My son’s kids call their Grandmas Grandma followed by our respective first names. And the grandpas are Pop followed by their first names. So we went with the same for my daughter’s baby when he was born. His other grandma goes by G-Ma.
I have no desire to be called Queen or Queenie.
Grandma and Pop here!
Ahh, different state than me. I sometimes forget though that where I grew up, a suburb of DC, the majority of my friends’ parents were fed govt employees and not native to the area (came from other states to work for fed govt, moving to a new “planned community” in the 60s). So I suppose there were not a lot of local traditions in that sense since most were transplants.
I didn’t grow up near wither set of grandparents. In their presence always called them all “grandma” and “grandpa” but when speaking of/about them, we referred to them as Grandma Last Name and Grandpa Last Name. My mom and dad tried to be Nonna and Poppa but for some reason neither ever stuck so they are just Grandma and Grandpa. FIL died when my oldest was a toddler and MIL has always been Grandma Last Name as she lives far away. She is just Grandma when she is in my kids’ presence.
I hope to be “Grandma Jenny” but would also love for them to come up with their own cute nickname based off of attempts to pronounce.
I tried on many of the variations of “grandma” in my head (nana, Nonna, Mimi, GiGi, Kiki, yada-yada) and none felt right. My daughter’s MIL has declared that she will be Nonna - even though she’s not Italian. My daughter is Italian on her fathers side, so I guess that’s how she made the leap 
We adopted my daughter’s mispronunciation of “Grandpa”
My family is very large and peoples names change with the generations. My older cousins all call my dad by his first name bc the met him as a boyfriend. The younger half call him uncle.
The oldest niece had a nickname for my aunt, so that’s what all of us call her. Another had a name for her godmother (another name) so all the older cousins call her aunt, but all the ones that came after adopted the nickname.
It can get quite confusing for people coming into a family function for the first time lol.
I go by Grandma Firstname, but in practice they just say Grandma. If we’re both in the room, or they need to refer specifically, they use the whole thing. The other Grandma is Grandma FirstInitial.
My husband goes by Grandad, and the other one goes by a made up name that incorporates Grandpa and his name.
Totally respect those who like/use cute made up names by the kids, but I’d have seriously discouraged that if it had started for myself, and fortunately the names we all chose seem to stick just fine.
I grew up in Pennsylvania and never heard that. It was Grandma and Granddad .
According to this PA, DE, and NJ for mom mom and pop pop.
My SIL refers to her parents by the terms her S started calling his grandparents when he was little. My kids know that they are never to refer to me as anything but a variation of mother … I am NOT their grandmother!
In our family, when the adults were saying “Grandpa Al,” the kids were hearing “Grandpa Owl.” (And it took us a while to realize the disconnect.) Too many Winnie the Pooh videos in our house, I guess. 
I hope to be an Oma!
As the oldest grandchild, my attempt to say “Grandma” for my mom’s mom stuck and she was known by that nickname by all the cousins. My parents’ generation referred to her that way when talking to us, but of course did not call her that. Our spouses used her nickname though, because she loved it. To us it was a term of affection and respect. To others, it can sound weird and some don’t understand why my grandmother would have “allowed” it.
My daughter was the first grandchild on both sides. She made up a name for my MIL when she couldn’t say “Grandma.” We spent a lot of time with MIL (who is very non-judgmental and loving), and D really wanted to be able to get her attention. MIL was delighted with the nickname, so it stuck and all her other grandchildren also use it. She doesn’t care that it sounds funny to outsiders—she’s proud to have her own special title! If this happens to me, I’ll be pleased. If the parents refer to the grandparent the same way the child does, and the grandparent likes it, in our experience, it sticks.
S24 had a nickname for his beloved big sister because he couldn’t say her name. We have no idea where it came from and it didn’t resemble her name at all. The whole family used it for years! Once S24 could pronounce her name, he switched, but I still use it sometimes and it always makes her smile. I think nicknames can be symbols of the relationship and as long as both people want to use them, it can be bonding.
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My kids grew up with an Uncle “Owl” (Family friend). Even now when they are long grown up, people sometimes say “Owl” instead of Al, adding a “hoot hoot!”
I’m in the South. I can’t recall ever hearing of anyone who called their grandparents Grandma and Grandpa.
It’s usually the oldest grandchild’s privilege to name the grandparents so you get all kinds of things including MeeMaw and PawPaw. My mom was Grammy and my dad was GrandDaddy, named by my sisters kids. My MIL is GrandHerFirstName, let’s call her GrandShirley. My FIL was HisFirstNamePop like TomPop.
Do yall actually know people who use the names Grandma and Grandpa?
Yes, Grandma. My grandfathers were called Granddad. I had no grandmothers as my parents’ mothers both died when they were very young. I am from Pennsylvania.
My kids called both sets of grandparents Grandma and Granddad. They were raised in Virginia.
Both of my H’s sisters do. They think it’s pretentious that I am "Mimi.
My husband’s grandma was Mimi.
Yes, both of my grandma’s were called grandma, my MIL is grandma. My FIL was called grandpa by the older grandkids, pop-pop by mine. I also had a pop-pop.
For our kids the MA grandparents are Grammy & Grampa. The VA grandparents are Grandma & PawPaw.