.. – 100 Fun, unusual, quirky and different ideas for table names at your wedding. Well nearly 100! I asked myself the question: Do many couples go with table numbers these days? I think not – it seems that couples are picking creative and fun names for their wedding tables – something personal, meaningful to them or that fits in with their wedding theme.
At our wedding we had ‘special’ places – the roads we grew up on, our parents house, the flat that we first shared. the places that we had been on holiday etc. At the time I remember thinking how original, but having done a bit more research I realise that many other couples have the same idea as us! So, I thought I’d collate a list of 100 wedding table names to give you some inspiration.. please help me out here and add any suggestions (leave a comment and let me know what you had or are planning to have at your wedding!)
100 Wedding Table Name Suggestions well nearly – this post is a work in progress!
Beers of the World
Champagne brands
Whiskies
Wines from the Beaujolais region (with top table Saint Amour -love -and kids table Beaujolais nouveau)
Cocktails
Types of Curry
Different types of chocolate (Belgian, Dark, Swiss)
Retro Sweets (with jars on the table)
Restaurants
Halls of Residence at Uni (where couple met)
Lochs
Islands
Racecourses
Rivers (for shooting, fishing, hunting type)
Beaches
Flower names (Roses, Iris and Tulips)
Famous mathematicians and famous scientists – that is what our guest blogger Helen Carter had at hers (I think she was a mathematician or scientist in her former life)
Famous couples
Economic terms (the couple were both economists!!)
Areas of Brighton
Australian States (where bride and groom were going on honeymoon)
Places in New York
Cities
Ibiza Clubs
Road names of all the houses that they had lived in together
Places of interest, towns etc in country/ place where we got engaged
Local Towns
Italian Cities
Street names
Underground stations
Mountain names from Ski resort (in Canada and Scotland)
Skiing resort theme (Verbier) – ski runs, restaurants etc
Every hotel they have stayed in! (thanks to @planetflowers for this one – that was one of their clients)
Cartoon Characters
Soap Operas
Carry on Films
Favourite Film Titles
Dr Who Theme (The Tardis, Rose etc)
Superheroes (comic fans @samuraijen had this one)
Movie Names – guest had a line from movie next to their name and had to work it out! fun I like that one (thanks to @archibaldphotog for that one!)
Things that they had argued about (washing up)
Love in 13 different languages
Clues (for a game later)
Secrets (Mr and Mrs)
Individual words from the first dance .. so people can guess what its going to be (I love that one what a cool idea!)
Eras of the couple growing up (baby, toddler, teenager etc) with photos at each stage.
Significant years (years they met, they got engaged, birthdays etc – thanks to @planetflowers another recommendation)
Arsenal legends (typically that came from a groom!)
Rugby positions (hooker, scrum half etc)
Football teams
Golfer’s surnames – thanks to @unicorngirl for that one – her best friend had that at her wedding!
Butterflies
Birds
Fish
Big Cats – @EspDelCakes suggested that one – apparently her hubbie to be wants to be a lion!
Classic Cars
Colours of the rainbow
Stamps
Great paintings
Poems
Photo themes (taken by groom) e.g Beachhuts, Woodlands. And then everyone name places on that table would be beachhuts….similarly woodlands.
Musical instruments
Favourite songs/ music
Cure Songs – that was given to me by @prettywildwed – making stationery for a couple that have chosen that.
Concerts that they have been to (with tickets making the table names – I like that one- thanks to @archibaldphotog)
Carols
12 Days of Christmas
Luxury Fashion brands
I love the vintage, Cath Kidston style of this table plan – so pretty. The fab photos in this post were taken by husband and wife duo, Jay and Christina from Elemental Weddings – they’re award winning photographers based in Scotland. Have featured lots of their work on LMW – check out the real life wedding for Jude and Matt if you want to see more of their work and keep checking back here and on their site to keep up with their work.
