Old person emoji 🧓 👴 👵 (grandma and grandpa)
Three emoji show an older person. 👴 old man and 👵 old woman are the originals from 2010 — grey hair, glasses on some platforms — and they are the grandpa and grandma…
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What the old person 🧓 👴 👵 (grandma and grandpa) emoji means
Three emoji show an older person. 👴 old man and 👵 old woman are the originals from 2010 — grey hair, glasses on some platforms — and they are the grandpa and grandma emoji: Grandparents’ Day, birthdays, “my nan 👵”, and jokes about feeling ancient (“me after one late night 👴”). 🧓 older person (Emoji 5.0, 2017) is the gender-neutral version. All take skin tones. Searches for “old emojis” meaning old emoji designs are a different question, answered on the platforms guide. 🧑🦳 person with white hair is an adult, not necessarily old.
Unicode name: older person · U+1F9D3 · Emoji 5.0 (2017) · group: People & Body.
How people use it
- Grandparents: birthdays, visits, tributes
- Feeling old: self-deprecating jokes
- Elders: respect, care, retirement
- Ageing: birthdays with a wink
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| old manU+1F474 | Grandpa | |
| old womanU+1F475 | Grandma | |
| older personU+1F9D3 | Gender-neutral elder | |
| person: white hairU+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9B3 | White hair, any age | |
| white caneU+1F9AF | Mobility aid | |
| man: baldU+1F468 U+200D U+1F9B2 | Bald man |
Old lady emoji and skin tone options
The 👵 old woman emoji represents an older female figure and is commonly used for a grandmother, a mother-in-law, or any elderly woman in your life. It sits alongside the 👴 old man emoji and the 🧓 older person emoji, which covers a broader, gender-neutral meaning. All three are person emojis and accept the same set of five skin tone modifiers.
To change the skin tone, select the base emoji and then pick one of the five tone options that appears. The final sequence includes the emoji plus a modifier character, so 👵🏻 and 👵🏽 are the same old woman with different skin tones. There is no separate emoji for an old black man or an old white woman; the modifier adjusts the existing character instead.
Questions people ask
Is there a grandma emoji?
👵 old woman is the grandma emoji; 👴 old man is grandpa; 🧓 older person is neutral.
What does 👴 mean from a guy?
Usually a joke about feeling old or tired — or a reference to a grandfather.
Why do people search “old emojis”?
Two reasons: the elderly emoji here, and the old emoji designs from earlier iPhones and Samsung phones, covered on the platforms guide.
Is there an animated old man emoji?
No, the standard old man emoji is a static image. Animated versions appear in GIF and sticker libraries, which may include older characters in motion.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
