Engagement Ring Left Hand Wedding Band Right Hand. Before marriage, the engagement ring goes on the third finger of the left hand. The first wedding rings are believed to date back to ancient egypt, when people wove grasses and reeds into circles symbolizing eternity and in brazil, the fiancé and fiancée wear plain bands as engagement rings on their right hands, and upon saying their vows, they switch the rings to the left.

Engagement rings are mostly worn on the ring finger of the left hand.

Wearing your engagement and wedding bands separately is orthodox christians and eastern europeans also traditionally wear the wedding band on the right hand. Health considerations can also make right hand ring wearing more practical for some people. You can even wear your wedding ring on one hand and your engagement ring on the other if you don't. Dutch catholics wear their wedding bands on their left hand (and engagement ring right).