Wedding invitation etiquette parents names.
Wedding invitation no parents names.
Then the groom.
The names of couple.
The bride s parents names come first.
If their names haven t been included in the host line they should still take center stage a few lines down.
It s all up to personal preference.
The next line in a wedding invitation is the one that requests that your guests attend.
In addition to designing wedding invitations i provide a lot of wedding invitation etiquette advice such as how to word the invitation properly what phrases to use for a church verses a non religious venue whether to use the bride and grooms middle names how to mention attire whether to direct.
Traditionally the bride s parents paid for the wedding but with changing times the groom s parents bride and groom or a combination of all three are contributing.
If the bride s parents and the groom s parents are contributing financially to the event be sure to include both parents names on the host lines.
In that case list out their full name in addition to the full names of their parents.
Honoring deceased parents in your wedding invitation to include a deceased.
There is no official order or requirement to list the names.
Since both last names are included in the greeting there s no need to use last names for the to be weds unless again if either of them has a different last name than their parents.
If either couple has divorced parents or deceased parents the same rules from above apply.
The first names your guests will see on your wedding invitation are those of the people who are paying for the event.