What is the minimum age for a bridesmaid

There is no minimum age for bridesmaids, it's whoever you want standing up next to you in a place of honor, on your wedding day. If your close with this girl or her mother and want to include her, go for it. Call her a 'junior' bridesmaid if you want. But don't feel like you "have" to replace your bridesmaid whose dropping out. It's okay to have an uneven bridal party.

I have a 14 year old. We are technically calling her a junior bridesmaid because she isn't invited to all the parties and such and they aren't asking her to pitch in for any events.

I personally wouldn't replace my bridesmaid because I wouldn't want to make someone else buy a dress or make my injured bridesmaid mad.

Also couldn't she just wheel down the aisle or such. Or is she going to be bed ridden.

I don't think there is an exact age. Our niece is 10 and going to be a jr. bm. She so excited just to walk the aisle lol.

Is the bridesmaid dropping out? One of my bridesmaids is having surgery on Monday and is still planning on hobbling down the aisle at my wedding (just a week after you). She plans to sit on the front row if she needs to (I have insisted...but she insisting on at least trying to stand).

If it is because she is dropping out, and you just want to replace her to keep the numbers even, I don't see a problem with a 15 year old bridesmaid...but I don't think I would want to include a 15 year old in a bachelorette party or anything like that! I also don't see anything wrong with not replacing her, and having uneven numbers, and leaving your "dropped" bridesmaid's name in the program.

There is no minimum (or maximum age) for any bridal party members. If you want you 87 year old grand mother to be a flower girl, or your two year old god daughter to be a bridesmaid, that is completely 100% your call.

My FH's daughter is a BM, she will be 12. 15 is fine.

ETA: she's participating in all the wedding day stuff (minus mimosa-drinking) but obviously not planning the shower or coming to the bachelorette

I agree with PPs. Could she do it in a wheelchair? If someone kicked me out of their wedding because I was having surgery, I would be hurt. Now if she's said she can't do it, that's different. There's not really a minimum age for a bridesmaid. I was one when I was 16.

I don't think there is a set minimum age. It's whatever you are comfortable with. You can always make her a junior bridesmaid. My cousin will be 13 for my wedding and we made her a junior bridesmaid since she can't attend all the parties and there is such a huge age difference between her and my bridesmaids.

Don't put someone in your wedding that you're not actually close with. To me, a teenage non-relative wouldn't cut it.

I'd say the minimum age question is sort of a moot point. I hope you wouldn't ask the bridesmaid to "step down" just because she may not be able to walk down the aisle. And if she chose to on her own, there's no need to "replace" her. At this point, anyone you picked would know she wasn't your first choice.

My siblings are our bridesmaids, they are 15 and 8. My cousins are my flower girl and ring bearer. I think she is 5 and he is going to be 2. I say there is no "minimum" or "maximum" age. Plus, keep in mind, this is YOUR wedding. And no one is supposed to criticize the bride anyway. So have it your way.

No age limit but I would talk with the bm first and see what she says. Most purple who get their knee replaced ate back to work in 8 weeks which I'd around the time your wedding will be.