Birthday Wishes for Your Best Friend on Their Special Day…
They’ll feel the love no matter where they are.
Meaningful Birthday Messages
If you are looking for a chance to express your love and gratitude to your best friend, a birthday message is the perfect place to do it. Your bestie means the world to you—this is the time to let them know with a meaningful note!
- I hope you know how much you’re loved today best friend! Happy birthday!
- Every year on your birthday, I get reminded of how much you mean to me as a best friend.
- Birthdays only come once a year, and your friendship only comes once in a lifetime.
- My best friend was born today! Where would I be without you?
- Happy birthday to my partner-in-crime and my favorite person!
- There are friends, and then there are best friends. Happy birthday to the best friend I could have asked for!
- I am lucky to have a best friend like you. Happy birthday, my person!
Uplifting Birthday Phrases
Birthdays can be a time for self-reflection, so why not uplift your best friend on their special day? These messages will raise your friend’s spirits as they look toward the year ahead.
- You’re making a beautiful life for yourself—enjoy it, especially today.
- Here’s my annual reminder that there’s no one like you! Wishing you the best birthday!
- Thank you for being the brightest person I know. Hope to see you shine for years to come!
- Happiness is seeing your best friend grow up with you! Happy birthday!
- You’ve grown so much in one year. I’m always so proud of you! Happy birthday.
- Happy birthday to an inspiring person who is a shining example for all of us.
Funny Birthday Sayings
Cue the LOLs for your birthday message! When sentimental words don’t feel like enough to express your love, opt for something funny and witty to make your best friend smile. These ideas are sure to make it happen.
- If you’re getting old, that means I am, too!
- I thought you get finer and wiser with age? Well, there’s always next year. 😂
- Don’t think of it as getting older, think of it as becoming a classic.
- You suck at aging! Can you at least try to look older?
- Happy birthday. It took you [BFF’s age] years to look this good!
- Happy birthday to my forever-young friend!
- Happy birthday to this dime in her prime!
- Whoa, time flies when you’re having fun! How’d we get so old?
- You’re like a fine wine—you get better with age!
Classic Messages for a Birthday Party
If you get to celebrate with the birthday girl or boy in person at a party, your birthday greeting can mention how special it is to celebrate together. After all: There’s no better way to make your bestie feel loved than with a fun day or night in their honor!
- Life is more fun with you at my side! Let’s make this birthday memorable!
- Hey, you! It’s your birthday! Cake! Candles! Drinks! Presents! More drinks! Can you tell I’m excited?
- Don’t forget to smile awkwardly as everyone sings you “Happy Birthday” today!
- Birthday calories don’t count, so the next drink is on me! 🍹
- How many birthdays have we spent together now? I guess it’s official—you’re stuck with me.
- We’re goanna sip [insert BBF’s favorite drink] like it’s you birthday. 🥳
- I hope you’re treated like the queen you are today, my friend. 👑
- You deserve all the cake, happiness, and love today. Happy birthday and #treatyourself!
- Wishing you 24 hours of joy, though you deserve a lifetime of it.
- Let’s party like it’s [insert the year your BFF was born]! Happy birthday. 🥳
Thought-Provoking Birthday Messages
Your bestie deserves a thought-provoking–and thoughtful–greeting for their big day. These sweet ideas, including an inspiring quote from Oprah, will do the trick.
- “With each birthday, you get to decide whether to mark it as the end of your greatest days or the beginning of your finest hours.”
- Don’t count the candles but see the light they give. Don’t count your years but the life you live. Happy birthday.
- It’s not that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but it’s your best friends who are your diamonds!
- You’re older today than yesterday but younger than tomorrow—happy birthday!
- You make each day special just by being yourself. I hope you’re enjoying your special day—may life continue to bring you the best days ahead. 💜
- “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” —John Lennon
Notes for Celebrating from Afar
If you can’t be with your bestie on their birthday, you could still send a sweet note to wish them a happy day. And make sure you do a toast in their honor to celebrate them from afar!
- You’re always the life of the party—over Zoom, and all. Happy birthday!
- Distance is nothing to the person who means everything! Happy birthday!
- Wishing I could spend your birthday with you, but know you’re on my mind and in my heart. ♥️
- Sending you nothing but positive vibes on your birthday. ❤️
- Thanks for being my turn up partner, venting partner, and everything in between! Enjoy your day! Happy birthday!
- I’m toasting to you from afar on your birthday!
- Here’s to more life, love, and adventures with you to come!
- I hope your day is surrounded by love. I’m celebrating with you in spirit!
- Next time we get together, we’ll have a special birthday toast in your honor.
