Word tattoo ideas

2,200 photos and flash · 96% Lettering, 46% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Pencil sketch of an open hand with the words Promise, love, PROVOKE, DIRECTION and Good Luck written around the fingers, shown as a tattoo design idea.
Hand sketch with word designs
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the back of a hand, with the lowercase word breathe in lettering on the forearm below it.
Arrow and breathe lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo spelling the word love across the side of a finger, with red painted nails.
Love script tattoo on a finger
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading Be good across the middle finger of a hand, in a lettering style.
Be good lettering on a finger
Black script lettering reading family on the side of a finger, Lettering style, placed on the hand.
Family script lettering on a finger
Fine line infinity symbol with a heart-shaped left loop and the word life in cursive script, on the hand near the fingers.
Infinity heart with life script
Black script tattoo reading fearless in a thin cursive hand on the inside of a wrist, with the fingers curled up above it.
Fearless script on a wrist
Close photo of a small black script tattoo reading family with a heart, on the side of a finger, in a Lettering and Fine line style.
Family script with heart on a finger
Black and grey lettering tattoos reading LOVE HER and I LOVE HIM across two fingers in a lettering style, with a small motif above the first word, photographed on a wooden surface.
Love her and love him finger lettering
Fine line script tattoo reading free on the back of a hand, resting on a shoulder in a denim shirt.
Free script on the back of a hand
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading believe along the side of a hand, with a gold ring on the ring finger.
Believe script on a hand
Close-up of two black script lettering tattoos on the backs of the wrists, reading figlia on the left hand and madre on the right, with a silver bangle on the left wrist.
Figlia and madre script on the hands
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading family with a small heart, on the side of a finger, in a fine line lettering style.
Family script and heart on a finger
Black lettering reading WILD CHILD on the outer forearm, with a dressing on the wrist and smaller script on the hand.
Wild Child lettering on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading love on the side of a finger, photographed against a blurred night-time background.
Script word love on a finger
Black lettering spelling READ MORE across the knuckles of two clenched fists, a lettering tattoo on the hand.
Read More lettering across knuckles
Close photo of the words cheers bitches in dark fine-line script lettering across the back of a wrist and hand, against green leaves.
Cheers bitches script on the wrist
Two fingers on interlocked hands carry matching black script tattoos reading promise, against dark fabric with printed lettering.
Promise script tattoos on fingers
Red handwritten script reading I must not tell lies across the back of a fist, a fine line lettering tattoo on the hand.
Handwritten quote on the back of a hand
Two wrists with matching black fine line script tattoos of the word nourish, each with a swirl flourish at one end.
Matching nourish wrist tattoos
Black outline lettering spelling NICE, one letter on each finger of a hand, in a lettering style with ornate, decorative letterforms.
NICE lettered across four fingers
Fine line black script tattoo of the word free on the back of a hand, with the wearer's hand resting on her opposite shoulder.
Free script word on the hand
Fine line script tattoo reading love in dark ink on the side of a finger, against a blurred dark background with bokeh lights.
Love script on a finger
Black script tattoo reading Love with a small heart on the side of a finger, in a fine line style.
Love script with heart on a finger
Black and grey fine line script reading Family with a small anchor beneath it, on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Family script and anchor on wrist
Black blackletter tattoo spelling the word librarian across the knuckles and fingers of two clenched hands.
Librarian knuckle lettering
Black serif lettering spelling LADYLIKE, one letter per finger across both hands, in a lettering style with pink nail polish visible.
LADYLIKE lettered across fingers
Black script lettering reading Passion and Love with a pair of scissors tattooed across the fingers of a hand.
Passion and love with scissors on fingers
Black script lettering tattoo reading Always across the wrist of a hand, with the palm and fingers visible.
Always script tattoo on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Heartless across the finger of a hand with pink nails, set against dark denim.
Heartless script tattoo on a finger
Black and grey photograph of a barcode tattoo with the word SLAVE beneath it, placed in the centre of an open palm.
Barcode and SLAVE on a palm
Two clasped hands showing black serif lettering reading Mr and Mrs in a typewriter-style font on the top finger segments.
Mr and Mrs lettering on fingers
Close photo of a small black script tattoo reading Exhale, on the back of a wrist, with a hand resting on a thigh beside white platform trainers.
Exhale script tattoo on the hand
Black lettering tattoo reading words with a superscript 3 on the inner wrist, in a typewriter-style font.
Words with a superscript 3 on a wrist
Black script lettering reading tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, shown in black ink against pale skin.
Script word tattoo on inner wrist
Close up of a fine line lettering tattoo of the word free on the back of a woman's hand near the wrist, with a denim shirt and bracelets visible.
Fine line word tattoo on the hand
Black script lettering reading Okay. Okay. across the side of a finger, in a lettering style.
Okay okay script on a finger
Three words in black script lettering, Favored, Constant and Graced, tattooed one word per finger on a hand resting on denim.
Favored, Constant and Graced finger lettering
Close photograph of a hand with pale nails resting on hair, showing fine line script lettering in black ink along the middle finger and a small mark on the index finger.
Script lettering across two fingers
Fine line black script reading family with a small heart, tattooed along the side of a finger on a hand resting on a fluffy white blanket.
Family script with heart on finger
Fine line black script tattoo reading live with an arrow running through it, on the side of a finger.
Live script and arrow on a finger
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Love with a small heart beside it, on the side of a finger.
Love script and heart on a finger
Fine line black script tattoo reading Love along the side of a finger, on a hand with black nail polish resting on a light blue cloth.
Love script tattoo on a finger
Close photo of a small fine line script word love tattooed on the side of a finger, in a fine line lettering style, on a hand against a blurred night background.
Script love tattoo on a finger
Black script lettering reading Favoured, Constant and a third word on three fingers of a hand, placed on the finger segments.
Script words tattooed on three fingers
Black script lettering reading surrender tattooed across a finger on the hand, shown in a close photograph.
Surrender script across a finger
Fine script lettering reading Love tattooed along a finger, shown on the hand with red nail polish.
Love script tattoo on a finger
Close photograph of a faded, healed word tattoo in simple lettering that appears to read always, placed across a finger on the hand.
Faded lettering reading always on a finger