old Man's parents - Gramma and Granpa Memphis (thats where they live )
Old Mans G-GP - Gramma Arkansas & PawPaw

Ex's Family
parents - Mother and Dad
Dad's parents - Nonna & Nonno
Mom's Parents - Grandma & Grandma

Old Man's Family
parents - Ma & Dad
Ma's parents - Grandmother & PawPaw (he was the first grandchild and the only grandchild allowed to call him that before DD)

[joyofsix]

I called my mother Mom when older and mama when younger. My father is pop. My grandparents were grandma and grandpa. My dh called his mother ma and his father dad. My own kids are like me, mama or mom and dad. They call my father pawpaw and his wife grandma. Oh and we do the Sis and Bub thing too.

[krissyre]

My kids call us Mama and Daddy.

I call my parents Mom and Dad (or sometimes Daddy-o... it used to bug him, and now it's become a pet name). DH's parents died before I ever met them.

I called my maternal grandparents Nana and Papa, and my paternal grandmother Gram. My paternal grandfather died before I was born. I was fortunate enough that the three grandparents I had known were all still living until about 5 years ago.

So, when it came time for my mom to choose what my kids would call her, the names Nana and Gram were already taken. So she chose Nonnie. I thought Grandma would have been nice, but she said that "Grandma" was for old ladies. She thought Nonnie sounded "younger". LOL. Anyway, my dad couldn't care less about that kind of thing, so he got stuck with Grandpa.

[seadream]

My parents are Mom & Dad

My grandparents were Grandmom & Grandpop, and Nanny & Pop-Pop

[LexTysMommy]

I call my mom ....mom. I called my dad...dad. My kids call me mom and their dad..dad.

They call my mom grandma and my exs mom grandma doris and exs dad grandpa.

I called my grandma..grandma ( i only knew one) I called my grandpa..grandpa ( only one here too) I called great grandparents maw maw and paw paw.


I have daycare kids and I hear the weirdest names. Noni, nana, poipoi, poppie, ma, anything you can think of.

[McD]

I call my parents mom and dad or daddy. I call Zac parents and step parents by their first name with the exception of his stepdad who I call Poppa.

I call all grandparents Gramma and Grampa.

Wesley calls Zac and I mommy and daddy. He calls Zac's mom and stepdad gramma and poppa. All the rest of the grandparents he calls gramma and grampa.

[Michelle]

I call my parents Mom & Dad. Sometimes I call my dad "pop" and my mom "moms" as sort of their cutesy nicknames from me.

My kids call them Mimi & Papa. I used to call my grandmother and grandfather the same, so there is some tradition there.

Kathryn & Lauren still call us Mommy (pronounced "Mummy") & Daddy, though Kathryn will usually cal me Mom around her friends

[forHISglory]

Talked to a friend about this and she reminded me of the people who call the grandparents "Mee-Maw" and "Pee-Paw."

My grandma went by "GG" to her great grandkids. When they were little they couldn't quite get their tongues wrapped around "Great Grandma", so they just resorted to "GG". She loved it! When some people heard it, they thought her name was actually Gigi!

[Neeley]

Okay here goes....

My mom: Momma
My dad: Daddy, or G
My step-mom: Nanny

My dad's mom: Mammie (passed away in 1989)
My dad's dad: Pappy
My dad's step-mom: Grandma Dot

My mom's mom: Granny
My mom's step-dad: Pappa
My mom's dad: Granddaddy
My mom's step-mom: Granny Helen
My mom's other step-dad(the one my granny was married to while my mom was growing up. He and his current wife are still a part of our family.) He is Pappa Charles.
Pappa Charles' wife: Grandma Mo-mie(pronounced Moe Me).

My Pappa's parents were very prim and proper. They were Great Grandmother and Great Grandfather.

DH's parents are Ken(or sometimes I call him Granddaddy) and Sandy. DH calls them Momma and Daddy.

Our kids call us Momma and Daddy.

They call all of my grandparents the same thing I call them. All of them are still alive except my one grandmother that died in 1989.

They call my mom "Maw-Maw", my dad "Paw-Paw", and my step-mom is "Nanny". DH parents are Grandma and Granddaddy.

[champagnium]

My parents: Mum and Ian (my stepdad)
My mum's parents: Nanny & Grandad
My dad's parents: Nanny Emily & Grampie John
DFH's Grandparents: Grammie & Paul
his dad's mother is Irene
My best friends' grandparents: Nanny and Papa LOL

My parents go by Nana & Pops to my nieces.... it was either Pops or Marmite for my step dad :S LOL

[mom2matty]

I call my Mom.........Mom. I called my Dad..........Dad, Daddy or Pops. My kids call my Mom........Grandmama and they called my Dad.........Papa.

The kids call dh and I....Mom and Dad but sometimes I hear Mommy!

[cab54]

Dad--Dad
Mom and stepdad---Mom and Marv
Grandparents (when alive) grandma and grandpa 'last name'.

Stepmother when I had one---Beelzebub.