- I know the distance may feel big, but my love for you is even bigger. Happy birthday!
Messages to Mark a Milestone
A milestone birthday calls for an extra-special message. If your friend is entering a new decade or hitting another major season of life, here’s what to write to them.
- A new decade brings exciting new beginnings! Welcome to the next chapter.
- May your new year—and decade—be filled with love, laughter, and happiness.
- Happy birthday! You don’t look a day over ___ [insert BBF’s previous age]
- For ___ [insert number of decades] decades you have blessed the world with your presence. Happy birthday!
- Happy __ [insert BBF’s previous age] + one birthday!
- You’re not ___ [insert BBF’s new age] . It’s the first anniversary of your __ [insert BBF’s previous age] birthday.
Age-Specific Greetings
If your loved one is turning a specific age–like 21, 30, 50, or beyond–your message can be personalized to mark the occasion. Allow these ideas to get you started.
- Welcome to adulthood! Happy 18th.
- Happy 18th birthday! If you don’t feel like an adult yet…you’re in the same boat as the rest of us!
- Happy 21st birthday! Old enough to know better, but young enough to get way with it.
- Your 21st birthday is all the fun of turning 18…but now with drinks! Cheers to your milestone!
- Happy 30th! Now you are 30, flirty, and thriving.
- Your 30th birthday means you are now 18…with 12 years of experience. Happy birthday!
- Like a fine wine, you just keep getting better with age. Happy 40th birthday!
- 40 years of wisdom, laughter, and love. Happy birthday!
- 50 and fabulous! Happy birthday.
- Wishing you the finest celebration for your 50th.
- 60 is the age of freedom. Happy celebrating!
- You’re not old. You’re just a classic! Happy 60th.
- 70 is new 50. Happy birthday!
Birthday Toasts
Sometimes the best way to celebrate is with a toast for your loved one. Put the Champagne on ice and get ready to pay tribute to your bestie with a cheers!
- Thank you for living your life in a way that makes every day worth celebrating. Happiest of birthdays!
- Cheers to the nights that turned into mornings and the friend that turned into family. Happy birthday!
- You’re like a sister to me. Cheers to many more birthdays glowing together.
- Life is about the journey, not the destination. Cheers to your adventures ahead!
- Your year ahead is full of promise and potential. May you make it the best one yet. Happy birthday!
- Happy birthday! Wishing you many more years of good health and prosperity.
Simple Birthday Wishes for a Friend
There are some friends with whom you don’t want to sound too cheesy. So these simple happy birthday messages are perfect for friends, whom you want to show that you haven’t forgotten them on their special day
- A birthday is just the beginning of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy your round my friend!
- Have a fantastic birthday. Celebrate until your heart’s content!
- May this birthday bring many blessings upon you. Happy birthday my friend!
- My birthday wish for you? A lifetime of happiness with lots of love to go around too. I wish you everything happy on your special day!
- You are a wonderful friend, and I wish you all the birthday cheer to have your best day ever! Happy birthday.
- It is so nice to have you as my friend! Wishing you the best birthday ever.
- You are an amazing person, and I wish all things bright for your birthday today. Happy birthday to you!!
- May everything happy come to pass in your life today and always because it deserves nothing less than that. Happy BDay 🙂
- You’re one wonderful friend that deserves all the birthday happiness in the world! Have an amazing celebration.
- May today be as wonderful as you are and may you always stay this kind, generous and amazing! You’re the best!
- On your birthday, I wish you all the happiness in the world. May every moment be joyful and fun.
- I’m so glad we’re friends – happy Birthday!
- May this Birthday be just as wonderful and joyous as you are, my friend. Happy Birthday!!
- On your birthday I hope God blesses you with good health, wealth, and happiness. May all your dreams come true. May you touch the sky and be successful.
Happy Birthday Wishes for Childhood Friend
Just saying happy birthday to your childhood friend is never going to be enough. You need to show you care and care a lot. These birthday messages convey the exact emotion you’re looking for to bring a smile to your childhood friend’s face.
- I hope your birthday brings lots of love and all the happiness in the world! Happy birthday to my old but eternal partner in crime!! I wish all things bright for your birthday today..Wishing everything good comes into play on your special day buddy.
- Your friendliness makes me so grateful that we met when we were younger, happy birthday xx – Let’s celebrate like crazy today because life is short enough already without any regrets 🙂 Happy Birthday to my old but eternal friendship partner in crime!!
