Anniversary Meanings

Below is a list of the most popular anniversaries celebrated today, and what they mean.

  Year Anniversary
  First Paper
  Second Cotton
  Third Leather
  Fourth Fruit or Leather
  Fifth Wood
  Sixth Iron
  Seventh Wood or Copper
  Eighth Bronze or Pottery
  Ninth Pottery or Willow
  Tenth Tin or Aluminium
  Eleventh Steel
  Twelfth Silk or Linen
  Thirteenth Lace
  Fourteenth Ivory
  Fifteenth Crystal
  Twentieth China
  Twenty-fifth Silver
  Thirtieth Coral
  Fortieth Ruby
  Forty-fifth Sapphire
  Fiftieth Gold
  Fifty-fifth Emerald
  Sixtieth Diamond
  Sixty-fifth Star Sapphire
  Seventieth Platinum