Creative & Funny Names For Farewell Party

List Of Funny Names For Farewell Party And Their Meanings:

Kwaheri Kickback

From kwa, with, and heri, happiness.

Send-Off Social

‘A farewell’, from Mark Twain.

Hamba Kahle Gathering

Zulu for “go well.” In Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) Alan Paton wrote the English form into a farewell: ‘Go well, umfundisi.’

Despedida Party

Spanish for ‘farewell’ and ‘farewell party’.

Fernweh Fest

Fernweh means farsickness and is made of German fern, far, and weh, woe. Its opposite is Heimweh, homesickness.

Safari Njema Sundowner

‘Safe journey’, Swahili style.

Deoch an Dorais Night

‘Drink of the door.’

Sampai Ketemu Nasi Night

Indonesian sampai ketemu is symbolizing a loose plan: ‘until we happen to meet’.

Stirrup Cup Social

Merriam-Webster: ‘a small serving of drink (as wine) taken by a rider about to depart’.

À Plus Apéro

Short for à plus tard, ‘see you later’.

Bon Vent Brunch

‘Good wind.’

À Bientôt Brunch

French ‘see you soon’, fine for a boss or a best friend.

Names for farewell party in one word:

Name	Meaning	Pronunciation
Totsiens	”until seeing.”	tot-SEENS
Pa	bye, in Romanian	PAH
Banzai	ten thousand years	BAHN-zai
Szia	hi, or bye	SEE-yah
Namaste	”I bow to you”	NAH-mah-stay or nuh-MUH-stay
Baadaye	later	bah-ah-DAH-yeh
Itterasshai	go and come back	it-teh-RAH-shai
Servus	”your servant”	SER-voos
Mahalo	thanks, in Hawaiian	mah-HAH-loh
Salut	hello, or bye	sah-LOO
Yallah	”let’s go, already”	YAH-lah
Dadah	the casual bye	DAH-dah
Sbohem	”with God.”	SBOH-hem
Salud	health	sah-LOOD
Avanti	forward, in Italian	ah-VAHN-tee

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Ciao Hour

It comes from Venetian s-ciào vostro: “(I am) your slave.” Same Latin root, sclavus, as English slave.

Sayonara Soirée

Short for 左様ならば (sayō naraba), “if that’s the way it is.”

Güle Güle Gala

‘Laughing laughing’ and “go smiling” in spirit.

Fair Winds and Following Seas

A sailor’s toast: good winds.

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Vrijmibo Borrel

Friday afternoon drinks, squeezed into one Dutch word, vrijmibo. Borrel? ‘An informal, often impromptu reception or meetup’, and you know it also means ‘a shot of an alcoholic drink such as rum or gin’. Save

Tschüss Tavern Night

‘Bye’, derived from Low German adjüs, and by way of Dutch adjuus it comes from French adieu.

Envoi Evening

Old French for ‘the sending forth’. It was custom addressed to a prince or a patron.

Valedictory Dinner

Valedictory is meaning “pertaining or relating to leave-taking,” from Latin vale, farewell, and dicere, to say.

Farewell Fika

Coffee, with its syllables swapped: Swedes changed kaffi into fika in nineteenth century.

Alvida Night

Hindi and Urdu got alvida from Arabic الوداع (al-wadāʿ), ‘farewell’ or ‘goodbye’. Alvida Jumma is the last Friday of Ramadan.

Annyeong Afterparty

“peace/wellness”

Paalam Potluck

Meaning ‘farewell’, paalam has roots in Tagalog alam, to know. Add the prefix pa- and it also becomes ‘permission to do something’.

Lehitraot Lounge

“To see each other” in Hebrew, written להתראות. Save

Over and Out

Radio talk: with ‘over’ a response is necessary, with ‘out’ no answer is required or expected.

Vaya con Dios Fiesta

“Go with God.” Les Paul and Mary Ford’s 1953 number one, eleven weeks at the top.

Emeritus Evening

Latin for ‘veteran soldier who has served his time’. In 2013 Benedict XVI became Pope Emeritus.

