Are you, or someone you know, celebrating an anniversary soon? If so, it’s time to start thinking about crafting a special anniversary wish.
Finding an anniversary card is simple enough, but you might wonder where to start when adding your anniversary wishes. We’re here to help ensure you get your anniversary message just right so the recipients feel special and loved.
In our round-up, we’ve got anniversary wishes for every occasion. You’ll find thoughtful anniversary wishes for your husband or wife, special messages for milestone anniversaries, and sweet messages for a variety of family members.
A great place to start is by thinking about who the person or couple is, whether they’re celebrating a milestone anniversary and what relation they are to you.
Take a look below, and find the anniversary wishes that suit you.
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- Simple and elegant anniversary wishes
- Wedding anniversary wishes for couple
- Anniversary wishes for wife
- Anniversary wishes for husband
- Anniversary wishes for parents
- Anniversary wishes for sister
- Anniversary wishes for brother
- 1st wedding anniversary wishes
- 25th wedding anniversary wishes
- 50th wedding anniversary wishes
- Anniversary quotes
Simple and elegant anniversary wishes
Wish the happy couple well on their anniversary with these simple anniversary wishes. Feel free to personalise or mix and match these messages to create your own bespoke words.
- Congratulations, on your anniversary!
- Happy anniversary to the lovely couple!
- Congratulations on your [XX] anniversary!
- Wishing you many more years of happiness.
- Have a wonderful anniversary.
- To the special couple, happy anniversary.
- Wishing you endless love and happiness today and for the future.
- Your love is an inspiration to us all, happy anniversary!
- Sending heartfelt wishes on your anniversary.
- Wishing you a day filled with joy and happy memories.
Wedding anniversary wishes for couples
Is your favourite couple's anniversary coming up? Wish them many happy years ahead with our wedding anniversary wishes for couples.
- Happy anniversary to the special couple.
- Congratulations to the beautiful couple.
- To the special couple, congratulations on your anniversary,
- To my favourite couple, happy anniversary.
- Happy anniversary, wishing you both a day full of happy memories!
Anniversary wishes for wife
Show your wife how much you cherish her with these romantic anniversary wishes for your wife.
- To my wonderful wife, happy anniversary! I love you.
- Happy anniversary to my beautiful wife, you’re so special to me.
- I’m so lucky to have you in my life. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you.
- Happy anniversary to my wife, here’s to many more years of laughter and love.
- To my lovely wife, I adore you.
- How happy you make me every day, I love you with all my heart.
- You brighten each and every day, I’m so lucky to have you as my wife.
- You’re not just my wife. You’re my soulmate, my best friend, my everything.
- I love you more with every day that passes.
- Your radiance draws me closer every day. How lucky I am to have you in my life.
- To my beautiful, funny, clever wife, words cannot express how much I love you.
- I’ll love you now until forever.
- It’s just me and you until the end of time.
- Happy anniversary to the woman who makes my heart skip a beat.
- To the love of my life on our anniversary, thank you for many wonderful years of adventure, here’s to many more!
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Anniversary wishes for husband
Let your husband know what a supportive, loving partner he’s been with our thoughtful anniversary wishes for husband.
- Happy anniversary to my wonderful husband!
- I love spending my life with you, here’s so many more happy years.
- I’m so lucky I get to spend my life with such a charming, funny, handsome man.
- To the man who makes me laugh, brightens my day and makes me feel so loved.
- You complete me.
- I didn’t believe in soulmates until I met you.
- Thank you for filling my life with love, kindness and joy.
- What an amazing year, I can’t wait for many more to be spent with you.
- Another wonderful year spent with my wonderful husband, how lucky am I?
- Happy anniversary to my partner in crime. I can’t wait for even more adventures with you.
Anniversary wishes for parents
Your parents' anniversary is coming up, congratulate them with our anniversary wishes for parents.
- Happy anniversary Mom and Dad! I strive to find a love like yours.
- Happy anniversary to the best parents in the world. You’re an inspiration to all of us!
- I’m so lucky to have such lovely parents.
- I aspire to have a love like yours.
- With such great parents, it’s no surprise I turned out so well!
Anniversary wishes for sister
Personalise your wedding anniversary wishes for your sister and your brother-in-law.
- Happy anniversary to my lovely sister and brother-in-law.
- To a special sister, wishing you lots of joy and happiness for the year ahead.
- Congratulations on your wedding anniversary my dear sister.
- Happy anniversary to my sister and brother-in-law! Wishing you lots of love and joy for the years ahead.
- To my wonderful sister and her husband, seeing the love you share fills my heart with happiness.
Anniversary wishes for brother
Wish your brother and sister-in-law a very happy anniversary with our special messages.
- Happy anniversary to my brother and sister-in-law, wishing you many happy years ahead.
- Congratulations to a special brother and sister-in-law on your anniversary.
- To my wonderful brother, wishing you lots of love and happiness for the years ahead.
- You two are the most perfect couple! Sending you both lots of love on your anniversary.
- Wishing my lovely brother and his wonderful wife a very happy anniversary.
1st wedding anniversary wishes
Send a heartfelt message celebrating the happy couple’s first year of marriage together.
Top tip: 1st wedding anniversary is symbolised by paper, so why not gift them a handmade paper rose?
- Congratulations on your 1st wedding anniversary.
- Congratulations on your first year of happy marriage, wishing you many more.
- Wishing you lots of love and happiness on your 1st anniversary.
- Congratulations on a wonderful year together. Here’s to many more!
- One year ago you started this wonderful adventure! Wishing you many more years of love and happiness.
25th wedding anniversary wishes
A 25th wedding anniversary is an inspiring milestone in the happy couple's life, wish them well with these messages.
Top tip: The 25th wedding anniversary is also known as the silver wedding anniversary.
- Happy 25th anniversary, what an incredible milestone!
- Congratulations on your silver anniversary.
- Congratulations on 25 years of happiness and joy, here’s to many more.
- 25 years of love, laughter and wonderful memories! Enjoy your day.
- Congratulations on your 25th anniversary! May your love grow stronger with every passing day.
50th wedding anniversary wishes
What an achievement! Help the golden couple celebrate fifty years of marriage.
Top tip: The 50th wedding anniversary is symbolised by gold.
- Congratulations on fifty years of love, laughs and cherished memories.
- Happy 50th anniversary! Your love is truly an inspiration to us all.
- Congratulations on your golden anniversary! What an incredible milestone.
- Congratulations on fifty memorable years, wishing you lots more love for the years to come.
- Your love and dedication are truly inspiring. Happy anniversary to a wonderful couple.
Anniversary quotes
Use one of these romantic quotes in addition to your anniversary message to make it extra special.
- “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” - Audrey Hepburn
- “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” - Dr. Seuss
- "To me, you are perfect." - Love Actually (2003)
- "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." - Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
- “You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. And wish from this day forth never to be parted from you.” - Deborah Moggach, Pride & Prejudice screenplay
Find the right words for your thoughtful anniversary wishes
Depending on your relationship with the recipient you can make your anniversary wishes personal and special, or you can keep it light and simple.
Our messages will give you a good starting point for crafting your own wonderful anniversary message. Starting the message can be the hardest part, but with a little bit of inspiration, you’ll find it much easier to get into the flow.
Create your own anniversary card
House your anniversary wishes in a beautiful homemade card. Browse and download our free printable anniversary cards.
