How do I shorten my grandma?

Gram. “Gram” and “Grams” are common nicknames for a grandmother.
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What's another nickname for grandma?

Grandma, granny, nana, or mimi; there are many names that can be applied to the family matriarch.
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Is it MeMa or Mima?

MeMa (Meema, MeMaw, Mimaw) MeMo (MeeMo, Mimo) MeeMee (MeMe, MiMi) Mima (Mimma)
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What does Mimi mean Grandma?

Children in France may call their grandmothers Gra-mere, Mémé, and Mamé. Quebec: Mémé and Mamie are most often used by French Canadians. Germany: Oma is one of the most popular international names for grandmothers and is often used to address grandmothers with no German heritage.
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What is the most popular nickname for grandmother?

The 10 most common nicknames for grandma in the United States are:
  • Granny/Grannie.
  • Nanny.
  • Mamaw.
  • Mawmaw.
  • Mimi.
  • Grandmother.
  • Memaw.
  • Abuela/Abuelita.
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Why is grandma called Nana?

Etymology. The word nan for grandma is a shortening of the word nana. Both of these words probably are child pronunciations of the word nanny. Etymonline describes this word as originating as a child's word for "female adult other than mother".
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What does Mimi mean?

Mimi is a word French people use to say that something is (really) adorable. To be mimi is to be more than cute, it's small-fluffy-kitten cute.
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Does Mi Mi mean Grandma?

According to Babycenter.com, the following are the most popular grandparent names. For grandma, we have Nana, Grammy, Granny, Mimi, Gram, Nanny, Oma, Mamaw and Gran. For grandpa, there's Papa, Granddad, Gramps, Pop-Pop, Poppy, Papaw, Pop, Opa and Pappy.
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What is a Gigi Grandma?

Courtesy of Lisa Beck. Another popular subset of unique names are those that are derived from the (most often) grandmother's first name. So Gabby McCree is Gigi. “It's an abbreviation for 'Grandma Gabby' and also my initials growing up,” she says.
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Does AMA mean Grandma?

In Chinese, amah ("grandmother") is often used as an equivalent of the English word "nanny"—the term does not refer to a wet nurse or a servant, but rather a "friend" who helps a family to raise a child.
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How do you spell Mimi for grandma?

Mimi – If you want to call your grandma “Mama”, then why not shorten it even further and use Mimi!
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What MEMA means?

Definition for the Tagalog word mema:

mema. [noun] off topic; inappropriate; (slang)
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How do you spell MEMA for grandma?

Meemaw or Maw-maw, an affectionate term for a Grandmother.
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What do the Kardashians call their grandma?

wait for it … “Lovey!” “They call me Lovey and Bruce is Grandpa,” she revealed in an interview with The Daily Mail. “At first I was Grandma, and all of a sudden I didn't like the way that sounded. My mom had a friend called Lovey and I thought that was the cutest name.”
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Does Nina mean grandmother?

You ARE naming a baby girl, little girl if you call her Nina. In Italian, Nina means little girl. My Italian grandmother, born in Italy, was named Nina as was my older sister and my daughter is named for both of them.
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What is Irish word for Grandma?

Ireland (Gaelic)

While maimeó anddaideó are the words used to address a grandmother or grandfather, there are a few different words for grandparents in Irish. For example, there are máthair chríona, which translates to “wise mother,” and athair críonna which translates to “wise father.”
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Is Nene a Grandma name?

In Turkish and other Turkic languages such as Crimean Tatar, Nene means "grandmother", and is also generally used as a nickname for elderly women. In Japanese, Nene is exclusively a feminine given name.
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What is Celtic for Grandma?

Few people know that the Irish or Gaelic word for grandmother is seanmháthair ((shan a WAW her), literally meaning "old mother." Alternate spellings include seanmhair, seanmathair and sean mathair.
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How do you spell Mimi?

Correct pronunciation for the word "Mimi" is [mˈiːmi], [mˈiːmi], [m_ˈiː_m_i].
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What is mémé grandma?

mémé f (plural mémés) (hypocoristic) Grandma, granny, nana.
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Is Mimi an Italian name?

Nearly any of the Mary names could be shortened to Mimi, but a few seem to scream for the short form. Maria – Some connect Mimi with Italy, and Maria is the preferred form of Maria used in Italian. There's no shortage of Maria nicknames – Mia also has possible roots with the Italian Maria – but Mimi works.
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What do you call your grandma in Italy?

Nonna is the Italian word for grandmother. Nonnina is a term of endearment meaning "little grandmother." Occasionally, nonnina will be shortened to nonni, but nonni is also the word for grandparents plural.
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Is Papa a grandpa or dad?

Grandpapa is an informal word for grandfather—the father of a person's parent. A much more common synonym is grandpa. The word papa is an informal way to say father and is much more commonly used. Grandpapa should be capitalized when it's used as a proper name, as in Please tell Grandpapa that I miss him.
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What is the origin of MEMA?

The name Mema is primarily a female name of Spanish origin that means Industrious.
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