Couple tattoos: meaning and designs

Tattoos for couples are the best way to strengthen relationships and tell the world about your happy love.


Couple tattoos can also demonstrate affection for friends and children. One of the reasons to make a two-person body image is a constant reminder of the person who is dear, of the commitments made and the need to care. Tattoo helps to capture important moments and events, feelings and shared experiences. Couple tattoos evoke positive emotions and a sense of belonging to something in common. The experience of applying paired body designs brings people closer together.

The meaning usually depends on the idea that the owners put.


The couple tattoo may indicate an important event that occurred in the lives of two people, or a warm mutual feeling. People often choose this version of body art, if they are absolutely sure of their feelings and do not doubt that they will remain faithful to each other for life. Otherwise, such a tattoo can be a reminder of loss and cause unpleasant associations.

There is an infinite variety of tattoo design options for couples.


You can choose classic symbols of love - hearts, flowers, butterflies, doves, or show imagination and come up with your own original design. Popular types of couple tattoos:

1. Puzzle fragments.
   1. Original tattoo, which means that together the two form a single unit.
2. Lyrical quotes and phrases from love songs.
   1. Phrases can be written with your handwriting or standard font. Popular variants of the inscriptions include: «Until death separates us», «Always and forever». Regardless of the design of the tattoo with romantic quotes - the perfect way to celebrate a successful relationship.
3. Hearts.
   1. The eternal and universally recognized symbol of love, which without unnecessary words will tell about the happiness that overflows you. Thanks to the variety of options, your tattoos will look unique. Choose a concise design in the form of heart contours or complex images, supplemented by colors, wings or infinity sign.
4. Initials.
   1. You can make a tattoo with the initials of the lover or with a combination of both your initials. It’s a classic way to show affection and warm feelings for the chosen one. Thanks to its simple shape and small size, the body image is suitable for placement in any part of the body - on the fingers or wrists, behind the ear or around the neck.
5. Portraits of a lover or couple.
   1. To create such a tattoo usually choose styles Realism or Traditional. If you want more positive and vivid emotions, make a portrait in the style of the New School. Elegant and gentle look sketch portraits.

Common love symbols include Cupid’s arrows and infinity signs. Original paired tattoos - pizza slices, meeting coordinates, date of introduction. Ultimately, the choice depends on your personal preferences and life values.

Couple tattoos are an opportunity to share your emotions with someone special.


Body images are sentimental and take relationships to a whole new level. For many lovers, the creation of couple tattoos is associated with the exchange of wedding rings. When choosing such body images and inscriptions, people emphasize love and loyalty to a partner. So, let’s talk about options:

• Oaths of allegiance. One of the varieties of romantic inscriptions. Oaths of allegiance impose pleasant obligations on lovers.
• Triangles. Symbols of good fortune, balance and lasting union. Place the triangles on your wrist to see how they harmonize when you hold hands.
• Imitation of wedding rings. You may not be ready at this stage to get married. However, couple tattoos in the form of wedding rings on the ring fingers will be a kind of rehearsal of the wedding ceremony.
• Anchor. The anchor tattoo means stability of position and commitment. Literally a couple anchor tattoo indicates that both partners have found their safe haven.
• Lock and key. When you give a partner the key to the lock, you symbolically trust him with your heart. This is a special lock to which the only key fits.
• Fingerprint. Choose single prints or combined in a single picture in the form of a heart or flower. Regardless of the design of the fingerprint tattoo will become exclusive.
• Dissimilar tattoos. Options are rabbit and carrot, cross and zero, different emoticons, half hearts, moon and sun.

When choosing a design, you should consider compatibility with the image and style of clothing. To avoid disharmony, choose thin lines and simple shapes that fit seamlessly into any image.

Pair tattoos are an ability to constantly carry with you the memories of the most important people in life.


For the creation of couple tattoos suitable any styles and locations. You can choose from an elegant Fineline tattoo or a surreal Thrash Polka body image, a contemporary Geometry tattoo or a sophisticated Linework sketch. Experienced masters of salon «VeAn» will help to choose the appropriate design and style.