What is the common English name for the formal group of attendants at a quinceañera?

The formal group of attendants at a quinceañera is commonly called the court of honor.

The court of honor usually includes the quinceañera’s selected friends or relatives. In traditional arrangements, female attendants are called damas and male attendants are called chambelanes. The group may accompany the celebrant during the entrance, participate in a formal waltz, and appear with her in official photographs.

The court’s size has no universal standard. Some families choose fourteen attendants to symbolize the fourteen years before the quinceañera’s fifteenth year, while others select a much smaller group. Contemporary celebrations may use a mixed-gender court or simply invite close friends to participate in one dance.

A court of honor is not the same as a wedding party, even though the visual arrangements can look similar. The quinceañera is a birthday and cultural milestone, not a marriage ceremony. The court’s purpose is to honor and support the celebrant rather than to represent a bridal couple.