- For my best childhood friend: So Many Years of Memories and Counting. I’m so lucky to have known you for decades. Happy birthday! – Your friend
- You’re one of the most amazing people in my life. Thank you for always being there for me, even when we were all growing up together. Have a very special day today! – From your old pal
- Congratulations on making it to another milestone birthday! I have known you for so long, but I still don’t know how you do it, but each year seems better than the last. Here’s to hoping that trend continues for many happy returns!
- You’re the best kind of person because your love knows no bounds and I’m so blessed to call you my oldest friend. On this milestone birthday in particular, I hope that good things come your way every single day! – Wishing you all the happiness in the world on your birthday – your old pal.
- Happy Birthday to one of my closest childhood friends who’s stuck by me through thick and thin. Here’s hoping today brings many blessings because you truly deserve them after all these years! Cheers to another fantastic year ahead starting with an absolutely epic celebration tonight!
- You’ve been through the best and worst of times with me, but it has made us even closer than ever. Thank you for being in my life to make everyday special.
- May this year bring new beginnings filled with happiness and success because that’s what you deserve right now on your big birthday. Cheers to many more years ahead full of love and great memories! – Love from afar but nearest and dearest friend 🙂
- We may not have known each other when we were born but I’m glad that our paths crossed, so we could share all those fantastic years together and more years to come.
- You’re one of the most genuine people I’ve know since our childhood. Wishing you all the best on your birthday, may this year bring everything your heart desires.
- It feels like only yesterday we were in school together and now look at us all grown up. Time flies but our friendship will never falter. Have an amazing day surrounded by those who love you most! lots of love, Your Friend 🙂
- Your birthday is the perfect day to tell you how much I love and appreciate you. You’re such an amazing friend who has been there for me through thick and thin- thank you for being in my life forever. And I hope our friendship which which has lasted since childhood takes us in our 90s, when i will still be sending you these messages. 😀
Birthday Wishes for Best Friends / Close Friends
It’s your best friend’s birthday and you need to find a way to wish them a happy birthday. Birthday wishes for friends who are close to you can be hard to choose, but we’ve got you covered with our list of the top Birthday Wishes for your Best Friend! We hope that these Birthday Wishes will help make this day special and show how much they mean to you.
- Wishing you all the happiness your heart can hold on your special day! You deserve nothing less than everything life has to offer because you are amazing and unique! – Love always, [YOUR NAME]
- You are such an incredible person inside and out which is why your 30th birthday deserves something special! Celebrate this day with everything that makes you happy because there’s no better time than now!
- I’m grateful every day that you are my friend. May your birthday be as special as you are to me.
- You’re one of a kind, and I feel so lucky to have you as my friend. Have a birthday that’s as special as you are!
- It doesn’t seem possible that another year has gone by, but I’m grateful for every one of them because it means we’ve been able to spend more time together. Happy Birthday dear friend!
- I hope this birthday is just the beginning of a wonderful year for you. On this birthday, may all of your dreams come true. I know you’ll make all of our dreams come true too!
- You’re one in a million and I’m so lucky to have you as my best friend. Have an amazing Birthday 🙂
- On your Birthday, may all of the stars align just right so that everything goes perfectly! Happy Birthday!
- I hope this Birthday is as wonderful as you are my friend. Have a fantastic day! You deserve all the good things life has to offer on your Birthday and more! May your Birthday be just the beginning of a year full of happiness and joy. Here’s to another year of being amazing – happy birthday!
- So many years have gone by but even now it feels like time has stood still since we became friends. I hope this Birthday is just the beginning of a wonderful year for you. May your Birthday be filled with fun times and happiness!
- Your birthday will always remind me how special our friendship is – may today be even better than yesterday!! Have a great day my awesome friend!
- As you are, my Birthday wishes are for you – simple, true and always the same! Here’s hoping all of your birthday wishes come true! Happy Birthday!!!
- Happy Birthday to my best friend! Enjoy every minute because life goes way too fast as we get older 😉 You’re amazing and I wish you all the happiness in the world on your Birthday! Have a great day 🙂
- Happy birthday to my favorite person in the world. You are amazing and I am so grateful that we get to spend another year together.
- For all the smiles you put on others’ faces till now, I hope you get as many smiles on your face daily. Wishing my best friend birthday full of beautiful smiles.
- From handling your drunk self to marrying you off, we have definitely come a long way ahead! Wishing you a birthday with lots of love and happiness!
- I am very thankful to God for giving me a best friend like you. You have been with me at every step of my life. And I pray that I am able to do the same for you every time. Happy Birthday my best friend.
Birthday Wishes for Bestie (Girl Bff)
We all have that one friend who is just as close to us as a sister. Every day we make the effort to call and see how they are doing or send them a quick text, but sometimes it’s hard to find the perfect words for your bestie’s birthday. With this list of birthday wishes for bestie or Girl BFF, we have tried to come up with some cute and adorable birthday wishes you can send today.
