With large dinner receptions, many brides and grooms choose to name their tables to help their guests find their seats. Naming your tables at your reception is easy, though you may be having trouble knowing where to start. While most couples choose to use numbers to name their tables, (hey its easy!), you may want to do something different to show your individuality. The table names you choose should fit your personality and can be anything that you like. If you love your job, choose names much like your occupation, something that relates to your wedding reception, something exciting about your honeymoon, or even just things both you and your fiance love. If your mind is shot from other wedding plans, and you need some ideas for names for your tables, look at some great examples below.
Name Your Tables After Your Occupation
- If you’re a teacher, name your tables after school subjects or other school related names such as: Mathematics, Report Card, English, History, Recess, Teacher’s Lounge, Cafeteria, Gym, Home Economics, Spanish, and so forth.
- If your husband is a minister of some kind, name your tables after books of the Bible.
- If one of you is a doctor, use names like stethoscope, tongue depressor, nurse, cotton swabs, and so forth.
- If you work with computers, use names like keyboard, mouse, motherboard, monitor, video card, memory, etc.
Name Your Tables After a Hobby
- If you’re a shopaholic then name the tables after your favorite stores.
- If you both love basketball, or some other sport, name your wedding reception tables after your favorite players or teams
- If you love rock climbing, name the tables after places you’ve climbed, or climbing gear
- If you love the outdoors, name your tables after different species of trees or flowers (using seed packet wedding favors for these kinds of tables is very popular)
Name Your Tables for Your Reception
- If you are having a wedding reception with a theme, use something that goes along with that theme, such as the following:
- For a Western Theme, use terms like Cowboy, Cowgirl, Lasso, Saddle, Horseshoes, Corral, Saloon, Outlaw, etc.
- In a Beach Theme wedding, use names like Starfish, Sand Dollars, Sea Horses, and more.
- A Dessert Reception can be easily done by naming your tables after your favorite candies or kinds of candies.
- If your wedding ceremony or reception are outdoors, you can also name your tables after different kinds of trees and flowers, as listed in the previous category.
- If you are having a reception with a theme, check out my other article on Themed Table Centerpieces for great ideas on making a great centerpiece for your tables.
Name Your Tables After Your Honeymoon
- If you’re taking a Carribean cruise, name your tables after different tropical islands.
- A Hawaiian Honeymoon can also be named after the different islands, as well as other things native to Hawaii.
- A European Honeymoon can bring you tables named after the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Parliament, Stonehenge, Venice, and much more.
The possibilities are endless, but be sure to choose something that goes along with what you love. It is your wedding, and it should be exactly what you want it to be.
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