Celebrate Names That Matter
Celebrating Identity: The Power of Naming Ceremonies
Names are powerful. They tell our stories, mark our identities, celebrate who we are and who we're becoming. Whether you're welcoming a baby, celebrating an adoption, honouring a blended family coming together, marking a divorce liberation, or announcing your true identity to the world, a naming ceremony creates space to say "this matters – and we're celebrating it."
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Honouring the journey of becoming who you truly are
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Baby & Child Namings
Welcome your little one with a non-religious ceremony that reflects your values, involves chosen guide parents, and creates a celebration full of love and promises for their future.
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Adoption Celebrations
For me, adoption naming ceremonies are incredibly close to my heart. These celebrations honour the journey to becoming a family and create memories that children can treasure forever.
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Blended Family Ceremonies
When you're marrying and bringing children together, a family naming ceremony can be part of your wedding or a separate celebration – making promises not just to your partner but to your whole new blended family unit.
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Gender change Celebrations
Announcing your true name and identity deserves to be celebrated with love, respect and joy. These ceremonies create a powerful moment of affirmation, witnessed by people who support and celebrate you.
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Divorce Liberation Name Changes
Reclaiming your name after divorce can be an empowering new beginning. A naming ceremony marks this transition with friends who understand and celebrate your freedom.
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Adult Name Changes
Any life transition that includes a name change – starting a new chapter, honouring heritage, or simply becoming more yourself – can be marked with a meaningful celebration.
Why Naming Ceremonies Matter
A naming ceremony creates a moment where the community gathers around someone and says "we see you, we celebrate you, and we're making promises about the role we'll play in your life."
For babies, it is the guide parents, promising support and love. For adults changing names, it is a chosen family witnessing and affirming your identity. For adopted children, it's celebrating the journey to becoming family in a way that honours everyone's story.
These aren't just parties with cake (though cake is good). They're meaningful moments that people remember forever.
we celebrate you
What Makes My Approach Different
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Personal Connection to Adoption
I was adopted myself and I am so proud to say that, as I was blessed with the most amazing parents that I could have ever wished for. Adoption naming ceremonies aren't just work for me – they're deeply personal, and I want every family to feel the significance and joy these celebrations deserve.
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LGBTQ+ Affirming
Transgender naming ceremonies are crafted with genuine understanding, respect and celebration. Your ceremony will honour your journey, affirm your identity, and create a moment of joy witnessed by people who love you.
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Family-Inclusive
When ceremonies involve children, I'm skilled at making them feel genuinely part of the celebration – not just watching but participating in meaningful ways that suit their ages and personalities.
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Creative & Personal
Every ceremony is crafted from scratch based on your unique story. No templates, no generic words – just authentic celebration of your journey.
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Outdoor & Alternative Welcome
Garden gatherings, park picnics, woodland celebrations, beach welcoming ceremonies – I love creating naming ceremonies in natural, meaningful outdoor spaces.
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Beautiful Ceremony Ideas
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Baby Welcome Circles
Guests gather in a circle, where the baby is then passed around the circle (or held by parents if preferred), each person whispers a wish or blessing. Intimate, meaningful, beautiful.
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Guide Parent Promises
Chosen guide parents (like godparents, but without religious connotation) make promises to support, love and be present in your child's life.
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Tree Planting
Plant a tree together that will grow as your child grows, or as your new identity flourishes. Guests can add soil, water, or good wishes.
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Message Jar
Guests write advice, wishes or memories for the child or person to read when they're older or during future life transitions.
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Sand-Blending
For blended families, each family member has their own color of sand that's poured together, creating something beautiful and impossible to separate again. A lasting memento to cherish for years to come.
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Letter Reading
Whether your celebration is for adoption, gender change ceremonies, blended families and so on, letters from family members expressing love, support and celebration can be incredibly moving.
What's Included – £300
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Your naming ceremony
- Pre-ceremony consultation to understand your unique journey and vision
- Beautifully crafted personalised ceremony script
- Unlimited support via email, calls and meetings throughout the planning
- Keepsake ceremony script for you to treasure
- Special symbolic memento (we'll discuss what's possible based on your ceremony elements)
- Ceremony delivery in your chosen location
- Digital copies of all materials after your ceremony
Unforgettable Moments
Tailored to You
Perfect Settings
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Initial Chat
We'll talk about your story – why you're having a naming ceremony, what you want it to feel like, who'll be involved, any special elements you're considering.
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Story Gathering
Depending on your type of ceremony, this might include talking about your journey to parenthood, your adoption story, your transition journey, your blended family creation, or the significance of your name change.
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Crafting Your Ceremony
I'll create a ceremony that tells your story beautifully, involves people meaningfully (especially children if relevant), and strikes the right tone for what you're celebrating.
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Perfecting Together
We'll refine everything together until you're completely happy with every word and element.
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Your Celebration
I'll deliver your naming ceremony with warmth, creating an atmosphere where everyone feels the significance and joy of the moment.
What People Say
She leads with kindness, authenticity, and emotional intelligence
It is an honour to offer this testimonial in support of Debbie as she begins her journey as a celebrant with Dragonfly Ceremonies. She is warm, intuitive, deeply empathetic, and has a rare ability to make people feel truly seen and heard. What truly sets Debbie apart is her character – she understands that ceremonies are not just events, they are milestones, memories, and moments that stay with people for a lifetime. Clients will feel supported, understood, and celebrated throughout the entire journey.
Your writing poetry is absolutely outstanding
Your careful attention to detail is evident throughout, and it's clear that you devoted a great amount of attention and time to shaping a ceremony that feels both heartfelt and profoundly meaningful. The tone of your writing is consistently bright and full of warmth. You've captured their characters with great sensitivity. You have created a ceremony that feels joyful, sincere, and deeply moving.
You have a natural, warm and absorbing voice
From day one, your passion and drive to nail this Celebrancy gig were just so evident. You've worked tirelessly to develop and perfect your writing skills and to inject your personality and that of your couples. You have a natural, warm and absorbing voice that makes people want to listen more, and it's clear you have a knack for connecting with people – that's just gold in our world of celebrancy.
Debbie is compassionate and empathic and I would highly recommend her.
From start to finish, the care and thought Debbie puts into a ceremony is exceptional. Her writing is warm, thoughtful, and beautifully crafted, capturing the story with great sensitivity and heart. Every element feels meaningful and carefully considered, creating a ceremony that is both moving and memorable. I feel that Debbie truly listens and supports the families she works with throughout the process.
No two ceremonies are ever the same
Dragonfly Ceremonies
Ready to celebrate your naming journey?
Whether you're welcoming a baby, celebrating an adoption that's close to my heart, honouring a blended family, or marking an identity transition, I'd love to create you a ceremony that feels genuinely meaningful.
📞 07773 020286 ✉️ dragonflyceremonies@hotmail.com