# Identify this ring symbol **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 26, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-ring-symbol/814833 "2018-05-26T01:00:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-ring-symbol/814833/1 "2018-05-26T01:00:28Z")
I just saw this pic on a local Facebook group, someone asking what the symbol was. I had a sense of deja vu that I had seen someone else asking about the same symbol on the Dope not too long ago! I don’t recall if we ever got the answer, tho. Any guesses? [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180526/6da34bccc1d83d7476bbaafd6774068f.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180526/6da34bccc1d83d7476bbaafd6774068f.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-ring-symbol/814833/2 "2018-05-26T01:07:27Z")
Whataburger? Wonder Woman? World Wrestling Federation? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-ring-symbol/814833/3 "2018-05-26T02:45:37Z")
The ring belongs to someone named Wayne? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-ring-symbol/814833/4 "2018-05-26T03:56:41Z")
Shin? שׁ‬ ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-ring-symbol/814833/5 "2018-05-26T04:16:15Z")
W-shaped at the top and V-shaped at the bottom? W V perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-ring-symbol/814833/6 "2018-05-26T15:53:26Z")
Am I the only one who gets the impression of a cobra, with two fangs extending down from above? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-ring-symbol/814833/7 "2018-05-26T20:23:45Z")
If you invert it, it could be a stylized beehive, the state symbol of Utah. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-ring-symbol/814833/8 "2018-05-26T21:35:36Z")
If you google for images of castle signet rings, you’ll come up with quite a few similar images. This one does appear to be stylized in a “W” which would most likely represent the place name rather than the family name. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-ring-symbol/814833/9 "2018-05-26T23:52:00Z")
I have decided it means nothing. It’s just a geometric design.