Greece: Maybe because it just sounds joyful, the Greek YaYa is a popular grandmother nickname. It's sometimes hyphenated and sometimes rendered as YiaYia.
The most commonly used Greek term for grandmother is yia-yia, sometimes rendered as ya-ya. These may also be spelled as separate words: yia yia and ya ya — or without the hyphen — yiayia and yaya. These are, of course, phonetic or Americanized spelling since the Greek language uses a different alphabet from English.
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.”
"Babusia," the formal name for grandmother in Ukrainian, may be tough for little ones to pronounce. But the nickname version, "Baba," is equally charming!
Arabic for grandmother
The Arabic word for grandmother is pronounced jadda and written ﺟَﺪَّﺓ.
Sitto. Pronounced “sit-to”, it's apparently a Lebanese word for grandma (though I've heard various other Arabic and Lebanese names for it over the years), and we called my grandpa on my mom's side Jiddo (jid-do).
Siti, Sittie or Sitte, means grandmother in Lebanese...
Russia: Babushka is the name children in Russia call their grandmother, and, yes, the Russian nesting dolls are sometimes called babushka dolls. Spain and Latin America: Abuela and Abuelita are common terms, often shortened to Lita.
Grandparents, or besteforeldre in Norwegian, can be called bestemor (grandmother) or bestefar (grandfather).
In Mandarin the most commonly used name for a paternal grandmother is nai nai, sometimes spelled nie nie. The formal term is zu mu. For maternal grandmothers, lao lao is commonly used, with wai zu mu being the more formal term. The Taiwanese term for a grandmother is ama.
Grandmother: tipuna wahine/tupuna wahine, kuia, karanimā/karanimāmā, perekōu, tāua, ruruhi, ruahine, kui, kuikuia, ngoingoi.
gookomis your grandmother (2s-3s)
Noun. yaya. (sometimes derogatory) a nanny. an address to one's nanny.
Yaya is an old brazilian nickname for Miss or Missy. During slavery years, the slaves used to refear to the little Miss from the big house as Yayá or Iaiá. In ancient Greek, "Yaya" meant literally "woman." Today, Greek grandmothers are called "Yaya," likely because they have achieved womanhood.
Many echoed the sentiments of Consunji, including a netizen who questioned why it had to be labeled as a “yaya meal.” They argued that being a nanny is a decent job but due to high inequality in the Philippines, the word “yaya” has taken a derogatory meaning.
In the Swedish language, the maternal grandparents are “mormor” for grandmother and “morfar” for grandfather. Paternal grandparents are “farmor” for grandmother, and “farfar,” for grandfather. If you want to get up close and personal with all things Swedish, no need to have a mormor of your own.
-Scottish: In Scottish Gaelic, the word for grandma is “Seanmhair,” which means good mother. But other commonly used Scottish grandmother names include “Nana,” “Nanna,” “Mhamó” and “Mamó.”
Oma is the name for a German grandmother.
The most common way to say grandpa or grandfather in Italian is nonno (plural: nonni which can mean either grandpas or grandparents). Your paternal grandfather is your nonno paterno whereas your maternal grandfather is your nonno materno.
For British grandmothers the top five names in order of popularity at a national level are Nan (33%), Grandma (32%), Nana (24%), Nanny (22%) and Granny (14%). Only one-in-ten use the term Gran. The name Nan is by far the most popular for a grandmother in the English seaside cities of Liverpool (65%) and Brighton (51%).
In Hebrew, one of the official languages of Israel, grandma is called "savta," and grandpa, "saba." Jews with roots in Eastern Europe, known as Ashkenazi Jews, sometimes prefer the Yiddish version, "bubbe" for grandmother, and "zayda" for grandfather.
grandmother. büyükanne - it is good to now that if you are referring father's mother you will say babaanne and when you are referring mother's mother then you will say anneanne.
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.
17. Morocco. Language: Arabic. Grandma: Jiddah (shid-dah)