The name of the bride always precedes the groom’s name. Formal invitations issued by the bride’s parents refer to her by her first and middle names, the groom by his full name and title; if the couple is hosting by themselves, their titles are optional.

Names like Juan, Sarah, and Ji Soo are capitalized because they’re proper nouns that name specific people. On the other hand, words like “boy” and “girl” aren’t capitalized because they’re common nouns that don’t refer to any one individual person or item.

Don’t Capitalize Terms of Endearment Terms of endearment aren’t capitalized. A term of endearment isn’t interchangeable with a name the same way a nickname is, and terms of endearment aren’t capitalized.

The word “bride” should not be capitalized in a sentence unless it’s one of the main words in a title. To help you out a bit with capitalization, here are the only three instances when words should be capitalized: Proper nouns should always be capitalized.

You usually don’t capitalize words like this unless they’re a movie title, song title, name of a book (e.g. Wedding Ceremony by John Snow), or it’s on an invitation and most of the other words are capitalized and it would look tacky for “wedding ceremony” not to be capitalized.

Traditionally, the bride’s name comes first without her surname, followed the groom’s full name. However, if there are two brides or two grooms you will need to decide whose name should be first.

Tradition dictates that the bride’s name always comes first, whether on Save the Date cards, wedding invitations or anything else. This is because the bride’s parents are usually the hosts, paying a greater share of the expenses. This affords the bride’s family the right to have their daughter’s name first.

Mrs

In a traditional address for a married couple who share the same last name, only use the last name once. Address a married couple using “Mr.” and “Mrs.” followed by the shared last name. For example, “Mr. and Mrs.

The correct way to address an envelope

1. In the top left-hand corner of the envelope, write your name (the sender’s) in full.
2. On the next line underneath your name, write your street address or postal box number.
3. Then write the recipient’s name in the center and middle of the envelope.

To an unmarried couple For unmarried couples who live at the same address, include both names on one line, listing the person closest to you first. If you know the couple equally well, place the names in alphabetical order.

Address the save the date with both of the couple’s names. Traditionally, the man’s name goes first, but if you’re close to the woman and her boyfriend is coming as her guest, switch up the order and put her name first.

If you are writing to adult siblings who live together, they probably share the same last name and can be addressed as “Misses Jane and Jennifer Doe” or “Messrs. John and James Doe.” When the last names do differ, write each name on a separate line on the envelope.

When addressing a wedding invitation to a doctor, proper etiquette dictates that the spouse with the professional title is listed first. This means that you will write “Dr. and Mrs.” or “Dr. and Mr.”

Married Couple, Both Doctors In the case of married doctors and the wife has taken her husband’s last name, it is proper to use: The Doctors. Another acceptable option: Drs. Barbara and John Kline.

Anyone who has earned a doctoral degree can be addressed as “Dr. Last Name”. The most common doctoral degree is a PhD, but you might also encounter instructors with other doctoral degrees such as a Doctor of Theology (DTh), Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), or Doctor of Engineering (DEng). When in doubt, “Dr.

2. A physician or surgeon may use the prefix “Dr.” or “Doctor”, and shall add after the person’s name the letters, “M. D.” 3. An osteopathic physician and surgeon may use the prefix “Dr.” or “Doctor”, and shall add after the person’s name the letters, “D. O.”, or the words “osteopathic physician and surgeon”.