Being in love is a magical experience, and for keeping the fire alive, couples try out unique ways to showcase their love and affection for each other. If you want to add in some creativity when it comes to expressing love for your partner, you can do that by getting matching couple tattoos. These tattoos help you achieve a unique look and make your bond stronger with your other half. From animal tattoos to hearts to quotes and cute illustrations, there are different types of matching tattoos you can get.
So, if you are looking for some romantic matching couples tattoo inspiration, you are in the right place. Read further below and come across some unique and adorable tattoos that will help to symbolize your love perfectly.
The King& Queen of Hearts
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You can try out this creative King& Queen of hearts tattoo, and achieve a royal yet straightforward effect tattoo. This tattoo includes two mini black outlined European-Style crowns placed on the hand. Both the crowns have minor differences that distinguish them as the Queen and King crown.
Symbolism
This tattoo is a great symbolism of love, and it also represents responsibility and power. The crown reminds you that both of you are responsible for making the bond and relationship stronger. Since this is a European-style crown, the eight golden arches on the crown represent eternal life. This symbolizes your unconditional love and everlasting life that you will spend together with each other forever.
Placement
The best place for this tattoo would be on your hand, as the tattoo is small, and this way, you can easily match it together. You can also choose to get it tatted on your neck, wrist, or face, especially if you want to make the tattoo more prominent.
Infinity Rose
Infinity tattoos have been quite a popular trend in the tattooing industry, and they help you give a unique and flattering touch to your body. This infinity rose tattoo includes a black-inked infinity sign, which shows a red-inked rose and green-inked leaves growing on the infinity sign. This tattoo is unique and helps you achieve a symbolic and romantic touch.
Symbolism
Infinity tattoos symbolize the everlasting love for each other and how your love has no boundaries when it comes to loving your other half. The rose growing on the infinity sign symbolizes hope and new beginnings in this romantic journey.
Placement
The perfect place for this tattoo would be on your wrist, as it is a small size tattoo. You can also get it on your ankles or shoulder.
The Missing Jigsaw Piece
Jigsaw puzzle tattoos are another fantastic matching couple tattoos that contribute fun and cute romantic vibe. This tattoo includes a black outline of two puzzles on each partner’s hand, and once you bring your hand closer, the tattoo looks as if it connects both of you, which is not only stunning and creative but also romantic.
Symbolism
This tattoo symbolizes the deep connection you share with your beloved and showcases how you both complete each other. Also, this tattoo represents the ‘whole picture’ of the couple’s journey and how they are trying to improve and build their journey and relationship together.
Placement
The perfect place for this tattoo would be on your wrist; with the jigsaw tattoo, you can show off the missing piece concept in pictures and to others whenever you both are together.
The Sun & Moon
If you want to add a bit of color to your couple tattoo, you should try out this watercolor sun and moon tattoo. This tattoo includes a black outlined filled with yellow and pink colored ink and a black outlined moon with a splash of blue ink. The sun gives a more feminine touch, so it’s perfect for the girl, while the moon is perfect for the man.
Symbolism
This tattoo is perfect for those couples who have completely different personalities. The moon represents calm, dark, and cold, while the sun means energy, light, and heat – this tattoo also symbolizes how the earth needs both the sun and the moon to survive. And just like this, you need each other to survive.
Placement
The perfect place for this tattoo would be on your wrist, hands, shoulders, or even back.
The Yin Yang Tattoos
Yin Yang tattoos are popular couples matching tattoos that portray the perfect concept of love and being together. This tattoo includes a black outlined yin, which represents a feminine vibe and black inked yang that displays a masculine vibe. When both these tattoos join together, they create a perfect circle.
Symbolism
This tattoo shows artistically shows how different you two are, but also portrays how the differences one way or another complement each other. The inking also represents how a couple balances each other out in a relationship.
Placement
The ideal place a couple can get this tattoo tatted on is the wrist or hand. In this way, it’s easier to make the perfect circle visible to others.
Swallow Tattoo
The swallow tattoos are among the over the top tattoos that include a unique and mind-blowing design. This tattoo indulges a black and white inked swallow bird sitting on each couple’s hand. The detailing and shading in this tattoo is remarkable and makes the overall image breathtaking
Symbolism
Sailor Jerry, a famous artist, made this illustration for sailors who drowned in the sea and showcase that swallows help carry their soul. These fantastic birds also represent the struggles of long-distance relationships and showcases coming home to each other. So if you’re in a long-distance relationship, this tattoo will help remind you that no matter how far you are from your real love, you will always be close, and gives you the hope that you two will meet soon.
Placement
The perfect placement for this tattoo would be on your forearm or back, as the imagery perfectly fits both these places.
