Wedding hashtag generator
Add your first names, plus your shared surname and wedding year if you like. We’ll mix them into hashtag ideas you can copy.
Type both first names to see ideas.
How to pick a wedding hashtag
- Search it first. Before you share a hashtag, search for it on Instagram and TikTok. If strangers already use it, add your year or a word that’s only yours.
- Make it easy to read. Capitalize each word (#AnaAndBen, not #anaandben). It’s easier to read, easier to type and easier for screen readers.
- Put it where guests will see it. Your wedding website, your save-the-dates and a sign at the reception are the usual places.
- Know what a hashtag can’t do. A hashtag only gathers photos from guests who post publicly, and there’s no simple way to save them all afterward. If you want everyone’s photos in one place, a QR code that goes straight to an upload page also catches the photos that never get posted. Forevermore’s day-of photo wall works that way.
Wedding hashtag ideas by style
A wedding hashtag, also called a marriage hashtag or couple hashtag, is one tag your guests add to the photos they post, so the posts are easy to find together. The generator above mixes your names into the classics. These are the styles couples use most, with examples you can adapt.
Your names
The simplest kind, and the easiest for guests to remember: #AnaAndBen, #AnaWedsBen or #BenAndAna. If yours is taken, add the year, as in #AnaAndBen2027.
Your surname
If you’re sharing a surname, build on it: #MeetTheLopezes, #HappilyEverLopez or #LopezPartyOfTwo. Taking both names? Put them together, as in #LopezAndGrant.
Wordplay
A pun is the hashtag guests remember, and the best ones come from a surname. Say the name out loud and listen for a song, a saying or a rhyme:
- Hart: #HartToHart
- Young: #ForeverYoung
- Bell: #SavedByTheBell
- Rose: #ComingUpRoses
- Love: #AllYouNeedIsLove
Keep it kind. A pun on your partner’s name should be one they love too.
Your place or date
Adding where or when makes a common name yours: #AnaAndBenInNapa, #LopezesDoLisbon or #LopezWedding2027.
How to check your hashtag isn’t taken
- Search it on Instagram and TikTok. Type it into the search bar and look at the hashtag results. If you see someone else’s wedding, especially a recent one, change yours.
- Read it in lowercase. Plenty of guests will type it that way, and words run together can spell something you didn’t mean.
- Type it on your phone. If autocorrect fights it, or it’s long enough to get wrong, shorten it.
- Ask a friend to spell it back. Say it out loud once. If they write it differently, your guests will too.
Where to share your hashtag
- Your wedding website, near your story or your FAQs, so guests see it before the day.
- A sign at the welcome table or the bar, or a line on your table cards.
- Your save-the-dates or invitations, if you like. Many couples keep the printed invitation formal and put the hashtag on the website and signs instead.
- Your wedding party’s group chat, so they use it from the bachelor and bachelorette parties on.
- One mention at the reception. Your DJ or emcee can say it when they welcome everyone.
What a hashtag can and can’t do now
Hashtags work differently than they did a few years ago, so it helps to know what yours will do.
- Nobody sees it in their feed. Instagram stopped letting people follow hashtags at the end of 2024. People can still tap or search your hashtag to see the posts that use it.
- One tag is plenty. Instagram is limiting each post and reel to five hashtags, so your guests won’t add yours to a long list.
- Private posts stay private. Posts from private accounts only show to their followers, and stories disappear after a day, so a hashtag never gathers everything.
A hashtag is lovely for the posts your friends share publicly. If you want every guest’s photos, give them one link or QR code to upload to as well, and keep the hashtag for fun.
Questions couples ask
Do we need a wedding hashtag?
No. It’s a nice extra if your friends post on social media, and plenty of couples skip it. If what you really want is everyone’s photos, an upload link does more.
When should we choose one?
Before your save-the-dates go out or your wedding website goes live, so guests see it from the start.
Is a marriage hashtag different from a wedding hashtag?
No, they’re two names for the same thing. Some couples also have one for the engagement or the honeymoon.
Can we use more than one?
You can, but one is easier to remember. With Instagram’s limit of five hashtags a post, one is plenty.
Instagram’s changes were checked on October 25, 2026: the end of hashtag follows and the five-hashtag limit.