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How about "Nana first name?"

What about Nana X with the first initial of her first name instead?

I don't have too much experience with "greats", my own was "Great Nana", and my kids only have one living great-grandmother and she goes by Gram (which is different than MIL, her daughter, who goes by Grandma).

We just said "Great Nana"

Ours was a little bit more confusing because my grandfather was Jaja and my dad wanted to also be a Jaja. However, my grandmother was Bushi and my mom didn't want to be a Bushi, she is GiGi. So the kids refer to the greats as "Great Jaja" and "Great Bushi" even though there isn't a younger Bushi Jr.

LO has three grandmas- Nana, Mimi, and Gigi. A friend's LOs call her MIL RahRah, which I love! Some others: grandma, Uma, Gemma.

GiGi!

I think we'll have DD call the great-grandparents the same thing we call them.

I like the previous suggestion of Nana ___..

@Veggie: I asked because it was fun for the grands to get excited about something that was just for them. Although I hear that once the child starts talking they really decide what the grand is called.

I like the first name option. My husband's grandfather has always gone by Grandpa, but that is my dad's grandparent name, too, so my dad is Grandpa and the great granddad is Grandpa Charlie.

My grandmother was Big Nana. My husband's grandmother was Gigi, we just lost Gigi last week. Whatever you decide, what a blessing to have this special person for your child! My son has some memories of Big Nana but was quite close to Gigi. It's really special.

My Nana goes by Nana the great to all the greats in the family. Not sure who started it but it has stuck.

Sometimes the kids will choose their own name for a grandparent. DS calls my MIL regular grandma. Don't know where he came up with that!

In my family our son called them nana/granny/ etc first name.

DS calls both great grandmas "great grandma". When I was younger, I called my great grandparents GG grandma and GG grandpa.

We just call them "Great Grammy Lastname". Technically the "Grammy" is spelled differently for each grandmother, but spoken aloud, it sounds the same. And then there's one "Nona." But I think you should go with whatever your grandmother wants to be called.

@jennlin821: GrandnaNA!! Perfect! As long as LO agrees!