{"id":563,"date":"2009-06-29T15:03:51","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T15:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/06\/the-best-grandparent-names.html"},"modified":"2009-06-29T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T15:03:51","slug":"the-best-grandparent-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/06\/the-best-grandparent-names.html","title":{"rendered":"The Best Grandparent Names"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s in a grandparent name?  A lot of meaning, I think.  <\/p>\n

My four grandparents were split in the name department.  My dad’s parents were Nana and Papa, simple, loving grandparent names that fit their traditional sensibilities.  <\/p>\n

My mom’s parents were a little different.  My grandfather was H.B., his first and middle name initials. 
\nIt was a perfect name for a man of great dignity who really knew how to
\nmake a granddaughter feel special.  As a kid I felt like I was in on a
\nlittle secret because I knew what those two letters stood for….<\/p>\n

My grandmother, who died this past weekend<\/a>, was Gaga, a name that captured her wildly creative streak.  There’s just no way that this woman would be a “Grandma” or a “Granny,” and I wouldn’t have it any other way.  Imagine my delight when I discovered a brand of (delicious) sherbet<\/a> called Gaga’s, named for the founder’s grandmother.  There is another….<\/p>\n

What were your grandparents’ grand-names?  Did they chose their names, or did  grandkids’ nicknames stick?
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