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title: "Happy Birthday My Love – GIF and Video | birthday.video"
description: "Happy birthday my love: wishes for a girlfriend or boyfriend, then a GIF or video with their name, your photos and a tune. Free, private, no watermark."
url: https://birthday.video/happy-birthday-my-love
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# Happy birthday, my love: wishes, GIFs and videos

For a girlfriend, a boyfriend or whoever has your heart: their name on an animated card, your photos together and words that sound like you.

Free · no sign-up · no watermark

Happy birthday

Sophie

24

You make every day better

Love, me

To say happy birthday to your girlfriend or boyfriend in a way they will keep, make a short video of your photos together with their name on an animated card and a message from you. If it is early days, a looping GIF with their name and one sweet line is just right: personal without being too much.

This page opens the editor on the romantic templates in Story 9:16, the shape of their phone screen. For a recorded message from you, start from a [birthday video message](https://birthday.video/birthday-video-message) template instead.

Your photos are never uploaded: the video is made in your browser and only leaves your device when you send it. It is free and has no watermark.

Start from one of these

## Happy birthday wishes for the one you love

For a new relationship or a long one. Pick a line for the **Message**; the last few are for long-distance.

* Happy birthday, my love. You’re my favourite notification.
* Of all the people in the world, I’m so glad I found you.
* Happy birthday to the person who makes my days softer and my laugh louder.
* You’re my favourite plan, every time.
* Happy birthday, gorgeous. I hope today is as good as you are.
* Thank you for putting up with my playlists. Happy birthday.
* Happy birthday to my person. Let’s make this year our best one.
* I like you more than pizza, and I really like pizza.
* Happy birthday, love. Here’s to more slow mornings and late nights.
* Every photo of us is my favourite photo.
* Happy birthday to the one I’d choose in every lifetime.
* Miles apart, but you’re still the first thing I think of. Happy birthday.
* Counting the days until I can say happy birthday in person.
* Distance is temporary. You and me aren’t. Happy birthday.

## How to make a birthday video for your girlfriend or boyfriend

1. ### Pick a romantic template
Press **Make one for your love** above and choose a design from **Templates**: soft and slow, or playful.
2. ### Their name and your words
Type their name or your nickname for them in **Name** and a wish in **Message**.
3. ### Photos, clips and a tune
For a video, press **Add photos and clips** and add your favourite pictures together, then **Add music**. For a quick card, choose **GIF**.
4. ### Send it
Press **Export video**, then **Share** to send it from your phone.

## For your girlfriend

Lead with a photo she likes of herself, not just the ones you like. A minute of pictures from your time together, in order, with her name on the opening card and one specific memory on the last one, will mean more than any long caption.

* Add a clip of her laughing if you have one.
* Include a photo from the place you first met, or your first trip.
* Ask her best friend for a short clip: a surprise voice in the middle is a lovely touch.

## For your boyfriend

If he is less keen on soppy things, mix a funny card in with the sincere ones: a template from the funny set with a teasing line, then your photos, then a short honest message at the end.

* The photo where he is trying very hard to look cool works well early on.
* Keep it under a minute and a half.
* A GIF with his name and an inside joke is a good morning message before the real present.

## New, long-term or long-distance

### Early days

A GIF with their name and one light line is the safest choice. Square 1:1 under **Format** suits a chat.

### Long-distance

Time it for their morning, wherever they are. Add a short clip of you saying happy birthday, and photos of the last time you were together. **Add music** has the site’s own Happy Birthday arrangements, or your song from a file on your device.

## Happy birthday my love: questions

### What is a cute happy birthday message for a girlfriend or boyfriend?

Short and specific beats long and generic. “You’re my favourite plan, every time” fits a GIF; add a real memory for a video.

### Can I put their name on a GIF?

Yes. Type it in **Name**, press **Export video** and choose **GIF**. It loops in any chat.

### Can I add our song?

If you have it as a file on your device, **Add music** will use it. Streaming songs can’t be added; the site’s own Happy Birthday arrangements are free to use.

### Is it private?

Yes. The video is made in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Only the person you send it to will see it.

### Is it free?

Yes, with no watermark and no account.

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