Mizpah Supper

Mizpah – “Watchtower.” “And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.” (Genesis 31:49, KJV)

Coda Cocktails

‘Tail’ in Italian.

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors aweigh means “the ship’s hoisted anchor has just cleared the sea’s bottom,”.

Hiraeth Gathering

Welsh, from hir, long, and it means ‘a longing for home’.

The Last Hurrah

One last big effort to gain public support or esteem. Edwin O’Connor (1918-1968) is the author of the novel that made it popular. The book is about Mayor Frank Skeffington’s final campaign.

Aloha ʻOe Send-Off

Liliʻuokalani wrote “Aloha ʻOe” (“Farewell to Thee”) as a princess, at Maunawili.

Godspeed Gathering

Middle English god spede, “may God cause (someone) to succeed.” In Old English, spēd means prosperity, profit, good fortune and success.

Swan Song Sundown

Any final performance or accomplishment.

Kanpai Night

乾杯, dry cup, which, to be fair, few people drain in one go. It is also spelled kampai and in Mandarin it is gan bei.

Do Svidaniya Banquet

До свидания: до, till, and свидания, meeting.

Ma’a as-Salama Coffee Morning

Ma’a as-Salama (muh-AH-ah-sa-LAH-muh) – Means “with peace,” مع السلامة. Egyptians used it as ma‘a alf salama, ‘with a thousand safeties’.

Zaijian Hot Pot

Zàijiàn: 再, again, and 见, see. Cantonese writes 再見 and says zoi3 gin3.

Sláinte Session

Health. Jacobites toasted slàinte mhòr, ‘health to Marion’. It was their code for Charles Edward Stuart.

La Revedere Lunch

Romanian for “until the reseeing.” French au revoir is its a variant however I like the Romanian one better.

Parting Shot Pub Night

“A final remark, usually derogatory, made just before departing.”

Exit, Pursued by a Bear

Best-known stage direction in Shakespeare, from Act 3 of The Winter’s Tale.

Bon Voyage Bash

Journey, good.

Auld Lang Syne Ceilidh

Auld lang syne means old long since and is from Scots, sent by Robert Burns to Scots Musical Museum.

Viaticum Feast

Latin viāticum: ‘travelling-money, provisions for a journey’. The Catholic Church used the same term for the Eucharist given to a dying person.

Selamat Jalan Send-Off

“Safe journey.” Selamat comes from Arabic salāma, the same root as Ma’a as-Salama.

See You Later, Alligator

“Goodbye,” with a rhyme. Bobby Charles wrote it after a friend answered to his ‘see ya later, alligator’ with ‘in a while, crocodile’.

Prost Party

German students used prosit as a drinking pledge from the sixteenth century on, and prost is an 18th-century contraction of Latin prōsit, “may it be beneficial.”

Ave Atque Vale Toast

Ave atque vale has roots in Latin ave, ‘hail’, and vale, ‘farewell’. Gaius Valerius Catullus wrote in poem 101, to his dead brother: “atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale” (and forever, brother, hail and farewell).

Happy Trails Hoedown

The theme of The Roy Rogers Show, by Dale Evans: ‘a friendly farewell wishing someone well on their journey’.

Sampai Jumpa Picnic

‘See you later’ or ‘until we meet again’.

One for the Road

One for the road is meaning ‘the final drink before departure’.

B-khatrak Supper Club

B-khatrak – Means “by your leave”.

Sōbetsukai at the Izakaya

送別会, ‘send-off party’ in Japanese, for a colleague who transfers or retires.

Màn Zǒu Tea

慢走, “walk slowly.”

Pot de Départ Drinks

A leaving do, in French offices: pot de départ. Pot alone means a container of wine or beer.

The Last Waltz

The Band’s farewell concert, on Thanksgiving, November 25, 1976, at Winterland in San Francisco.

Exeunt

‘They go out.’

Ultreia Breakfast

‘Onwards’, from Latin ultra, beyond.

Wanderlust Weekend

Wanderlust: ‘desire for wandering’ in German, ‘eager desire for travelling’ in Englis.