I noticed that this is by far the most popular post on Little Miss Wedding (but no comments!) it would be lovely to get some ideas from you guys as to good suggestions for table names so that I can add to this and make it a bumper edition… let me know if the comments section what you’re going to have (or had) at your wedding.



I came by to see Christina and Jay’s pics featured, and now I love your blog. Damn, wish I could get married a few times to integrate all the styles I love.
Some lovely ideas – esp for the halls of residence which I may use as that is where Matt and I met. Also thinking about our favourite books/novels.
These ideas are fab, I love the one with words from the first dance. We’re having breeds of sheep – I’m marrying a sheep farmer!
My FI and I are super big into the Texas Country Music scene, so we are using different dancehalls/venues around the state for our table names. Our escort cards are going to be shaped like tickets and say “First Name Last Name please join the party at Table Name”! I am super excited for our guests to see them!
Good Work – loving hearing all your ideas. This is my most popular post so for all those reading this please share you ideas for wedding table names with us all X
Some great ideas on here! We are having different tree names for our Autumn wedding and my best friend had different farm machinery as they were both from farming back grounds: tractor, trailor, combine, baler etc (were actually taken from an old drinking game!!). The table name holders were green wellies with labels tied round them! They looked fab and eveyone loved them.
I love the table name ideas from this article! The central park picture is fab, lovely colours!
My finance and I met while working at a coffee shop (Tim Hortons) in Canada… I am thinking of naming our tables after donuts (boston cream, strawberry vanilla, double chocolate) or maybe after drinks sold at Tim Hortons… It seems pretty random considering our wedding theme has nothing to do with Tim Hortons, but what do you think??
We had different types of cake with the top table being Wedding Cake. Others included Carrot cake, cupcake, angel cake etc…
I love the Cath Kidston fabric idea for table and seating plan. I think it would look really effective but I’m not sure how to identify each table with the fabric. Would you have napkins in the fabric as well? or would you frame a sample or cover a small canvas in the material and display in a standard table number stand? any ideas or suggestions? We really think it will add a vintage country feel to our wedding.
Oh so many good choices to be had from this list! My husband to be is an avid comic book fan, so will def be trying to incorporate that in some way!
I’m planning to have rock bands that my boyfriend and I love – Whitesnake perhaps?!
I’m getting married in December and really struggling on table name ideas… my other half wants either Tottenham player names or famous redheads (he’s a redhead and known affectionately as ‘Ginge’) not what I had in mind for my fairytale wedding….
Hi
I’m currently making quite a few table names for clients and so thought I’d add a few more to the list!
Currently making:
- Henry VIII and his 6 wives (seriously!)
- Different cheeses
- Famous detectives…
Thought these were all very inspired… I’m also making one with Table 1, 2, 3 etc! You can but hope eh!
Sophie x
Hi!
We are having white roses and we’ve decided to carry this on as a theme throughout.
So we’re naming our tables after different cadbury’s roses and we’ll scatter them across the tables. (I’m a chocaholic)
I love all these ideas though.
kirsty x
Hi we are getting married in september this year and love all your ideas. we are having a black and white theme so would love it if you could inspire something to do with that for table names…. love the idea of first dance quotes thanks….
Hey! I love the top picture showing the black and white table planner board. Would it be possible to see a picture of the whole board? I love the pic you used for Central park and want to see the other pics you used for the other places if you dont mind!
I’m a year away from my wedding but am already going crazy considering all the options I have for things like this!
Thanks for the ideas!
I am getting married this Saturday (7/24/10) and I am a gem hound. My engagement ring is a green tourmaline…so, I chose precious and semi-precious stones for table names.
Why not name the tables after the flowers? You can have a different table arrangement on each table, sticking with a particular colour scheme but choosing different flowers and naming each table accordingly. For example going on the lily theme:
- Lily of the Valley
- Cala Lily
- Tiger Lily
- Stargazer Lily
- Oriental Lily
- Trumpet Lily
Just an idea, I’m a florist you see, always thinking of flowers