Cool Grandparent Names

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Looking for inspiration for cool grandma names and grandpa names? Check out this list of over 175 grandparent name ideas to help you on your search for a hipper grandparent nickname.

Below you’ll find different style of grandma nicknames and grandpa alternatives. For each, there are more traditional style names, trendy and fun grandparent names, unique name ideas and then some global inspiration from languages around the world.

Let’s check out the grandparent nicknames!

Grandma Names

Let’s kick off the list with grandma nicknames. These are fun and fresher grandma name ideas to match the more youthful feel of older generations today (because we’re not aging like its the 1980’s anymore!).

To make the name list more readable, I’ve broken the names into groups: traditional grandma names, cool and fresh grandmother nicknames, unique name ideas and then some inspiration from around the world.

Traditional Names

1. Gram/Grams
2. Gran
3. Grammy
4. Nanny
5. Nana
6. Noni
7. Memaw
8. Granny
9. G-ma
10. Grand-mama
11. Mawmaw
12. Gaga
13. Maw (a grandma nickname with Golden Girl vibes)
14. Nan
15. Grand-mimi
16. Mom-mom (a grandmother nickname in the mid-Atlantic region like Pennsylvania)
17. Gran-gran
18. Grandmommy
19. Gan / Gan-Gan
20. Gamma
21. Grandmom
22. Gaga
23. Mumsy
24. Grand-lady
25. G

Trendy Grandma Names

26. Mimi
27. Zanni (the grandma nickname of Suzanne Summers)
28. Glamma (a name popularized by the famous Goldie Hawn)
29. Gigi
30. Nini (the word for grandmother in Sudanese)
31. Anya
32. Yaya
33. Honey (the grandma nickname of Sharon Stone)
34. Nonna
35. Mae-mae
36. Bomma (Flemish name for grandma)
37. Gogo
38. Ommy
39. Yaya
40. Teta (Arabic nickname for grandmother)
41. Amma
42. Deedee
43. Grandy
44. Lela (a nickname for the abuela)
45. Mamo
46. Ona
47. Mimsy
48. Marmee (the name of the grandmother character in Little Women)
49. Pixie
50. Bella

Unique Grandmother Names

51. Bunny (with the cute nickname Bun-bun)
52. Babs
53. Minnie
54. Lovey (the grandma alternative used by Kris Jenner)
55. Birdie
56. Tutu (Hawaiian nickname for grandmothers)
57. Bibity
58. Lala
59. Bubba
60. Lola (Filipino name for grandmother)
61. Bebe
62. Avia (Latin for grandma)
63. Pippy
64. Darling
65. Ya (Thai nickname for grandma)
66. Sweetie/Sweets
67. Cookie
68. Trix (the nickname of Rory’s grandmother in Gilmore Girls)
69. Dumpling
70. Boo
71. Pumpkin
72. Banana (a cute play off the ever-popular Nana)
73. Coco
74. Lolly (pair this one with Pop for grandpa!)

Global Grandma Names

75. Bubbe (Yiddish)
76. Savta (Hebrew)
77. Nene (Turkish)
78. Mummo (Finnish)
79. Yiayia (Greek)
80. Oma (German)
81. Bibi (Swahili, this grandma name also means ‘lady’)
82. Nyanya (Swahili)
83. Ommu (Icelandic)
84. Avino (Esperanto)
85. Avoa (Gallego, a language of northwest Spain)
86. Abuela (Spanish)
87. Bubushka (Russian)
88. Ouma (Afrikaans)
89. Jadda (Arabic)
90. Baba (Macedonian, though also a common father & grandfather in other languages)
91. Halmoni (Korean)
92. Beppe (Western Frisian, a language of the Netherlands)
93. Ugogo (Zulu)
94. Pog (Hmong)
95. Grandmere (French)
96. Sobo (Japanese)
97. Amona (Basque)
98. Lao lao (Chinese)
99. Nenek (Indonesian)

Grandfather Names

Now let’s turn to grandfather names, because grandmas aren’t the only ones who want to feel fun and hip. Just like the grandma names, these grandparent name ideas are broken down into traditional nicknames, cool name ideas, unique ideas and global inspired names

Traditional Nicknames

1. Papa
2. Pop
3. Geezer
4. Papa Bear
5. Pappy
6. Grandpappy
7. Gan
8. Pop-pop
9. Granddaddy
10. Gramps / Gramp / Grampy
11. G
12. Grand-sir
13. Grand-mister
14. Gran-Pop
15. G-pa
16. Paw
17. G-Daddy
18. PawPaw
19. Pa
20. Dad-dad
21. Gamps
22. Pap
23. Granpapa (used in Haitian Creole)

Cool Nicknames

24. G-Pops
25. Bubba (Michael Douglas’ grandfather name)
26. Boo
27. Peach (Martin Sheen’s grandfather name)
28. Grandy
29. Poppy (I love this one as a cute grandpa name)
30. Poppies (a cute variation of Poppy)
31. Ace
32. Dash
33. Skip
34. Popsicle (a cute play off ‘Pop-pop’)
35. Pop Rocks (another cute play off ‘Pop-pop’
36. Pop-star (one last play off ‘Pop-pop’)
37. Papa-roo
38. Grampsy
39. Baba
40. Grady
41. Paps
42. Buddy
43. Lolo (grandfather in Filipino)
44. Poppa

Unique Grandpa Names

45. Sir
46. Coach
47. Honey
48. Jefe (the grandpa name of President George W. Bush)
49. Jolly
50. Grizzly (a play off ‘Papa Bear’)
51. Grand-Dude (this one is a fun one)
52. Biggie
53. Fizz (Fizz could be a play off Pop as in ‘pop fizz’)
54. Popcorn (so many possible plays off ‘Pop’)
55. Grando
56. Bam-Bam
57. Guppy
58. G-dog
59. Avus (grandfather in Latin)
60. Popple
61. Popes
62. Grander
63. G-Pal
64. Poppas
65. Grandio
66. Poppet
67. Paw-daddy
68. Biggie
69. Popsy
70. Popper

International Grandpa Names

71. Babu (Swahili)
72. Avi (Catalan)
73. Abuelo (Spanish)
74. Nonno (Italian)
75. Avo (Portuguese / Galician)
76. Dedushka / Deda (Russian)
77. Ojiichan / Jiji (Japanese)
78. Papou (Greek, used by Tom Hanks)
79. Opi (German)
80. Opa (German)
81. Afi (Icelandic)
82. Farfar (Norwegian)
83. Saba (Hebrew)
84. Zayda (Yiddish)
85. Oupa (Afrikaans)
86. Papik (Armenian)
87. Zufu (Chinese)
88. Grand-pere (French)
89. Farfar (Swedish)
90. Babua (Georgian)
91. Awoowe (Somali)
92. Akina (Sundanese in Indonesia)
93. Papou (Greek)
94. Yeye (Mandarian)
95. Grand-père (French)
96. Lolo (Filipano)
97. Daideó (Ireland)
98. Afi (Icelandic)
99. Thatha (Tamil)