What do your nieces/nephews call you?

[Chi_Roman]

Because my brother was never able to say my name properly, he always called me Sis – and though he can now (or close enough – Stedney instead of Stephanie) my niece & nephew call me Aunt Sissy or just Sissy, which pleases me just fine. My mother is known as Honey and Aunt Honey to my cousins (mostly my cousins’ children), so I think it’s cute. I call my mom Honey when I want something, because it works for them.

I guess it’s to the discretion of your sister. My name comes from what their dad calls me, they hear that and respond in kind. I like it.

Aren’t names the strangest thing? Your parents call you by your given name, and you’re in trouble. When one of my brothers (I have 5) calls me by anything other than Stephanie (like Steph) it is awkward for me, but if another brother calls me Stephanie instead of Steph, it feels the same way. Strangest thing.

 

[tradcathconvert]

My 19 year old nephew has always called me Uncle or Uncle Tim. Mom’s sisters were always Aunt first name. Dad’s sister was just Barbie. She wanted it that way. Their brother was Uncle Ed.
Two close friends of the family were uncle first name. My brother and I knew they weren’t really our uncles, but that is what they were called instead of Mr. lastname. In fact, my brother’s middle name is the first name of one of the “uncles”.

 

[jnnywren]

How about “Aunty”

 

[LilyM]

How about “Aunty”

I’m a proud ‘aunty’ to seven nieces and nephews. One of my nieces when she was little called me ‘hanty Lee’ instead of ‘aunty Lily’ and her little sister could only manage ‘Issy’ as an attempt at ‘Lily’. But neither of those stuck when they got older.

 

[Andinell]

Hispanic here:wave:

“Madrina” is Godmother in spanish. My Godchildren,nieces and nephews, call me “Nina” for short. My husband they call “Nino” for short from “Padrino” means Godfather.

My other nieces and nephews call me “Tia” its spanish for “Aunt”.
“Tio” is spanish for “Uncle”.

I remind children, both others and mine, to use their manners. Don’t call teachers, doctors, judges, police officers,priests and adult family members by their first names.Show them respect.

Another “Tia” here.

 

[Chovy]

I do love this question.

My name is Ann. When I first became an aunt, I was in high school, and one of my most cherished advisors, Bro. Joe Barrett, got the news of my auntiehood. He teased me all day and in the evening (I cooked for the priests/brothers at my school) about what my new niece would call me. Auntie Ann? Auntie? AnnT? (my middle name is Terese), no… Annchovy! Thus my username, and the story behind why 12 young adults and tiny tots call me Chovy (or Chewy for one family that has trouble with the OV sound).

 

[ReflectHim]

my nephew calls me “nanie”

NaY-NEE

rhymes with Lainey

 

[dlltoms]

My nieses/nephews call me aunt or auntie. My grandchildren call me grammie, grandma, but I got my real name from my oldest great grandson, it is Big Wa-Wa. I love it. And my daughter in law is wa wa winny. My children call me mom, unless they want to say something important then it is mother. They knew i ment business when I used their full given name.

 

[LSK]

I’ve been Auntie for so long that the oldest - he’s 18 - has introduced me to all his friends as Auntie…

 

[Apryl]

I remind children, both others and mine, to use their manners. Don’t call teachers, doctors, judges, police officers,priests and adult family members by their first names.Show them respect.

Sometimes, the show of respect is not in the way one is addressed, but how one is spoken to.

I agree that children need to learn boundaries between adults and children, but you can’t blanketly say that addressing one by their first name means they are not showing that respect, or aware of that division.

(There have been quite a few on this thread that have spoken of relatives addressing them by just their first name. I know that there are many in my family that I addressed by just their first name, and it was in no way avoiding a show of respect)

Just those pennies, again.

 

[DaughterOfLight]

My mom is the oldest of 6, so I’ve got aunts & uncles galore!

My mom’s sisters all have there nicknames. Aunt Karen is Auntie K, Aunt Colleen is Auntie C, Aunt Laraine is Auntie Rain, and Aunt Linda is Auntie Nin. (Nin has been her nickname all her life. The youngest couldn’t say “Linda,” so she said “Ninda,” and eventually it was just Nin.)

If I were you, I’d just let the youngster come up with his (or was it hers???) own thing. It’s so much cuter that way!

 

[jmcrae]

My hubby called all of his aunts ‘Nanny their name’. It’s a Cajun thing I guess…I didn’t realize that calling a Godmother ‘Nanny’ was a local thing, but from the sound of your post it must be.

Yes, it’s definitely a local thing.

Up here, the person the kids call “Nanny” is the recently-arrived foreign girl who comes in to do the chores and the babysitting, while waiting for her citizenship papers to come through, so that she can get the job she was actually trained for.

My nieces and nephews just call me “Auntie.”