Planning your big day? When writing your name on your wedding invitations and wedding signs, are you confused about whether or not you should use an apostrophe? Let’s clear the confusion! Stay tuned for some perfect wedding punctuation tips!
Most of the time, you DO NOT need an apostrophe when including your name on cards or wedding signs. Usually, those signs are just showing the plural form of your name. You are essentially saying that there used to be one Smith and now there are two Smiths. In most cases, you would just add an “s” to the end of your name. Some names are a bit more complicated though so here are a few rules on how to make your name plural.
ADD “S”
If your name ends in a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h (except ch or sh), i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, t, u, v, w, or y (if there is a vowel preceding it)
The Cantus
The Smasnes
The Hasses
Welcome to the wedding of the Wyckoffs…
The Prabs invite you…
The Smasnes would like to announce…
Please sign here to wish the Coveys well…
The Cantus thank you for coming…
The Totis would love your attendance…
The Brays would like to announce…
ADD “ES”
If your name ends in s, x, z, ch, or sh…
The Ivaniches The Nileses The Gishes
The Foxes welcome you…
The Nileses thank you for coming…
The Jazzes invite you…
The Gishes would like to announce…
Exceptions
When the final “x” is silent, you usually just add an “s”: The Marceauxs invite you to their wedding.
If the final “y” is NOT preceded by a vowel, you will change the “y” to “i” and add an “es”:
The Rubies invite you to their wedding.
If the “ch” at the end of your name is pronounced like a /k/ sound, then you just add an “s”: The Bachs welcome you to their wedding.
Attention to detail is key when it comes to writing your name for your wedding invitations and wedding signs! Say 'I do' to perfect punctuation! 💍
And then if you want to own something, you need to make your name plural and THEN possessive…
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