13 Most Popular Categories Of Tattoos Among Celebrities
There are different categories of tattoos with distinctive meanings. Let us explore more about it through celebrity tattoos.
We will find out which tattoo your favorite celebrity is flaunting on their body and their reason for going for that particular category of tattoo design.
Tattoos have become a crazy fad in recent times. People like copying celebrities and their fashion statements.
We will find out which tattoo your favorite celebrity is flaunting on their body and their reason for going for that particular category of tattoo design.
The 13 Most Popular Categories Of Tattoos, among your favourite Celebrities are as follows:
1. Motivational and Positive Tattoos
These kinds of tattoos show the spiritual side of a person as well as its personality trait.
Esha Deol has Gayatri mantra inked on her upper back.
Sushmita Sen has an Italian phrase ‘Aut viam inveniam aut faciam’ inked on her hand which means “I shall either find a way or make my own”.
KL Rahul has a tattoo of the famous Latin phrase Veni, Vidi, Vici, which means “come, see, conquer” inked on his body.
2. Family Tattoos
In the family tattoo category, people like their partner, children’s, parent’s name, and related quotes inked on their body to show their love and affection towards them.
This is the most popular variety of tattoo among Bollywood celebrities.
Priyanka Chopra has a tattoo Daddy’s Lil girl on the wrist of her right handwritten in her father’s handwriting, to show her unconditional love and tribute towards her father. She was very close to her father, and this tattoo signifies that whatever she achieves in her life, she will always be her Daddy’s little girl.
Ranbir Kapoor has Awara word inked in Hindi to pay tribute to his grandfather Raj Kapoor.
Arjun Kapoor has Maa inked in Hindi on his right wrist, as a tribute to his mother.
Arjun Rampal has the name of his daughter Myra and Maahika, inked on both his hands.
Saif Ali Khan has Kareena inked on his hand, to show his love and commitment towards her wife.
Akshay Kumar has the name of his wife Tina and son Aarav inked on his body.
3. Element Tattoos
Out of the four classical elements, Fire and The Earth are very commonly used in tattoo designs.
The basic meaning of the fire tattoo is destruction, passion, rebirth, and secret knowledge.
The Earth Tattoo is for the people who relish traveling and exploring newer things in life. Some people also like Map to be imprinted on their body. People ink such tattoos to pay tribute to Mother Earth.
Former England International Cricketer Kevin Pietersen has inked his body with the map of the world.
4. Geometric Designs Tattoos
The designs having many geometric patterns like triangle, circle, squares are very famous among Hollywood celebrities.
Sophie Turner has an impossible triangle illusion tattoo on her upper left arm.
Mabel McVey has a geometric design and a rose tattoo on her right forearm.
Bea Miller has a Rubik’s Cube tattoo done by Jon Boy on her right forearm.
5. Hindu God Idol Tattoos
These days picture of Hindu Idols is the choice of many youngsters as they urge to look modern still want to stay connected to their roots.
Ajay Devgan and Sanjay Dutt are devoted follower of Lord Shiva they have inked Lord Shiva, on their Chest.
Virat Kohli also has a lot of tattoos inked on his body. A few among them are OM inked in Hindi, God’s eye, and Lord Shiva meditating in Mansarovar.
6. Sports Tattoos
People get inspired easily by the tattoo their favorite sports person has and want the same on their body as well. They also go for the icon closely related to their favorite sport and events.
7. Numbers and Dates Tattoo
Virat Kohli also has numbers 175 and 269 on his body it signifies 175th Indian cricketer to play for India in ODIs and 269th Indian to represent India in Test matches.
Malaika Arora inked the DOB of her son on her right wrist.
8. Tribal Tattoos
Tribal designs are hundreds of years old. These designs have a huge craze nowadays.
Getting such designs on the body brings a person closer to worldwide culture, heritage, and at the same time, maintains in portraying a mystic look.
Virat Kohli got one tribal tattoo during the early years of his career.
Rumer Willis has a tribal eye design on her right upper arm.
9. Personality Traits Tattoo
They are either in words or in the form of some tiny symbol signifying the personality trait of that person.
Alia Bhat has ‘Pataaka” written in Hindi on the back of her neck.
Malaika Arora also has a free bird tattoo on her body, which reflects her personality as well.
10. Horoscope Tattoos
People like flaunting their zodiac signs also on their bodies.
Virat Kohli has Scorpio inked on his body.
11. Superhero, Alien and Angel Tattoos
Angel Tattoos are very beautiful as it signifies a variety of traits like faith, freedom, protection, hope, Loyalty, Bravery, Purity, and a Warrior.
Kangana Ranaut has an angel tattoo at the nape of her neck.
Imran Khan has a tattoo of a beast on his right arm, which is inspired by Batman.
12. Tattoos in honour of their Roles
Many Hollywood celebrities have tattoos in honour of their roles. Like Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner have the tattoo of the date of the day they were cast on the very famous show Games of Thrones.
Tom Holland has a Spider man tattoo on his foot after he got the role of Peter Parker.
Similarly, the cast of Lord of Rings got tattooed.
The six lead actors of Pretty Little Liars have got of the initials of their names in the series tattooed on their Index finger.
13. Rune Tattoos
These tattoo designs have originated from alphabets, or character, from the ancient German language.
Kate Del Castillo Mexican- American actress of bad Boys and telenovela Muchachitas for Televisa fame in 1991, has a rune tattoo on her left middle finger.
Hope this article helps you in deciding which celebrity’s tattoo style you want to follow and which category of tattoo you want to ink on your body.
But remember, Tattoos certainly gives an edge to your looks, but natural beauty is always a way ahead.
I love looking at tattoos. I have a couple but they hurt so much it stops me having more x
Thanks for your comment Claire. For a better insight on tattoos, do read our following article
https://thesunshinemoms.com/tattoo-all-you-need-to-think-before-you-ink/
I love looking at tattoos. I have a couple but they hurt so much it stops me having more x
Thanks for your comment Claire. For a better insight on tattoos, do read our following article
https://thesunshinemoms.com/tattoo-all-you-need-to-think-before-you-ink/
I love looking at tattoos. I have a couple but they hurt so much it stops me having more x x
What a great list of tattoos. I have actually never gotten one. I have always been too scared lol
Although I am very fond of tattoos but still feel scared to get one. Thank you so much for your comment.
I like the inner finger tattoos. I want to get one with my husband just not sure what we want yet.
Thank You so much for your comment, Stacee.
I am always scared of getting tattoo but these looks great
I too feel scared of getting one. Thank You so much for your comment, Nehyaa.
Really Great Blog👌👌👍
Really Great Blog👌👌 👍
Thank you so much for your comment, Anjali.
I am scared of getting tattooed but yes this blog has everything one needs to know before getting one. I, myself got to know a lot about them.
Thank You so much for your comment, Shweta. 🙂
I like family tattoos I want to make it in the future…Beautiful blog👌👌
Thank You so much for your comment, Simpi.
I like family tattoos I want to make it in the future…Beautiful blog
I like family tattoos I want to make it in the future…Nice blog
This is amazing post 😊 got some more information about them 🙂❤️
Thank You so much, Prableen. ❤️
Wow that’s cool, so many types of tattoos didn’t know that
Thank You so much, Neelam. 🙂
Wow so well explained every bit details ❤
Thank You so much. 🙂