Uncles play a major role in our lives. In a way, they serve as our second fathers. For ideas on crafting the best uncle birthday wishes, check out the 100+ beautifully written examples of uncle birthday messages on this page—and show your uncle how special he is to you.
By Kevin Nishmas
Updated: March 9, 2024
Don't know where to start or what to say? For ideas, jump to the section of uncle birthday messages you need, right below, to get started. Here, you'll find many examples to use "as is" or just as a starting point.
Happy birthday, Uncle! You deserve the largest and nicest celebration ever! |
Happy birthday, Uncle! Hoping the coming year is filled with wonderful surprises! |
Happy birthday, Uncle! Hope the possibilities are endless for you, now and always! |
Happy birthday, Uncle! May your celebration exceed all of your expectations. |
Happy birthday, Uncle! May all of your wishes, no matter how big or small, come true. |
Happy birthday! You’re the greatest uncle (and mentor) ever! |
Happy birthday, Uncle! May today be filled with everyone you love the most |
Happy birthday, Uncle! I hope your big day is full of joy, celebration and treasured memories! |
Happy birthday, Uncle! Here's to you and the amazing uncle you are. |
Happy birthday, Uncle! May you only know good health and great happiness this year and many more! |
Happy birthday, Uncle! As you celebrate this special day, just know you're a special person every day. |
Happy birthday, Uncle! This is your big day! Just sit back, relax and enjoy it! You deserve it! |
Happy, happy birthday to the world's most incredible uncle. |
Happy birthday! You've always been a great role model, a greater friend and the greatest uncle. |
Happy birthday, Uncle! Here's a wonderfully special day and an even more wonderful year ahead! |
Happy birthday! To the world's best uncle, may just the best things in life come your way every day and, most of all, on your birthday. |
On your birthday, it's the perfect time to tell you what you mean to me: you're the best uncle anyone could ever have. May all your birthday wishes take flight. |
I'm so proud to call you my uncle. You mean so much to me. May you only know the joy and wonder you've given me — a million-fold. Have a great birthday! |
It's so simple to love an uncle as amazingly thoughtful, hilarious and brainy as you. Happy birthday! |
You are one of the rocks in my life...solid, dependable, courageous and ready to roll. Happy birthday! |
An uncle like you is such an incredible and unique thing to have. This fact alone makes me the most fortunate (niece, nephew) in the world. Happy birthday! |
Uncle, you have forever been a very important part of our lives. We will always be grateful for all the support, fun, love and happiness you bring us every time we see you. Happy birthday! |
I'm so fortunate to be able to count on an uncle like you, someone who loves me, someone who's so easy to love right back. Happy birthday! |
Uncle, you matter incredibly to me and the whole family. I'm so happy you are in my life. Happy birthday! |
May your special day give you hours upon hours of happiness, love, adventure and everything else you have always wished for! Happy birthday, Uncle! |
Uncle, I wish you a wonderfully happy birthday and even more wonderful year and onward! Happy birthday! |
Your birthday is the very best moment to celebrate all those amazing times, too many to count, you've been the world's best uncle. |
There are a long line of incredible men in my life, but you are definitely at the front of it — today and always. Happy birthday! |
Since I don't say I respect you, I love you and I value you enough to you, I will say it over and over again: Uncle, I respect, respect, respect, respect you and I love, love, love, love you and I value, value, value, value you. Happy birthday! |
You deserve a special day fit for a king, a truly royal affair with only the finest: the finest wine, the finest cuisine, the finest people and the finest time. Happy birthday! |
You've always told me that you would rather be lucky than smart, so I wish you the best of luck because you're the smartest man I know. Happy birthday, dearest uncle! |
Uncle, the years have been good to you. I hope you have many more years to conquer with such grace. Happy birthday! |
Happy birthday. May you be as healthy and happy as you are today. You certainly deserve years upon years of health and happiness! |
I'm so fortunate to have such an exciting, happy and fun uncle like you! May your birthday be as exciting, happy and fun as you are. |
My life and the lives of everyone in our family would not be as interesting as they are now...if you weren't here. Our best wishes on your birthday, dearest uncle! |
My past, present and future have one amazing thing in common: your guidance, your love, your humor and your courage to set me straight whenever my life goes off the rails. Thank you...and happy birthday! |
Happy 50th birthday, Uncle! Although you are younger than my father, you've always been so wise and, more importantly, you are my pal, my mentor and my greatest role model. |
Happy 50th birthday, Uncle! I'm blessed to have a wise and intelligent uncle like you. May your special day and fifty-somethings be so blessed. |
Happy 50th birthday, Uncle! I count myself as one of the luckiest individuals in the world to have such a lovely uncle in my life. Here's to you and the fifty-somethings! |
Happy 50th birthday, Uncle! To the man who motivated me to celebrate life and succeed, I'm sending you my warmest wishes with the hope that all you want in life comes to you. |
