Dolphin Tattoos

Dolphin tattoos are one of the tattoos that is skyrocketing in popularity lately. Their rise to fame could be because they are popular as both tattoos for women and tattoos for men. It could also be because dolphins represent luck, harmony, peace, and kindness. Or it could be because they are seen as fun loving, playful, and peaceful creatures. Which ever way you look at it, more and more people are getting dolphin tattoos every day.

Another reason they are popular is because they do not have to be the same. A dolphin tattoo can be in about any color you can imagine, and they can be in any size, from a small dolphin tattoo, to one that covers your whole back. I have also seen some amazing dolphin sleeve tattoos that go from your shoulder, to your wrist, and dolphin tribal tattoos are beginning to show up. Some tattoos have the dolphins in their natural environment, and some even have them doing things humans would do.


The best place to find dolphin tattoo designs is an online tattoo gallery. Most web searches will show the same low resolution images many times, but an online tattoo gallery will show high resolution photos, that are printable. This will let you see how your tattoo looks on a person. An online tattoo gallery will have thousands of pictures of dolphin tattoos for you to see, so that you can find a good dolphin tattoo design, and make it one of a kind.

Dolphin Tattoos

Dolphin Tattoos

Dolphin tattoos are monuments to the charismatic and intelligent creature of the sea that share a long and diverse history with humanity. They can be portrayed seriously as works of art or whimsically as is the case in the picture. The symbolism of dolphin tattoos go back thousands of years, all the way back to ancient Sumeria. In Sumeria, dolphins were connected to Ea-Oannes, the deity of the sea, and sometimes with the goddess Isis in Egypt. The Celts associated the dolphin with the healing power of water, and the image of people riding dolphins is seen on some Celtic artifacts. Some Australian Aboriginal tribes claim to be direct descendants of dolphins, who are sometimes regarded as guardian spirits. Early man was fascinated by the obvious intelligence of dolphins and their ability to herd schools of fish to make it easier to prey upon them. The dolphin is also an important symbol in European heraldry, and is often featured on Heraldic coats-of-arms, and represents diligence, salvation, charity and love. Dolphins can also represent whimsy and a innocent child like sense of humor. Regardless of whether the dolphin tattoo is chosen as a living tribute to an amazing animal or because of it’s deep symbolism, it’s a classy choice that fits in with most any other tattoo motifs.

The dolphin tattoo in the picture is both fun and whimsical. But, did you know that dolphin tattoos have a great history and symbolism behind them as well. For ancient cultures, dolphins were symbols of intelligence and freedom of thought. That’s probably because these people observed how intelligent these creatures were. I mean dolphins have been known to assist fishermen and even save people who have fallen into the water. And they have been doing it for thousands of years and this fact is well represented in literature and history. If you ever go into a museum that displays Greek art then you can witness this fact for yourself. They are often depicted as steeds of the gods, a position that one shouldn’t take too lightly, because the gods would not have an animal that didn’t have some intelligence as their mounts. The dolphin tattoo in the picture depicts one of these mammals in a style you see a lot these days. It has a cartoony quality to it that many women find fascinating. It’s a little off according to my personal tastes however. I think that this design is a little too crude and could have been done by a third grader. I have nothing against cute, but let’s keep it professional people.