My fiancee goes by a name that isn't his first or middle name. I want to put his real name on the wedding invitation, but I think people might be truly puzzled when they get the invitation to my wedding with "Cecil Delynn W." and only know him as Josh.
Any ideas on how to incorporate Josh into the invitation? For example, is it appropriate to say Cecil "Josh" W. or should I just stick with his real name and let people figure it out?
Thanks!
Answers:
1. Use the quotations.
2. Cecil "Josh" W - would be perfect.
3. I think your suggestion of Cecil "Josh" W. is perfect. It is exactly what I would do.
That is hilarious though. I understand why he goes by josh.
4. Put Cecil (Josh) Delynn W. or put Josh at the end of it.
5. I LIKE CECIL "JOSH" W
6. you could put his real name then in quotation marks put josh
7. Its your wedding - do what you want to do.
That being said, I think Cecil "Josh" Delynn W is appropriate.
8. depends on how formal your wedding is going to be. Very formal, just put his proper name, semi-formal or if you're comfortable with it, put Josh in quotes or parentheses
9. I would put Cecil "Josh" W
I would also ask him what he would like his name to be on there.
10. Cecil (aka Josh) W skip the d name
11. I would talk to his family, as they are the ones that are going to care....find out which one is not going to offend or confuse anyone.
Then again, who cares, its your wedding, the two of you are going to do whatever makes you happy. You may want to send his family official Cecil Delynn W. cards, and have a few printed up with "Josh" to send to those who only know him as Josh. That way everyone is happy, and you dont offend anyone.
12. where did you get "Josh" from? use quotation marks if you want to, but if he is known as Josh, then why not just use Josh?
13. You should insert his called name in quotations just as you illustrated so that distant relatives won't think it's his dad getting married. But, definitely have his full, official name. This is a big deal, something that will be recorded at the courthouse for all of history, so it needs to be accurate and not just convenient.
14. PUBLISH IT AS CECIL "JOSH" W.
15. How about putting 'Josh and (your nickname)' at the top of the invite then in the part where the grooms name has to be placed put 'Cecil "Josh" W.'?
16. weddings are pretty formal. nicknames should probably be avoided on the stationary. his best friends and family know his real name. let the rest figure it out. besides you might freak out a person or two that think you are marrying some other guy
17. You are going to have to have Josh give them out if you don't refer to "Josh" in quotes in the invitation. Most recipients will be like, "Cecil? Who thell is Cecil? Cecil B. Demille?" Who knows anyone named Cecil?
Josh/Cecil has to personally give them out OR put "Josh" in quotes on the card itself. Good luck and have a wonderful union.
18. either way would be fine...but it totally up to you no one can make that decision for you, you can either put cecil "josh" w. or Cecil Delynn W. or if anyone knows him by Cecil then you can put your initals theres all kinds of ideas out there that you can do! hope you have some luck sorry if i wasnt any 8D have a great day!
19. How do you get Josh out of that? If he is shy or embarrassed about his given name, then consult with him to make sure how he feels. If everybody's cool with it, then I'd just use his given name. It might depend as to how formal your wedding will be. A more casual affair with a more casual invitation would work well with a nickname included.
20. 19 answers so far... how come no one thought about asking the man himself what he would prefer?
21. If you have formal style invitations, you should go with his full, given name. If your wedding invitations are informal, you can use your nicknames. What ever style invitation you pick, make sure the formality of how both your names are printed match - that is, you can't have his nickname and your full given name.
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Congrats and have a wonderful life together!
22. I would do Cecil Dlynn "Josh" W. or Cecil Dlynn W. "Josh" ... would they not recognize his last name or your name?
23. i think if most people know him as Josh, include that on the invite....Good Luck!
24. Cecil Delynn "Josh" W. or Cecil Delynn (Josh) W.
25. Gosh I would call myself Josh too if I was unfortunate enough to have parents that named me "Cecil Delynn W."
Cecil "Josh" W. is good though.
26. This is a formal invitation. I think it should be the proper legal name. Besides, when you get checks, you want to make sure that they are correctly written to your names.
I had the same situation, where my mother did half the inviations in my native language. She included my baptismal name. It was a little harder getting those checks cashed. Also, people were engraving gifts with my baptismal name on them. I had an official wedding blessing document from the Pope/Vatican with my baptismal name on it.
I hope this helps. Congratulations.
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