Culture and Lifestyle Quotes and Sayings Our Favorite Godmother Names for Remarkable Women By Nellah Bailey McGough Nellah Bailey McGough Nellah McGough runs the day-to-day operations in the Southern Living Birmingham office, responds to reader questions and comments, manages freelancer contracts, and invoices. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on June 20, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Hulton Archive / Getty Images Baptisms and Christenings are sacred moments in a child's spiritual life. Through families for generations, the traditions include selecting godparents to help guide their children. In America, we don't typically have unique names for godmothers, but we thought this could be fun to explore. Would you like a distinct name that only your godchild calls you? We came up with some fun options for you to consider. Some of these words mean godmother in different languages, while others are fantastic ways to express love and the connection between godparent and child. 01 of 28 Aunt Nanny Southern Living 02 of 28 Auntie Southern Living 03 of 28 Bibbie Southern Living 04 of 28 Bippity Southern Living 05 of 28 Bobee Southern Living 06 of 28 Boo Southern Living 07 of 28 Bop Southern Living 08 of 28 Boppity Southern Living 09 of 28 Bubbles Southern Living 10 of 28 Dai Haha Southern Living 11 of 28 Fadder Southern Living 12 of 28 Fairy GG Southern Living 13 of 28 Gabby Southern Living 14 of 28 Giggi Southern Living 15 of 28 Glamma Southern Living 16 of 28 Gogo Southern Living 17 of 28 Honey Southern Living 18 of 28 Lala Southern Living 19 of 28 Lolli Southern Living 20 of 28 Lulu Southern Living 21 of 28 Madrina Southern Living 22 of 28 Marraine Southern Living 23 of 28 Mum 2 Southern Living 24 of 28 Noná Southern Living 25 of 28 Patin Southern Living 26 of 28 Peetma Southern Living 27 of 28 Sassy Southern Living 28 of 28 Weeza Southern Living Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit