When I first announced to the world that I was going to be grandmother, one of the first questions was “What is going to be your grandmother name?” Hmmm…. I hadn’t considered what it should be. There are a myriad of choices. After careful consideration, I felt that I should first eliminate the names that were already in use by friends and family. So that eliminated some really cute names: Grammie, Mimi, Gigi, Nannie… Then, I thought, it should be fairly easy for Grandgirl to pronounce.
Dear Husband prefers to be called Grandpa, but although Grandma is a fine name, it just didn’t feel like me. I began searching on the internet for inspiration. There are several websites to help you find the perfect name. Here are links to a few:
http://www.grandparents.com/family-and-relationships/grandparent-names/grandparent-names
http://www.thenewparentsguide.com/grandparents-nicknames.htm
http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/granny.html
For my boys, both of their grandmothers were called Nannie. Not a problem originally because they lived in different towns and had not been together. Then one day Nannie visited Nannie at her home. Nannie was holding my oldest son in her arms as we said good-bye to Nannie. Confusing, I know… It was to my son, also. He looked back and forth from one to the other then renamed them Big Nannie (who was 5′ 10″ tall) and Little Nannie (who was 5′ 5″ tall). The names stuck and both were called by their new names from then on.
Then I had the inspired idea of creating a blog about my journey into Grandmotherhood, so I began trying to think of names to call this blog. After thinking of and rejecting many names, I settled on The Nana Theory. So, I will be Nana.
Of course, as we all know, as Grandgirl grows and begins to talk, she may have another idea for what to call me. And, whatever it is, it will be perfect.