‘Till Death do us Apart.’
Skull tattoos may not be a typical way to showcase your love and bond with your other half, but if you go deep within the meaning, it does make sense. This tattoo includes a black inked outline sketch effect skeleton with a small crown on top. The female version has studs in the crown, while the male version has a simple crown.
Symbolism
Skull tattoos mainly symbolize death, but they also indicate optimism and protection. This tattoo represents how you are willing to grow old with your other half, and that even after death, in another life, you will still be together. It also showcases how you protect each other, and the bond created can never be broken because of its strength.
Placements
You can choose to get this tattoo tatted wherever on your body. But the best place would be on your wrists, shoulder, or forearm.
Cartoon Tattoos
One is never too old to watch cartoons or animated movies. If you and your beloved love watching cartoons or like the same cartoon character, you can portray it by getting couples’ cartoon tattoos. These tattoos usually include a couple from your favorite cartoon or animated series. For example, you can choose to tattoo your favorite couple from Harry Potter, Scooby-Doo, or the iconic Mickey and Minnie Mouse. This tattoo includes a black outlined image of the fictional couple, Mario and Peach, from the famous super Mario games. Most of us grew up watching these iconic cartoons, so it would be quite cute and exciting to get these cartoon couple tattoos.
Symbolism
These cartoon tattoos symbolize that you should never let your inner child die. Also, it represents that you and your other half share the same love as the couple in the fictional world.
Placement
The perfect place for this tattoo is your forearm or back, depending on the size of your cartoon. Since these tattoos include characters, it is best to keep them medium-sized. In this way, they are more viewable.
The Circle of Love
This circle of love tattoo is simple but holds quite a strong meaning. This tattoo includes two parts of the circle, in which the male part consists of a black inked curve, and the female version consists of a watercolor circle inked with splashes of different colors like yellow, red, pink, and more. When the couples bring their hands together, it showcases a circle.
Symbolism
The dark part of the circle symbolizes the darker side of the partner where he/she is lonely, angry, and empty, while the colorful part signifies brightness, love, and good luck. So when both the sides meet, the dark and lonely side of the partner fades away. It also showcases how your other half brings color into your life.
Placement
The perfect place for this tattoo would be your forearm. In this way, you can showcase the whole shape of the circle better.
Put a Ring On It!
Ring tattoos are simple, but the cutest matching couples tattoos that remind couples of the bond they share. It is the best way to achieve a permanent ring tattoo, especially if you are not fond of jewelry, and is perfect for married couples. This tattoo includes two simple black inked rings tatted around the finger. You can change up the design if you want something fancier.
Symbolism
The wedding ring tattoos signify and remind couples about the life-long commitments they have made to each other or will make. Since this is a permanent tattoo, it also symbolizes that your love is everlasting, and can never end any time soon.
‘Pour Me Some Love’
If you’re looking for a unique and over the top couples tattoo, look no more as this wine pouring tattoo is the perfect tattoo for lovebirds. This tattoo includes a green inked wine bottle tattooed on one arm with a little red-inked wine pouring into a wine glass that appears on the other partner’s arm. The detailing and shading in this tattoo give it a realistic touch, making it creative and breathtaking. With such a beautiful meaning and mesmerizing imagery, you and your other half should get this tattoo right away.
Symbolism
This tattoo has a deep meaning to it as the wine symbolizes the value of the relationship. The longer you keep your wine untouched in a cellar, the more valuable it becomes. The pouring of the wine represents how your relationship is continuously growing and the different experiences that keep filling each other.
Placement
The perfect place for this tattoo would be on your arms. The bottle is more masculine, and the glass gives a feminine touch.
The Lock & Key
This lock and key tattoo is the perfect matching couple’s tattoo that will allow you to showcase your love for your other half. This tattoo includes a black inked vintage key on one partner’s hand, and lock on the other partner’s hand. For an additional touch, you can get your anniversary date or each other’s initials tatted near the lock and key in black ink.
Symbolism
This tattoo has a beautiful and straightforward meaning. It symbolizes how only two people in love can genuinely access each other. It also shows that without your other half (which is the key), you’re just a closed-door (the lock).
Placement
The perfect place for this tattoo would be on your arm or wrist.
Colored Origami Birds
If you and your other half are looking for something simple that holds a romantic meaning, you should get this origami bird tattoo. This tattoo includes two black ink outlined origami birds, one on each partner’s hand with two colors. The blue inked bird is more masculine, and the pink one is feminine.
Symbolism
Origami birds derive from the Japanese culture, and they symbolize peace and happiness. The Korean culture views this tattoo as a representation of purity and long-life. This tattoo helps symbolize the peace, happiness, and purity in your relationship and also signifies the everlasting love that will continue to blossom till you die.
