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  1. 03-12-2007, 08:34 AM #1
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    Alternative names for "Aunt"

    Hi, Guys!
    Currently looking for other names for "Aunt." Cultural, other languages, or just fun, random ones.
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    I'm part Hispanic and Italian so I call my aunt whose hispanic, Tia, and the one's who are Italian, Zia.
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    Our DGD calls her aunt "Nonni." We have no idea where it came from; she just started calling her by that when she started talking. She's 8 1/2 now, and it's still her name for my DD.
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    Auntie

    I have several hispanic friends who's children Call me Tia. However they never add my given name, just Tia.

    I've heard of others who called Aunts "Nonnie" also, wonder what the origin?
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    I am Portuguese and my nieces and nephews call me Tia Anna. They have many aunts, so all are Tia then name. My SIL asked me what I wanted to be called before the first one was born and I chose Tia. I did not want to be called "Aunt Anna."

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    Zia in Italian
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    The French colloquial expression for aunt (like "auntie") is tata (my DS has a "tata Catherine"). Uncle is tonton, BTW.
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    Polish Word for Aunt - Ciocia

    My nephew & niece call me Ciocia ..(its Polish). Spelled phoenetically its probably more like Chocha.
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    I think in Hindi it's either "mahsi" or "chachi"...depending on maternal or paternal...don't remember which is which.
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    In Swedish, you would be a 'moster', if you are a maternal aunt, and 'faster', if you are a paternal aunt. Moster is pronounced mooster and faster is pronounced pretty much the same as how it reads in English. You could also be referred to as 'tant'.
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    My niece calls me Teetee...she just couldn't say auntie when she was little and teetee came out. She's almost 13 now and still calls me that.

    We always called my aunts on my dad's side of the family Annie (A-knee)
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    Tante in German as well.
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    Tante is Dutch, too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hlao23 View Post
    I think in Hindi it's either "mahsi" or "chachi"...depending on maternal or paternal...don't remember which is which.
    Maasi is mother's sister and Bua is father's sister. Chachi is father's brother's wife...tai ji is father's oldest brothers wife...

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  16. 03-13-2007, 05:12 PM #16
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    My 19mo niece is named after me. She also has a twin brother. When I visit (which is only every few months) they can get very confused, especially my nephew. They have a difficult time differentiating between Aunt Annie and just Annie, so now I am referred to by my family nickname to avoid the confusion. We tried "big" Annie and "Little" Annie, but they don't understand big and little yet, either.
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