Auf der Walz Farewell

Auf der Walz, ‘on the roam’.

Nunc Dimittis Vespers

Nunc Dimittis – “Now you let depart.” “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:” (Luke 2:29, KJV)

Vamoose Mixer

Spanish vamos, ‘let us go’, appears in William Clarke’s Every Night Book as vamoose, ‘to depart hurriedly’.

Haere Rā Barbecue

A farewell from the one staying to the one leaving.

Hit the Road

‘leave, travel’, and Percy Mayfield’s song for Ray Charles topped the Hot 100 for two weeks.

Noroc Garden Party

Romanian for ‘good luck’, and the name of a Moldovan band formed in Chişinău.

Wassail Bowl Night

Old Norse ves heill, ‘be healthy’.

Diaspora Reunion Brunch

“dispersion”

Khuda Hafiz Chai Party

Persian khuda, God, and Arabic hafiz, protector, add up to ‘God be your guardian’.

Les Adieux Recital

Beethoven wrote Le-be-wohl over the first three chords of Les Adieux, ‘The Farewell’, for Archduke Rudolph.

Saudade Wine Night

Duarte Nunes Leão defined saudade as ‘memory of something with a desire for it’. Latin solitās, solitude.

Allah’a Ismarladık Tea

Allah’a ısmarladık, ‘May Allah keep you safe’, comes from the person leaving, andwhgo stays replies güle güle.

Pilgrim’s Pie Night

Latin peregrinus, ‘foreigner’ or ‘stranger’, made of per-, beyond, and ager, field.

Vagabond Bonfire

Late Latin vagabundus, ‘wandering, strolling about’, from vagari, wander.

Passport Party

Old French passeport, an authorization to pass through a port. It is the point where people entered or left a country.

Nostos Mezze Night

νόστος, homecoming.

Gàobié Dumpling Night

告别, ‘bid farewell’.

Cin Cin Aperitivo

Chinese qingqing, ‘please please’, first shows up in Italian at Lorenzo Magalotti’s Report on China, printed in Florence.

Auf Wiedersehen Abend

German, ‘on seeing again’, literally.

L’Chaim Dessert Bar

‘To life’, Hebrew ləḥayyīm, also spelled l’chayim.

Nightcap Pajama Party

First a ‘covering for the head, worn in bed’, from the late 1300s.

Farewell Symphony Supper

Farewell, as in Haydn’s Symphony No. 45 (1772): the players snuff their candles and walk out one by one. It was a message to Prince Nikolaus Esterházy that they wanted to go home.

Tutaonana Sundowner

Swahili for ‘see you’, and many speakers tack it on after kwa heri.

Hasta la Vista Taco Night

Until the sight, and in Terminator 2 Schwarzenegger’s Terminator learns it from John Connor.

Ite Missa Est Coffee Hour

‘Go, it is the dismissal’..

Skål Smorgasbord

A bowl-shaped vessel, in Norse. English skull comes from the same source but the Vikings-drank-from-skulls story is false.

Na Zdrowie Pierogi Party

Polish, ‘to health’, and if somebody sneezes, Poles say it as well.

Encore Karaoke

French for ‘still, yet, again, also, furthermore’. In France the call for a repeat is bis, and Italian once used da capo.

Denouement Drinks

‘An untying.’

Shalom Rooftop Party

שָׁלוֹם, peace, said for hello and goodbye in Israel. The letters Š-L-M also form shalem, whole, and Arabic salaam, form of the salama in Ma’a as-Salama. Shabbat shalom is a common greeting on the Sabbath.

Leaving Do

Irish English, colloquial: ‘a party or other celebration held to mark someone’s departure from their job’. Americans say goodbye party.

Exodus Moving Party

Greek exodos, ‘a going out’, ex, out, and hodos, way or road.

Ila al-Liqaa Coffee Night

Ila al-liqaa – Means “till next time,” the formal form of ma’a as-salama.

Finale Jam

Finale is meaning ‘final’ in Italian, music jargon in English.

Allah Ma’ak Kebab Night

Spoken Arabic for ‘May God be with you’.

