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Personalised wedding ring ideas, inside and out

The simplest way to personalise a wedding ring is an engraving inside, which most of ours include free. Beyond that, a ring can carry your names, your date in Roman numerals, a phrase or a fingerprint on the outside, cut into the band itself. Here is what each one looks like and what to check before you order.

A polished titanium band engraved with two names joined by a single line

Start inside: an engraving

An engraving inside the band is the oldest way to personalise a wedding ring and the most private: it sits against your skin and nobody else reads it unless you show them. Every band that offers engraving includes it free.

The classics are your wedding date, both initials or a short phrase you say to each other. Short is better, because the space inside a band is narrow and every character takes room.

What to engrave in a wedding ring: Ideas, length limits and what fits.

Engraving preview: See your wording in three styles.

See your engraving: A picture of the ring with your words engraved inside, made by AI. Free.

Coordinates inside a ring: How to write a map reference so it fits and reads clearly.

Your names on the outside

Linked names engraves your two names around the outside of a flat titanium band, joined by one continuous line. It is personal and it is readable, so it suits a couple who are happy for the ring to say who it is for.

Linked names: Your two names around the band, joined by one line.

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Your date in Roman numerals

A date in Roman numerals looks like a pattern until someone reads it, which is much of its appeal. Our Roman numeral rings set your date day, month and year, raised in bright metal on titanium or black zirconium, repeated beside a coloured groove or with your own words on a second row.

Check the numerals before you order. The converter turns any date into Roman numerals in the order our rings use, so 14 June 2026 is XIV·VI·MMXXVI.

Roman numeral date converter: Your date in Roman numerals, the way it goes on a ring.

Roman numeral rings: Every ring that carries your date.

Roman numeral wedding rings: What they mean, which date to choose and the styles to pick from.

A phrase in Latin

The Latin phrase ring carries a phrase on the outside and its English meaning inside. Choose Una in perpetuum (Together forever), Amor vincit omnia (Love conquers all), Amor meus amplior quam verba est (My love is more than words) or Amor est vitae essentia (Love is the essence of life), or give us a phrase of your own.

Latin phrase: A Latin phrase outside, its English meaning inside.

Latin phrases for a wedding ring: Meanings, sources and how many characters each one takes.

A fingerprint

A fingerprint ring carries a real print around the band, taken at home with an ink kit we post to you. Many couples wear each other's, so each ring carries the other person.

Fingerprint wedding rings: How the print is taken and which width shows it best.

Personal without any words

A ring does not need writing on it to be yours. The wood in a wood inlay ring comes from one piece of timber, so its grain is unlike any other. A heartbeat line around the band says something without spelling it out. Two rings chosen as a pair, in the same wood or the same date, are personal because of what they share.

Are wooden wedding rings durable?: Wood set into titanium, water and care.

Heartbeat: A single heartbeat line around a flat titanium band.

What the patterns on wedding rings mean: Tree of life, Greek key, koi, Morse code and more.

What to check before you order

Spelling and dates, twice, ideally read out loud by someone else. On our personalised rings you give us the details in the box on the ring's page when you order. The ring will not go into the bag until it is filled in, so nothing is made without it.

A ring made with your names, date, phrase or fingerprint is yours alone, so it cannot come back for a change of mind. Faults are always covered. Measure your size carefully, because a personalised ring cannot be swapped for another size.

Personalised wedding rings: Every ring made with your names, date, phrase or print.

Ring size finder: Measure at home in about two minutes.

Inside or outside engraving?: Private inside, or your date and names on the outside.

Mentioned: titanium, black zirconium.

Made with something of yours

Rings to look at

A fingerprint, your names, a phrase, a date or a message in Morse code, each cut into the band. Every ring is made to order in your size.

See every personalised ring

Common questions

How can I personalise a wedding ring?
An engraving inside is the simplest. Most of our bands include it free. On the outside a ring can carry your names, your date in Roman numerals, a Latin phrase or a fingerprint.
What do couples engrave in wedding rings?
Most often the wedding date, both initials or a short phrase that means something to the two of them. Short wording fits best.
Can a personalised wedding ring be returned?
Not for a change of mind, because it is made for you alone. Faults are always covered.
How do I write our wedding date in Roman numerals?
Convert the day, month and year separately and join them with a dot. 14 June 2026 is XIV·VI·MMXXVI. Our free converter does it for any date.