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Monogram Guide

A monogram is a design consisting of two or more initials – usually a first, middle, and last name.  


Single Initial

Represents either first or last name

 

Lucy Grace Burns

James Francis Burns

 

 

 

 

Single initial

First name

Single initial

Last name

 


Three initials

Represents first, middle and last name

Colin Patrick Hill

Elizabeth Kathryn Smith

Matthew William Peters

Initials, center large

First name, last name, middle name

Initials same size

First name, middle name, last name

Initials stacked

First name, middle name on left

Last name on right, large



Couples

Traditionally, for couples with a woman and man, the wife’s initial is on the left and husband’s initial is on the right.

 

Same last name

Different last name

Emily and Mike Blake

Meg Landers and Sean Kane

Spouse 1 first name on left

Last name center, large

Spouse 2 first name on right

Spouse 1 last name on left

Spouse 2 last name on right

Spouse 1 first name far left, last name larger middle left

Spouse 2 first name far right, last name large middle right

 




Hyphenated Last Name

Martin Edward Andrews-Flynn

 

 

 

First name on left, middle name on right

Last name initials in center, large

Last name initials side by side