Beach Wedding Table Names

Seashell names have to be one of the most popular groups to choose from for naming reception tables.
So here is a list of some pretty shell names that will give your reception a tropical touch.

Queen Conch (also known as the Pink or Caribbean Conch)
Milk Conch
Florida Horse Conch (this is the Florida state shell)
Florida Crown Conch
Lightning Whelk
Pear Whelk
Lace Murex
Eastern Murex
Banded Tulip
Florida Cone
Alphabet Cone
Florida Fighting Conch (for the relatives who don't get along- just kidding)
Pen Shell
Jingle Shell
Coquina Shell
King Helmet
Queen Helmet
and don't forget, the much sought after, Junonia shell.

The lightning whelk is a popular shell that is commonly found on the gulf side of the state of Florida. It is a sinistral, or left-handed seashell, with it's opening on the left side.

Seashell Beach Wedding Table Name Card

Here we have a memorable little wedding favor with a beach theme. Who doesn't love a sand dollar? This key ring is decorated with a realistic, puffy sand dollar that is called a "sea biscuit". The close-up picture fits nicely on this waterproof, round keychain with template text. It's very easy to replace the example text shown with your own personalized text. Add a special "thank you" message to guests and then include your names and the wedding date. The white sand dollar with black text is neutral enough to match any reception color scheme. And if you'd like it to be blank, just delete all text shown - in each of the template lines on the product page - and order it blank. Bulk order discounts include up to 36% off.
Click on the key ring below to learn more.

My mother used to live south of Daytona in a small town named "Edgewater" and when driving to her house I passed through New Smyrna and a development with streets named alphabetically after palm trees.
It became a game for the family to try to remember the which name would come next as we drove along.

If you want to name your tables after the beautiful and plentiful variety of Palm trees, here's a partial list to use.

Areca

Bamboo

Date

Queen

Royal

Coconut

The poster above is Key Biscayne palms by ronnie44052

The Florida Keys are a string of islands off the southern tip of Florida. They stretch out into the warm tropical waters for approximately 106 miles with the island of Key West at the southern most point.

The work "key" comes from the Spanish word, "cayo", meaning "small island" and is very appropriate since the Keys are made up of approximately 1700 islands according to Wikipedia, which gives you many names to choose from for your reception tables.

The Keys are bordered by the Atlantic ocean on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other. The water is gorgeous, the fishing is the best, and many animal sanctuaries can be found along the line of islands. Don't forget tourists...they are abundant as well.

(click here for a map showing the Florida Keys)

Key Largo
Islamorada
Marathon
Boca Chica Key
Plantation Key
Long Key
Grassy Key
Knights Key
Conch Key
Long Point Key
Bahia Honda
Shark Key
Little Torch Key
Middle Torch
Big Torch
Rockland Key
Summerland Key
Key Biscayne
Sunset Key
Big Pine Key
Key West

Key-West-Florida-Travel-Poster by longdistgramma

Sea Treasures Table Name Cards

Because of the hot, humid climate, many flowering shrubs and trees thrive year round in Florida and tropical islands. Constant heat and rain keep the landscape constantly lush and green and flowers that won't survive the harsh northern cold add special beauty to the southern landscape.

Some of my favorite southern flowers include:
camellias, magnolias, jasmine, gardenias, crepe myrtle, hibiscus, azaleas, and orchids like the one in this photo. Although some of these plants will grow in the north, they thrive in the south.

Daytona Beach and Miami Beach are probably the best known, but Florida is full of gorgeous beaches that extend all along the peninsula from the edge of Georgia to the Alabama border. (That is New Smyrna Beach in my photo to the right.)

The Gulf beaches are beautiful and up in the panhandle the sand is almost white. So choose from Atlantic beach names or those along the Gulf, or mix and match.

Here is a partial list of the Atlantic beaches in Florida:

Fernandina Beach
American Beach (an African American beach)
Atlantic Beach (in Jacksonville)
Flagler Beach
Daytona Beach
New Smyrna Beach
Bethune Beach
Cocoa Beach (I Dream of Jeannie anyone?)
Playalinda Beach (allows nude sunbathing!)
South Beach (Miami)
Fort Lauderdale
Canaveral National Seashore

Gulf Coast names include beautiful Destin, Rosemary, Alice, Clearwater, Indian Rocks, Madiera, St. Pete, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, and Naples.

A new and popular idea is to take part of the wedding budget and spend it on a charitable donation in place of useless and frivolous wedding favors. I was recently contacted by a customer to have cards made that would be left on the reception tables to inform the guests of this. Any charity can be chosen for whatever reason, and if you chose to donate to preserve wild life, the names of endangered tropical animals could be added to your place cards.

The manatee is a well known favorite but there are many others such as the loggerhead turtle, Florida panther, and various fish, frogs, snakes and even butterflies.



When I lived in Florida I knew about the Eastern Indigo snake being on the endangered list. I never saw one in my 20+ years living there but they are shiny black and still on the list of endangered wildlife.

One of my favorites is the Gopher Tortoise who has lost much of it's living area due to the widespread building and clearing of land.

Instead of naming them all here, I'll just leave this link to a list of animals on the endangered, threatened and of special concern list from the Florida Wildlife Commision.

Manatee Poster by VicsExoticPhotos

Two white sand dollars represent the couple on a brown and white card with templates for adding numbers in black.
Or choose the heart in the sand card with blue numbers and a place to add the bride and groom names and wedding date at the bottom. Such a romantic way to seat wedding guests.

All items in the Sandpiper Wedding store can easily be customized for your special wedding event. Products are shown as examples and I will be happy to change the wording, font styles, colors, sizes, etc. You may contact me any time with your requests and I will get back to you usually the same day.

~ Invitations
~ Response enclosure cards
~ Postage
~ Save the date
~ Bridal/Wedding shower
~ Favors
~ Table Number Cards
~ Favor Tags
~ Stickers

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