- Happy birthday to my cutest and best friend in the whole world! I’m so grateful for you and everything we’ve been through together. You make every day an adventure, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for us.
- The day I met a cutie pie like you was the start of something wonderful for me! You’re such a special person in my life, and I’m so lucky to call you my BFF.
- On your birthday, there’s only one thing that could make me happier than seeing you smile – and that’s knowing that my BFF is going to have a fantastic day and year ahead!
- Birthdays are a time to celebrate everything that makes you who you are. On your birthday, I want the world to know how special and wonderful a person you truly are! And I want you to know are not just my BFF, you are way more important in my life.
- Birthdays aren’t just about presents or cake (Although I would love to smack a cake on your cute little face). They are time to tell your BFFs what special place they hold in your life. And you are the most special person in my life right now, that its not even possible to describe in words. Happy Birthday Bestie. Lots of Kisses 😘
- Birthdays come but once a year, but girls like you are born once a millenium. Stay Beautiful and happy as ever. Happy Birthday 🙂
- Best friends are God’s grace. And on your birthday, I really wish I get to spend this day every year with my best friend forever.
- Wish you a very happy birthday sweetheart. I hope we keep pulling each other’s legs all our lives.
- Cheers to another year down the drain! Now it is time you grow up and stop nagging me for all your boyfriends.
- I am very lucky to have such a lovely woman like you in my life. No one can ever compete with you when it comes to what place you hold in my life. Here’s to another wonderful birthday love!
- God must have been busy when he created you, that while he definitely added a lot of beauty in you, he forgot to add any brains! Wish you a very happy birthday my brainless friend.
- Another year has passed now, but why is it that you are looking younger than ever? Happy birthday my beautiful girl!
- Wishing you a very happy birthday from the bottom of my heart. I have never met any such friend except you who is so smart, sophisticated, yet a bit cracked!
- Wish you a very happy birthday bestie! I am lucky to have you as my best friend who is always available on my every call. You are truly the best!
- I couldn’t have reached this stage of my life if it weren’t for you. Thank you so much for always being my pillar and support system. Happy birthday bestie!
- I can never find anyone in this whole world to replace you in my life. This is how much you matter to me! I hope our friendship keeps growing strong with the coming years. Happy Birthday sweetheart.
- Happy birthday girl! I remember when we first met, how I used to hate you to the core. But having spent so much time due to our classes and what not, I got to know the beautiful you. And now, I can’t believe how you are my sister from another mother. I am really thankful to have spent those forceful times with you, because I don’t know how I would have spent the rest of my life if it wasn’t for your friendship. I hope we keep making wonderful moments in all the coming years.
- It’s time to open that age-old bottle of whiskey you have on your shelf. And just like that whiskey, I hope our friendship keeps getting wonderful as it gets old. Here’s to hoping we can continue being drunk on your every birthday my girl!
- From silly fights to pranking people on call. There is no one else I would have shared these wonderful moments with if not you. Cheers to another wonderful year sweetheart. Wishing you a very happy birthday.
- It’s time to send wishes to my craziest monkey, after all it’s your birthday today! Happy birthday to my best friend in life!
- Our memories have been so fond that they always bring a beautiful smile on my face whenever I remember them. Wish you a very happy birthday my best friend. You will always hold a special place in my heart throughout my life.
- I have never met a person who is beautiful inside out. That also includes you! Though you are beautiful on the outside, you are one cracked pot from the inside. Wishing you lots of cracked birthdays my deal soulie.
- Today is my super duper cute friend’s birthday and my mind if overflowing with several thousand happy birthday wishes for you. I just hope you stay the same cutie pie know for the coming year, until I wish you again on your next happy birthday.
Heart Touching & Emotional Birthday Quotes
It is a special day when someone you care about has a birthday. It’s also a time to show your friend how much they mean to you by getting them the perfect gift!
Another way to make their day even more special, and give them something that will always be remembered, is by sending them a heart-warming quote for their birthday. We have written 10 quotes from our own heart that are sure to please any friend who has an emotional side!
- The older you get, the more you realize that it’s not about getting to a certain age. It’s about living a life that matters. And I am glad to have been a part of your life as you age beautifully. Happy Birthday my friend.
- You are my friend who loves my inspite of knowning everything about me. I feel blessed that you were born. I dont wish you a happy birthday, but I wish that every person on this earth gets a friend like you.
- On your birthday, I want to acknowledge that you are a true friend who reached for my hand and touched your heart.