Görüşürüz Rakı Night

Turkish, ‘see you’, the casual one in between friends.

Do Vstrechi Dacha Party

До встречи: ‘until meeting’, more casual than do svidaniya.

Nedaber Falafel Night

‘We’ll talk.’

Yamas Taverna Night

γεια μας, ‘our health’.

Ka Kite Hāngī

A hāngī is an earth oven of heated stones in a pit, and ka kite means ‘see you again’ or ‘see you soon’.

French Leave

Leaving without telling anyone or getting permission.

Şerefe Meyhane Night

Şerefe – Means “to honor”..

The Parting Glass

‘A final drink offered to a guest once they had mounted their horse’, in a Scottish song printed on a 1654 broadside.

Epilogue Book Club Night

Greek epilogos, ‘conclusion of a speech’, from epi-, in addition, and logos, a speaking.

Good-Bye Sundae Bar

A squeezed “God be with ye”, spelled godbwye in the 1570s.

Faren Wel Feast

It was said to the one leaving, who answered good-bye.

Cheerio Chip Shop Night

Cheer, with -o.

So Long Sunset Cruise

‘Till we meet again’.

Lei Toss Luau

‘A garland or necklace of flowers’ in Hawaii, for hello and goodbye.

Tạm Biệt Pho Night

暫別: 暫, temporary, and 別, to leave.

Hej Då Crayfish Party

‘Hello then’

Sabbatical Send-Off

Greek sabbatikos, ‘of the Sabbath’, and Harvard had academic sabbaticals by 1880.

Wayfarer Hike

From way and fare, ‘to travel’.

Golden Handshake Gala

‘A generous severance agreement given as an inducement to early retirement’.

Mazel Tov New Job Party

Good fortune, from Hebrew mazzāl, constellation.

Hwyl Fawr Pub Quiz

Welsh hwyl can be sail, journey, fun, mood or goodbye.

Odyssey Night

‘Long, adventurous journey’, after Homer’s Odysseia.

Ki o Tsukete Bento Lunch

‘Take care.’

Chookas Backstage Bash

Australian performers shout it before a show, from ‘Chook it is!’, chook being chicken.

Break a Leg Cast Party

Good luck, said the ironic way.

Kia Kaha Haka Night

Stay strong

Alma Mater Reunion

‘Nurturing mother’, once a Roman title for Ceres and Cybele.

Otsukaresama Izakaya Night

‘Thanks for your hard work’.

Departure Lounge Party

Its etymology is Late Latin departire, to divide, and Old French departir also means to die.

Pura Vida Beach Party

Good or nice in Clavillazo’s 1956 Mexican film Pura Vida.

Jubilación Paella Party

Spanish for ‘retirement’ and ‘pension’, derived from Latin iūbilātiō, made on jū, an exclamation of joy.

Bis Bald Biergarten

‘Until soon.’

Mata Ne Ramen Night

Mata, again, and the casual see-you-again between friends.

Tavern Toast Night

Spiced toast went into seventeenth-century tavern ale.

Hoşça Kal Tea Garden

Hoşça kal – Means “stay well,” for the person walking out.

Bàibài 88 Party

拜拜, English bye-bye spelled in Chinese.

Kippis Sauna Night

Finnish ‘cheers’, from German kippen, ‘tilt’.

B’hatzlacha Bagel Breakfast

Good luck.

Expat Farewell Dinner

Latin ex, out of, and patria, native country (I almost called it new, but the noun dates to 1818).

Sweet Sorrow Soirée

Sorrow, sweet. Shakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2), for Juliet: “Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.” Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2

Sawatdee Street Food Night

สวัสดี, from Sanskrit su and vasti, well-being or blessing.

Gute Reise Road Trip

‘Good journey.’

Näkemiin Coffee Table

Finnish for ‘until we see/meet again’, or more literally ‘to seeings’.

Vsego Khoroshego Tea

Всего хорошего: literally ‘all of good’, said as ‘all the best’.

Go n-Eirí an t-Ádh Leat Céilí

An Irish wish for good luck that translates as ‘that luck may rise with you’.