Placement
The perfect place for this tattoo would be on your wrists or collar bone. As this tattoo is small in size, you can get it tatted anywhere where it’s more visible.
Shine Bright Like a Diamond!
Just as Rihanna made us realize in her song that it is important to shine bright like a diamond, many people started getting diamonds tatted on their bodies, especially couples. This tattoo includes black inked diamonds, and if you want to twist things up a bit, you can ask your tattoo artist to add in some colored ink to make the tattoo more visible.
Symbolism
Diamonds symbolize inner beauty and power. This tattoo represents the powerful bond with your other half, and how you both fell in love with each other’s inner beauty and not the physical appearance. This shows that your relationship reflects upon the saying ‘’true beauty is found on the inside.’’
Placement
The perfect place for this tattoo would be on your finger, as this way, you can match it with your partner, and it compliments well with the small size of the tattoo.
Fly Away!
This tattoo includes a black inked flock of birds flying away in one direction and appears on both the couple’s hand. For a masculine touch, males can get darker inked birds, and females can get lighter shading. This tattoo is truly mesmerizing and helps you achieve that subtle romantic touch.
Symbolism
This tattoo symbolizes freedom and a new beginning in your life. In this case, the new stage in your life is starting a relationship with your one true love and invokes good hope in your relationship.
Placement
They are many places you can get this tattoo tatted on. One of the best places would be on your collar bone or your forearm. You can also get it tatted on your back, but for a more visible option, your hand and collar bone is an ideal spot for this tattoo.
Robotic Love
If you want to try out a tattoo that uniquely reflects your love life, you should get this robot tattoo. This tattoo includes a black outline of a robot. The male robot consists of a red bow and a rose in his hand that leans towards the female robot. The female robot includes red hearts with a small red-inked bow on the head.
Symbolism
Robots mainly represent humanity and actions carried out without feelings. However, your strong relationship can change the prominent symbolism of this tattoo, showcasing that you were a robot once, but love found its way to you, and you’ve finally opened up. This showcases that no matter how calculative and mechanized a person is, they also can find love.
Placement
The perfect place for this tattoo would be on your forearm or back. The forearm is best as it showcases the act of giving the rose better.
Turtle Love Tattoo
If you’re looking for the perfect small tattoo that will help symbolize your relationship with your one true love, you should get this turtle love tattoo. This tattoo includes a little black inked outlined turtle, with a unique design inside the turtle.
Symbolism
Turtle tattoos symbolize love, courage, and patience. This tattoo showcases how these important symbols reflect in your relationship and how patience and courage play a big part in the success of a relationship.
Placement
The perfect place you can get this tattoo would be on your ankles, as it complements well with this tattoo as the turtle showcases moving together. You can also get it tatted on your wrist or fingers.
Heart Skips a Beat
Heartbeat tattoos are among the most common tattoos that couples get tatted together and help portray a romantic vibe. This tattoo includes a black inked heartbeat line that ends in a black outlined heart. For an additional touch, you can get your true love’s initials along with yours’ tatted near or below the heartbeat.
Symbolism
This tattoo symbolizes love, passion, life, endurance, and powers. This tattoo helps portray all the main attributes present in your relationship and the strong bond you have with your true love. This tattoo also showcases how both partners cannot live without each other, as when the heart stops beating, the connection to life ends.
Placement
You can get this tattoo inked on many places such as your forearm, collar bone, back, or near your stomach. No matter where you get this heartbeat tatted, it will still showcase the intense and everlasting bond with your other half.
FAQ’s
Why should I avoid getting couples tattoos?
Until you’re a hundred percent sure that you’ve found the love of your life and ready to take a significant step in your relationship, only then get matching tattoos. Sometimes relationships don’t work out, and you may regret getting a couple’s tattoo, especially if you have your partner’s name tatted on. It’s best to go for symbols or objects.
Are wrist tattoos painful?
Getting a tattoo on your wrist comes with a fair share of pain as there is very little fat and muscle in that area. It is bonier, which is why it is more likely to cause pain than other soft areas. Your veins and arteries start to become sensitive during the tattooing process, causing you to feel more pain.
How long does getting a wrist tattoo take?
The maximum it takes to achieve a wrist tattoo is 5 hours in one session. The length of the sessions differs from each tattoo parlor and the skills of your tattoo artist. The longest it may take to complete is seven hours, especially if you have a low tolerance to the pain.
Final Thoughts
These matching couple tattoos mentioned above not only help you achieve the perfect creative artwork on your body but also allow you to showcase your love for your one and only in front of the whole world. It portrays the strong emotional connection you share with the love of your life. So try out this small act of romance, and share it with your better half.
