Weddings are a huge life milestone for many couples – and one wedding planner has shared the top five most ‘basic’ couple names he keeps coming across through his years of working in the wedding industry
A wedding planner has revealed the top five “most basic couple name” combinations he’s encountered throughout his career in the wedding industry. Weddings are a huge milestone for many people, as couples seek to mark their commitment to each other in front of their nearest and dearest.
Given it’s such a momentous occasion with high expectations, weddings often demand extensive planning, preparation and coordination to guarantee everything goes ahead without a hitch and aligns with the couple’s wishes. Choices surrounding the venue, décor, catering, entertainment and more can prove challenging – not to mention the astronomical costs associated with the wedding industry.
As with many things, certain trends and colour palettes become widespread in weddings, and one wedding planner has even identified patterns among couples’ names.
Oliver Stanton, based in the Cotswolds, is a wedding planner “for couples who like to party” working across the UK and further afield. He’s also a freelance musician, performing live as a saxophonist at multiple events.
On Instagram, he provides behind-the-scenes stories, advice and more to thousands of followers, alongside light-hearted videos poking fun at various aspects of weddings and the planning journey. In one clip, he humorously shared a “definitive” list of the most “basic” couple names.
Speaking directly to the camera, Oliver began: “This is the definitive top five most basic couple names. If you and your partner both have these names, then you’re pretty basic – and this is based off of my years of experience in the wedding industry.
“So, I will not be taking any notes or suggestions, okay? At number five, we have Will and Emily. Sorry, Will and Emily, it just is what it is. They are very much a ‘rustic sage’ couple.”
Sage has become an incredibly fashionable colour choice at weddings in recent years.
Oliver pressed on: “At number four, we have Laura and Matt. Now, Laura and Matt are basically Will and Emily but five years older and a little bit more ‘cornflower blue’ than sage, but you see what I mean with this.”
Oliver, who identifies as queer, continued: “At number three, we have Chloe and Chelsea. Now, these aren’t your disco lesbians, these are your common or garden lesbians.”
He placed Lauren and Tom in the runner-up spot, elaborating: “Now, Lauren and Tom, they are basically Will and Emily.
“It’s the same thing and if you saw a picture of Lauren and Tom, and then Will and Emily, you wouldn’t be able to tell them apart. You would need some high tech facial recognition to tell those two apart.”
Concluding his list, Oliver added: “And then finally, at number one, we have Andrew and Matt. And these aren’t your bougie gays, these are the sage lovers of the LGBT community.”
The clip has since accumulated more than 94,000 views. Oliver posted a follow-up video listing additional couple combinations “because these people are important members of the basic community”.
He rattled off the following name pairings: Charlotte and Tom, Sophie and Daniel, Rebecca and Matt, Jessica and Matt, Ryan and Matt, Christopher and Matt, James and Matt, Rachel and Hannah, Emma and Mark, Olivia and Jack, Becky and Jack, Laura and Andrew, Katie and Sam “as a straight couple and then Katie and Sam as a lesbian couple.”
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