What do you call your Grandfather?

By Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
Gold Coast, Australia
April 11, 2007 8:48am CST
There are some funny and quite interesting names we use to call our grandparents, and I am curious if any of you have some strange names for them. We always called our Grandfather "Postdad". The reason being that he worked for the Post Office as a postman; He must have got called that all his life, because my mother and her brothers all called him that too, not Dad!
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jennifer611
@jennifer611 (2514)
• United States
11 Apr 07
I just call my grandfather "grandpa".. but I have a neice who has always called her grandfather "bumpa", now everyone calls him that.. and then another neice of mine calls my mothers husband John "Papa John" which was funny because of the pizza place papa johns...
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carlaabt
@carlaabt (3504)
• United States
11 Apr 07
My nieces call my dad Papa John, too. Their cousin from the other side always teases them about eating pizza if they say they are going to Papa John's.
Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
12 Apr 07
How come your niece calls her grandfather "bumpa'? It would be interesting to find out how this name happened; it's one I haven't heard before. Thanks for your response.
weemam
@weemam (13372)
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15 Apr 07
I always called my granddad papa , I don't remember why really , my boys call my Dad Papa too because I loved my Papa so much I wanted to kep his name going , My grandchildren call mu husband granddad because my oldest boy thought 2 papas would be confusing ( quite right too ) my Grandchildren call My Mum big Nanny and I am wee Nanny , it looks more confusing than it it lol xx
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Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
16 Apr 07
Aww, Papa is such a lovely name to call your granddad. Our grandkids call my hubby Poppa (the ones that live in the States), which is also a cute name for granddad. They call me Nana.
JashleyB
@JashleyB (1441)
• United States
11 Apr 07
I call mine Papa. Guess that's not very different though. :)
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Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
12 Apr 07
I think Papa is a lovely name for a grandfather. Our grandchildren call my husband Poppa, which I think is a nice name for him. Thanks for your response.
kathy77
@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
11 Apr 07
Yes I have heard some funny names for grandfathers as well, no I do not have a strange name that I used to refer to my grandfathers as and I called my grandfathers "Pop" both of them and if I was talking about them then I would also add their surname.
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Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
12 Apr 07
It's interesting to find out the different names we use for our grandparents, and where they came from, and why. I like Pop - our grandchildren call my husband Poppa which I think is really cute. They call me Nana. Thanks for sharing Kathy.
bestisyettocome
@bestisyettocome (1531)
• United States
11 Apr 07
My sisters and I, and even my mom and dad called our grandfather "Pop". Our friends even called him Pop. I can't remember why this is.
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Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
12 Apr 07
Pop is a very popular name for grandfather, and a nice one. It's funny how even our friends use the same name for our grandparents that we do! Everyone in our family called my grandfather Postdad, even my mother (his daughter), and all my friends. I think he was known throughout the whole town as that!
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
11 Apr 07
ahaha that's funny Postdad? maybe better "beforedad" :) I never see my grand dad and not close to my grandma. but my siblings call her Omma, while we call our mom Momma. Not sure why we call her that, but that's just how we call her and our mother language is not english.
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Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
12 Apr 07
Yes, "Postdad" is a funny name for grandfather, but everyone in our family called him that, even my mother! Omma is different too, out of the ordinary and very nice. Thanks for sharing LittleMel.
Melody_Maker
@Melody_Maker (105)
• United States
11 Apr 07
I call my grandfather "Dida" which is Croatian for Grandpa
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Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
12 Apr 07
That is an interesting name for your grandfather "Dida". I like that one. Thanks for responding.