Happy 50th birthday, Uncle! I consider myself so, so blessed to have you in my life. I'm so glad and proud to call you my uncle. I hope you always have a reason to celebrate the best life has to offer. |
Happy 50th birthday, Uncle! You're a kindhearted man and the kindest uncle anybody could have. I adore you and only want the best for you! |
Happy 50th birthday, Uncle! You're a wonderful friend, my second father in spirit and my greatest teacher. I appreciate every life lesson you've ever shared with me. |
Happy 50th birthday, Uncle! You deserve nothing less than the utmost joy and wonder. Because you are a great uncle and an inspiration. |
Happy 50th birthday, Uncle! I've enjoyed every second I've shared with you, and I look forward to many more in the fifty-somethings and the decades ahead. |
Happy 50th birthday! Here's to the world's most amazing uncle (psst, don't tell the other ones). May the fifty-somethings be as amazing as you are. |
Happy 50th birthday, Uncle! To the man who has always been there for me throughout my childhood and teenager years, I want you to know how much I respect and love you. |
Happy 50th birthday, Uncle! When I have nowhere else to turn, I know that I can always count on you! I want you to know I have your back, today and always. |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! You're cool, Uncle. It's not just because you're family, but also because you're my best friend and the best mentor I have ever known. |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! You've been a second father to me all my life. You've always treated me like your own child. Thank you. |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! I appreciate everything you've ever done for me. You deserve every bit of joy there is in this world of ours. |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! We all find inspiration in you. You showed us when to be gentle and how to be strong. On your b'day, may you be blessed with everlasting joy! |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! In our family, you are the brightest light. You are a shining example of great kindness, compassion and friendship to us all. |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! Happy birthday to the most fun uncle anywhere east, west, north and south! May you always find your way to fun for many birthdays to come. |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! Words by themselves are inadequate. For now, though, I'll just wish you a happy birthday and hope that you realize how much I love and adore you. |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! You're such a major part of my life that a simple birthday greeting just won't do. I think you're an amazing man in every way. I love you. |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! I hope you have many more years of kindness, love and joy in your life, starting today. |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! I'm so grateful for all the special times and memories we've shared. I can't wait to create more unforgettable memories for many, many years to come. |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! I sincerely hope that this great day brings you as much joy as you have brought me. On your birthday, I wish you the very, very best! |
Happy 60th birthday, Uncle! I hope and pray that today brings you joy and wonder. May you always have a reason to keep that beautiful smile of yours on your face for many decades to come. |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! Instead of counting the candles on your birthday cake, count on all the people (like me) who count on you. |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! I hope the coming year and the seventies are full of exciting adventures for you, the most incredible uncle ever! |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! Being in your presence makes everything in my life happy and peaceful. On your special day, may you be as happy and peaceful. |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! I hope you realize exactly how much you mean to me. May you receive all the blessings that life has to offer (and then some) through your seventy-somethings. |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! I consider myself extremely fortunate to have an uncle like you. Enjoy your big day! |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! Family is everything, so I'm glad to have you as a member of mine. Thank you for having my back each and every day. |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! For more years than I can remember, you've been a source of guidance and inspiration for me. Today, it is an honor for me to celebrate your birthday! |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! It's time to enjoy yourself! May you experience all that life has to offer, today and all your tomorrows. |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! Your uber positive outlook and energy make every day feel like a celebration. Here's to being wonderful for another year! |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! Sparkling, blue sea and a white sandy beach on, a beautiful summer day. This I wish for my coolest uncle all year-round. |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! It's time to celebrate you today. I hope the coming year is the best one yet for you! |
Happy 70th birthday, Uncle! To a fantastic man in his own right, you are both a beloved friend and a treasured member of the family. |
You are the brightest star in the whole universe! When you shine your light, everyone's lives are illuminated. Happy birthday, Uncle! |
No "generation gap" exists between us. I may be years younger than you but you're the coolest, youngest-at-heart uncle anywhere. Happy birthday, Uncle! |
