The attendants supporting a quinceañera are commonly called the corte de honor.
The phrase means “court of honor” and refers to the young people who accompany the celebrant during formal parts of the event. Traditionally, the group may include damas, or female attendants, and chambelanes, or male attendants. They often participate in the entrance, formal photographs, choreographed dances, and other presentation moments.
The size and composition of a corte de honor vary widely. Older descriptions sometimes associate it with 14 attendants or 14 couples, symbolizing the years before the quinceañera’s fifteenth birthday, but families are not required to follow one universal number.
The term is sometimes confused with the reception’s head table or with the event’s sponsors. Those are separate roles. The corte de honor specifically identifies the celebrant’s attendants, not every honored guest at the party.