A Naming Ceremony is a very special way of celebrating the birth of your child or of welcoming an adopted or step child into the family, or a new family environment. It is also an opportunity to declare, before family and friends, your promise to be as good a parent as you can.

A Naming Ceremony is, in every sense, a unique occasion for everyone - family and friends - to feel involved and to offer their support in your child’s future development.

Children of any age can have a ceremony; it is not just for babies. If you wish, you could hold a Naming Ceremony immediately after your Civil Marriage or Partnership Ceremony. Ceremonies can also be used to celebrate adoptive children and step children becoming part of a new relationship and forming part of the family bonding within an extended family unit.

Leicestershire County Council offers two types of ceremony - our Standard Ceremony or our Bespoke Ceremony. No matter which ceremony you choose you can be assured that our trained professional Celebrant's will endeavour to make your day special and unique and will create a day that you and your family and friends will remember and treasure in the years that follow.

Please see the dedicated page for the difference between the Standard or Bespoke Ceremonies.

For further information or to arrange a Naming Ceremony please contact the ceremony co-ordinator: -