Names on Wedding Invitation by Aktivart and Design

Names on Invitation

Usually someone "hosts" a personal event that everyone is invited to. They are the ones issuing the invitation (or paying for the wedding), and typically named at the start of the invitation. Classically, a bride's parents would be hosting a wedding for their betrothed daughter, and are declared first on the invitation. Nowadays, personal situations dictate how a couple opts to present their names and their parents' names on the invitation.

Things to Consider:
  • Are your parents "hosting" (and financing) your wedding?

  • They would be named first--either both sets of parents or just one.

  • Are you putting on your own wedding? You would name yourselves first.

  • Perhaps you would like to include a deceased parent (examples below)

  • Divorced parents are presented on their own line.

  • Remarried parents with stepparents can be on one line, since they are together as a couple.

  • You might decide to start the invitation without any names at all (first 2 examples below)

Scroll through the examples below and look at which option best suits your situation:

This wording is casual--no one named as hosts of the wedding.
This format only serves to invite people to your wedding.

The pleasure of your company
is requested at the marriage of
BRIDE and GROOM


Formal--no one named as hosts of the wedding.
This format only serves to invite people to your wedding:

The honour of your presence is requested
at the marriage of
BRIDE and GROOM


Two sets of parents, married and living, hosting the wedding of their kids:

Mr. & Mrs. Victor and Julia Bride's Parents
together with
Mr. & Mrs. Ted and Josie Groom's Parents
invite you to the marriage of their children
BRIDE and GROOM


Or, only one set of parents is credited with paying for/hosting the wedding:

Mr. & Mrs. Victor and Julie Bride's Parents
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
BRIDE
to
GROOM
son of Mr. & Mrs. Ted and Josie Groom's Parents


Divorced parents
appear on separate lines:

Ms. Julia Bride's Mother
and
Mr. Victor Bride's Father
together with
Mr. & Mrs. Ted and Josie Groom's Parents
invite you to.....


Two sets of parents with one deceased parent. A deceased person is not here to actually invite someone to your wedding but is "included" in spirit with the living parent:

Mrs. Julia Bride's Mother in honour of the late Mr. Victor Bride's Father
and
Mr. Ted Groom in honour of the late Josie Groom
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their children
BRIDE AND GROOM


If one or both sets of parents are deceased:

BRIDE AND GROOM
children of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Victor and Julia Bride's Parents
and the late Mr. and Mrs. Ted and Josie Groom's Parents


Bride and Groom named first, but include parents:

BRIDE AND GROOM
with the blessing of their parents (or families)
(optional to include parents' names or not)
invite you to.....


Bride and Groom hosting/inviting, but wedding is a collaborative effort of the whole family:

Together with their families
BRIDE AND GROOM
invite you to.....

Together with their parents
(optional to include parents' names)
BRIDE AND GROOM
invite you to.....


BRIDE AND GROOM
together with their families (or parents)
(optional to include parents' names)
invite you to.....


Proceed to Part 2: Inviting Line.