You make everyone, older and younger than you, feel the magic of youth as soon as you beam your special light. Happy birthday, Uncle! |
Happy birthday, Uncle! My mother taught me how to love and be patient, my father taught me how to be courageous and strong, and you, my dear uncle, taught me how to be fun and celebrate life. |
Happy birthday, Uncle! Everyone is in awe of your charisma since you are so young at heart and passionate in spirit. Never lose what makes you special in my life and the lives of everybody else. |
Happy birthday, Uncle! You're like a father to me: you treat me like I'm your child, you're my greatest source of wisdom and I've never had a friend as amazing as you. If you're like this with everyone, you have a truly blessed life. |
Happy birthday, Uncle! You are an incredible person who makes everybody else's life incredible. You deserve everything nice in the world, and I think you'll get it all with all the karma points you've earned. |
Happy birthday, Uncle! Your life lessons have shaped everyone you love into the kind, loving and resilient individuals we are today. You're our greatest role model. May you only know a life full of the blessings you've given us. |
Happy birthday, Uncle! Words don't even come close to how much I appreciate and admire you. You have been a terrific friend and mentor to me throughout my entire life. Just follow your own example and you'll have a wonderful life (for life). |
Happy birthday, Uncle! I don't need to wish you well and much success in the years ahead. You're so kind, so strong, so wise, so brave and so positive that your life is bound to be one huge celebration of awesomeness. |
Happy birthday, Uncle! There's a special place for you in the universe, reserved only for the most loving, most compassionate, most daring and most resilient: heaven on earth (and I hope you get plenty of it). |
Happy birthday, Uncle! Whatever your dreams are, no matter how big or small they are, I know that you make them all come true. That's just the kind of amazing you are. |
Still don't know what to say? If you need more ideas for your uncle birthday wishes, be sure to use the 15 famous uncle quotes below as a starting point.
"No family is complete without an embarrassing uncle." - Peter Morgan |
"Uncles are special guys who know how to fix things you didn’t know were broken." - Anonymous |
"You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad." - Dusty Baker |
"I think my uncle was probably the biggest influence in my life." - Catherine Bell |
"The strength of a man is in his character. A strong man is a great man of wisdom who understands, his top priority is to his family." - Ellen J. Barrier |
"Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal their nose." - Peter Kay |
"Some of us can live without a society but not without a family." - Amit Kalantri |
"An uncle is a blessing. It means so many things. Words could never tell the joy an uncle brings." - Irene Banks |
"If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then reverses." - Nell Scovell |
"My uncle was a second father to me. I spent most of my childhood with him." - Rey Mysterio |
"They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle." - Sarah Silverman |
"Some people don’t believe in superheroes because they haven’t met my uncle yet." - Unknown |
"Never was a brother or cousin — but unclehood looms, and so do lessons on wearing loud ties, talking with a full mouth, stealing a nose." - Jeff Kleinman |
"An uncle is a bond of faith that even time can’t sever, a gift to last all of our lives. An uncle is forever." - Irene Banks |
"An amazing uncle is like a glass of refreshing lemonade in the hot summer of life." - Unknown |
The best uncles can be a backup for your dad, an older brother or just a great friend.
When you write your uncle birthday wishes, it's a great opportunity for you to show your uncle just how much he means to you.
How will you know if you have written the right birthday wishes for your uncle? It's simpler than you might expect.
Generally, if you think a birthday wish is good enough for your father, it will very likely be good for your uncle.
In other words, make your uncle feel like he's special to you. If your uncle birthday wishes meet this standard, you have the right birthday greetings for your uncle.
The easiest thing to do is send your uncle run-of-the-mill birthday wishes, but don't do it.
Yes, the easy route is still "nice" because it shows that you have taken a little time out of your day to think of your uncle, but you can do better — much, much better.
To make it easier for you to write uncle birthday wishes that your uncle will cherish, here's a list with the most common types of uncles out there, matched with the types of uncle birthday wishes you should create:
The tips above are only recommendations. Because you know your uncle personally, you can mix and match different types of birthday messages to come up with the right one for him.
For even more ideas, take a moment to read The Importance of Aunts and Uncles in a Family on myfamilydigest.com.
If anything in this article inspires you to add to your uncle birthday wishes on this page, go right ahead. It can only make your uncle feel even more special on the biggest day of the year for him.
Kevin, the "Message Guy" who writes the birthday wishes, quotes, poems, toasts and speeches on BirthdayMessages.net, has been a content writer since 1993. In 2012, Kevin created this site to share the incredible power of words with birthday well-wishers everywhere.
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