As you may have been able to guess, heart tattoos commonly symbolize love. This is a tradition that started over a thousand years ago, and has persisted through today. One of the most popular designs that has been a running joke in Hollywood for quite some time is the famous heart tattoo with the “Mom” across the front. This tattoo is commonly warn by bikers in comedy movies and television shows. The reason that the heart began to symbolize love, is because the heart was shaped like an upside down triangle. This became a symbol for feminine, because it was often repented as the pubic triangle. There are many different types of heart tattoos that people commonly tattoo on themselves. The heart is a great tattoo for many people because it can be small and fit on many different areas of the body. Some of the more common areas that people choose to tattoo hearts on themselves include:

• The Chest: Sometimes people choose to tattoo a heart over their chest. There really is no symbolism behind this, other than the fact that the tattoo is supposed to represent the individuals heart.
• The Leg
• Forearms
• Back
• Shoulders

If you are interested in tattoo a heart on yourself, but are unaware of what some of the common heart tattoo designs include, you may want to consider the following;

Cupid’s Arrow

The arrowhead on Cupid’s arrow can be a heart. This has been a very popular illustration for hundreds of years and recently has become a very popular tattoo design as well. While the heart itself may not represent much more than love and pride, surrounding the heart with a number of other designs can add some real meaning to the tattoo. Cupid himself can be represented a number of ways but is commonly presented as a small young boy who is only clothed in a robe. Cupid shoots individuals with his arrow and then makes them fall in love with whoever they are looking at or with when the arrow strikes them.

Crossed Heart

You may have heard the popular expression, “Cross my heart and hope to die.” before. This expression has been around for quite some time, and has been made into quite the popular tattoo design as well. Some of the more popular ways that people go about this include the heart being crossed by barbed wire or some other material that gets the message across. Because of the negative nature of the expression, often times these tattoos tend to have a darker vibe and will often represent some sort of traumatic event in the persons life.

There are many different types of heart tattoo designs, and many different areas that these tattoos can be tattooed on the body. While usually only women receive heart tattoos, that doesn’t mean that some men do not choose to tattoo hearts on themselves as well. While the heart may only be known to represent life and love, when added to other designs the heart can mean a number of different things, and it is really up to interpretation.

Take a look at our heart tattoos gallery:

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