- You have made me feel loved and supported whenever I needed it. On your birthday, I promise you to be the your true and best friend forever.
- I am a better person today because you have been the true friend who stabbed me in the front. Your friendship has been invaluable to me. Celebrating your birthday feels like i am celebrating the new life i received because of you. Thanks a lot my friend and wish you a very happy birthday.
- You’re more than a friend. You’re like a family that I was put on earth to choose for my self. And I celebrate this day for you were put on earth this day to find me. Happiest Birthday to you 🙂
- God never gave me siblings. But then you were born. Let’s celebrate your birth with happiness and hope for togetherness in years that lie ahead.
- Just because it is you, my life has been a bit brighter. Keep shining like my own personal sun. Happy birthday my friend!
- May life give you only as many thorns as you can handle. May you come out victorious in your achievements. Wishing you a very happy birthday.
- Happy birthday my friend. I hope you forget the meaning of sadness and always feel joy in all the coming years of your life.
- I may not be able to express it better. But I am always grateful to have received a brother/sister like friend in you. Here’s to wishing another wonderful birthday to you my friend.
- You have touched the lives of so many people with your inspirational and motivational words. On this special day of your birthday, I hope all these deeds bring you a gift you have never imagined for.
- I must have done something super amazing in my past life to have got such a wonderful friend in you. Here’s to hoping we can continue spending each birthday with full vigor every year. Cheers!
- You’ve taken care of me when I couldn’t take care of myself. I hope I never lose your friendship. I wish you all the joy in the world on your birthday.
- If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have the courage to give wings to my emotions. Thank you for being my support and push whenever I needed you. Wishing you a birthday full of love and happiness.
- My heart is heavy from the love I have for you. Yet I am not able to express that love in even a single word. But know this, I will forever cherish you and thank God for sending someone like you in my life. Happy Birthday my best friend.
- You are like a magnet in my life. No matter how much I try to throw you away, you somehow find a way to stick to me again. And thank you for that. If not for you, my life would have truly been a meaningless journey. Thank you for bringing the best out of me everytime. Happy Birthday!
- Thinking of Happy Birthday Wishes for you brought back so many memories of our wonderful time together. It has been an honour for me to have had a friend like you. I hope our beautiful journey as friends continue till the last breath we take.
Motivational Birthday Quotes for Friend
Did your friend have a not-so-good last year and do you need to uplift his mood? These Motivational birthday quotes for friends have been written keeping some of my own friends in mind, who I have known to struggle in life.
Every birthday can be considered a reset or a fresh start. Wish Happy Birthday with these quotes and motivate your friends for a fresh and cheerful start (or re-start).
- This birthday, don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it. Happy birthday my friend and I hope you overcome all unpleasantries and all your wishes come true.
- Life is what you make it, always has been, always will be. Use this birthday to take charge of your own life and make it what you always wanted it to be.
- You are the strongest person I’ve known and I truly believe that this birthday will give you the fresh start in life you’ve always wanted. Just remember your strength and keep marching ahead. Your friend is going to support you throughout. Happy Birthday.
- “Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” – I think a great philosopher wrote this so I could remind it to you on your birthday. I wish for you to have all the courage and strength you need to achieve all your dreams.
- On this birthday, I want you to know that you are very important to me. And I want to be the same friend to you that you’ve been for me. I will be at your side in in all the struggles that are going to come your way. And together we will win every battle that lies ahead. Happy Birthday.
- Through your birthday, God has given you another chance to take control of your life the way you want. Start another year afresh and make a lot of wonderful memories this coming year. Happy Birthday!
- Just like a new year’s resolution, take a birthday resolution to get into the right mindset to start something new.
- People always say, sky’s the limit. But on your birthday, I pray and hope that you reach across the horizons and the sky and become successful in whatever you dream of.
- You can do it! Your birthday has come at such a right time when you needed all that encouragement. Now this is the day when you can get up and run and leave behind all the worries to a beautiful ending.
- You have always been someone who spreads joy to every living creature. I hope you continue with this energy and bring smiles to not just others but yourself too. Wishing you a very happy birthday my best friend!
- Our lives are special because you are a part of our lives. I hope your birthday is also as special as you are for us.
- Struggles are always a part of our lives. But on this special day, I pray you get the confidence to pass all the struggles with a smile on your face. Wish you a very happy birthday.
- Everyone needs some starting point in their life for the achievements they want to accomplish. Make this birthday YOUR starting point to leave whatever has been holding you before and push forward with full spirit. Wishing you a very happy and bright birthday.
- Wish you a happy birthday my friend! I hope your success makes the much needed noise for your enemies. Praying for your successful career ahead!