Christening Digital Invitation: Naming Non-Family Godparents

You have the date, the church and the photo of Lucía in her white dress. You open the editor, reach the line under your own names and stop: Ana and Luis are the godparents, they are your closest friends, and they are not family. Do you write "Godparents" and leave it there? Do you explain why you chose them? A digital invitation for a christening settles that the moment you decide the label — and you can build and send yours today from the catalogue.

What follows is the wording for godparents who aren't family, the order of the names on the page, and the phrases worth deleting before you publish. No printer, no second version, no awkward message to Ana explaining what you meant.

Christening invitation etiquette when the godparents aren't family

The label says what they do at the ceremony, not what they are to you. If they stand at the font as godparents, that is the word. Their surname, your shared history, the holidays you spend together — none of it belongs on that line. Being precise here isn't coldness: a guest reads the invitation once and understands the role without a footnote.

• Nothing else. "Ana and Luis, godparents". Not "chosen family", not "aunt and uncle in all but blood".
• If you want the friendship visible, write "Our friends Ana and Luis, godparents". Three words do the work.
• If they aren't a couple, put "Ana" and "Luis" on two lines with "Godparents" underneath, and skip the heart between the names.
• If the ceremony names a godfather and a godmother separately, keep both labels: "Godfather: Luis" and "Godmother: Ana".

The order on the invitation: parents, godparents, grandparents

The people sending the invitation open the page. So: "María and Javier, parents of Lucía, invite you to the christening", and directly below it, "Godparents: Ana and Luis". The next line belongs to the church, the time and the address. If two people are hosting, both names stay on the first line.

If the grandparents are not the godparents, give them their own line — "Grandparents: Carmen and José" — instead of a place under the godparents' heading. Anyone should be able to tell in three seconds who does what on the day.

The godparents' line says what they do at the christening, not how long you have known them.

The best digital invitations for a christening are the ones you can still edit

People change their minds. A godparent is added, a surname is spelled wrong, a couple separates. On a printed card that means a second print run and a second round of delivery. On an online invitation you open the editor, correct the label, and the link you already sent shows the new version. Nothing to resend, nothing to explain at the door.

What a digital invitation fixes about the godparents' label

One link for everyone. Confirmations arrive inside the invitation in a single ordered list, and you choose the questions the form asks instead of chasing replies in a WhatsApp group. If the godparents or part of the family read in another language, the text can be set in Spanish, English, Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese or German: one invitation, no duplicate links. Your guests open the link in a browser on their phone and install nothing. Pick a design, try the cover for free, and publish for €29.99 as a one-time payment.