110+ Best Memorial Tattoos Designs (2024) – RIP Grandparents, Friends, Parents

Death is Inevitable. Many people like to have memorial tattoos in the memory of their deceased family members (mother, father, daughter, son, brother, sister, grandma, grandpa, husband, wife, baby & pets) or friends. If you too want to have a remembrance tattoo design then you should keep one thing in mind that such tattoos should never fade away. Here we give you 50 in memory of memorial tattoos that will suit both men and women-

Memorial Tattoos For Grandmother

1. Cats and dogs are the most common pets but if you had any other pet and wish to have a tattoo in their memory then you should opt for a portrait tattoo like this.
Memorial Tattoos


2. Forearm is one of the best parts of body to get a memorial tattoo. It is suitable for memorial quote tattoos like this.
Cross Memorial Tattoos


3. The very first memorial tattoo design I would recommend you would be a religious tattoo. No matter to which religion you belong you should get its symbol inked on your body along with the name of the deceased.
Dragonfly Memorial Tattoos


4. Furious 7’s popular song ‘See You Again’ is one of the most popular memorial songs. You can get the title of the song tattooed on yourself if you wish to have a memorial tattoo dedicated to your close friend.
Feather Memorial Tattoos


5. It is a huge emotional breakdown for a person who loses his son or daughter. Here is a memorial tattoo that has the date of birth and date of death tattooed of two brothers.
Filigree With Memorial Tattoos


6. Many people lose their loved ones to suicide or accident. A heart touching memorial tattoo idea would be to get a heart tattoo with angel wings on it. You can also write the initials of your late loved one’s name.
Happy Memorial Tattoos


7. Infinity heart tattoo design is one of the most suitable memorial tattoo design. It will look even more touching and lovely if the infinity sign is made using the quote of the deceased person.
Heart With Memorial Tattoos


8. If you want to dedicate a memorial tattoo to your grandfather or grandmother then you should probably get the materialistic stuff inked that your grandparents loved the most. For example here is a bench tattoo design that indicates the same.
Infinity Sign Memorial Tattoos


9. Angel wings are one of the most recommended memorial tattoos. You can make it even better by adding the name of your deceased family member.
King Of Bones Memorial Tattoos


10. One of the best ideas for a memorial tattoo is to ink the favorite quotes of the deceased person and that too in your native language just like this. I lost my mother this year and I can tell you that it is really painful. You fall into depression. In such situation don’t hesitate to seek out for help as you need to learn to live.
King Pin Memorial Tattoos


11. One of the worst feelings in the world is to lose a young child or a baby to miscarriage. If you witnessed it and want to have a tattoo in its remembrance then you should try paw tattoos like this.
Lettering Memorial Tattoos


12. Many people lost their sons, brothers, fathers, and husbands in the war. If you ’re your loved one in the war then a good memorial tattoo idea would be to get tattooed with their army uniform.
Lovely Memorial Tattoos


13. Memorial tattoos are not just for human beings. Many people have memorial tattoos for their pet dogs and cats. The best memorial tattoo for your dog or cat would be a paw tattoo design.
Memorial Piece Tattoos


14. Here is another incredible memorial tattoo design that shows the paw of the dog along with angel wings, its name and date of death.
Memorial Tattoos Ideas


15. If you lost your loved one to a deadly disease then it will only be suitable if you raise awareness about it by getting a memorial tattoo with the symbol of the disease.
Memorial Tattoos Angel Wings


16. If you are a husband who is looking for a good memorial tattoo in remembrance of your wife then you should try a flower tattoo design where the petals are made in the style of heart just as shown in this picture.
Memorial Tattoos Arm


17. If you are a wife who wants to have a memorial tattoo in remembrance of your husband then you should try a half heart tattoo design along with the date of passing away of your husband.
Memorial Tattoos Baby


18. You can try a Yin Yang style tattoo design which represents the balance of life and death along with a beautiful quote like this for your memorial tattoo.
Memorial Tattoos Best Friend


19. Angel wings are the most common memorial tattoo idea so you must be able to show for whom your memorial tattoo is dedicated. If you lost your husband or wife then you should get a wedding ring tattoo inked in between the angel wings.
Memorial Tattoos For Couples


20. Dad is the most important figure in a kid’s life. If you lost your dad then have a remembrance tattoo in the style of the way you remember him. For example, this son tattooed his father’s hat in his memory.
Memorial Tattoos For Dad


21. For a daughter, his dad is the best man in this world. If you get a memorial tattoo for your father then the best design would be showing a little girl walking away with her dad while holding his hand.
Memorial Tattoos For Daughter And Dad


22. Memorial tattoos should not be meant for the cover-up. But if you still wish to use a memorial tattoo as a cover-up tattoo then I would suggest you opt for a portrait tattoo like this tattoo of dog.
Memorial Tattoos For Dogs


23. Many kids consider their parents or grandparents to be their role model. If your grandfather or father was a biker then you should dedicate a biker memorial tattoo to him.
Memorial Tattoos For Grand Dad


24. Many people prefer to have a dragonfly tattoo design in remembrance of their mother this is because dragonfly is very protective for her kids.
Memorial Tattoos For Grandmom


25. This spec tattoo design on the forearm of this guy is heart touching and it seems to be inspired from the 2009 Pixar movie UP.
Memorial Tattoos For Grandpa


26. Like all tattoos, memorial tattoos can also fade away with time but I would strongly advise you to never ever let them fade away until you are alive.
Memorial Tattoos For Mom And Dad


27. Heart tattoos are also recommended when you wish to have a tattoo in remembrance of your loved one. However human anatomical heart tattoos are rarely tried.
Memorial Tattoos For Mom


28. Never ever have a memorial tattoo design on legs or foot or ankle. It would be disrespecting to the late loved ones.
Memorial Tattoos For Sister


29. Brothers share a unique bonding. If you lost your brother then have a memorial tattoo that not only lifts you up but also gives positivity to your parents.
Memorial Tattoos For Uncle


30. You can have a cross tattoo design that can be dedicated to someone. Here is a beautiful cross memorial tattoo on the shoulder of this boy.
Memorial Tattoos On Biceps


31. If you wish to have a memorial tattoo dedicated to your father then one of the coolest idea would be to have a tattoo that shows your dad’s job like this.
Memorial Tattoos On Calf


32. Some people like to have memorial tattoos dedicated to their favorite stars. You will find millions of people having tattoos dedicated to superstars like Bruce Lee, Paul Walker, James Dean and Michael Jackson.
Memorial Tattoos On Chest


33. If your father or brother was an honorable person who died while serving his nation then there would be no better remembrance tattoo then the emblem of their army.
Memorial Tattoos On Half Sleeve


34. Many women like to dedicate flower tattoos to their mothers or grandmothers. Here is an example of a flower outline tattoo design.
Memorial Tattoos On Neck Back


35. Usually, I recommend large size memorial tattoos but it doesn’t mean that you cannot try small memorial tattoos. Here is a beautiful small size tattoo in the memory of a loving father.
Awesome Memorial Tattoos


36. If you wish to have a quote tattoo dedicated to your loving family member then it will only be better if it is in their local language.
Best Friends Memorial Tattoos


37. When people lose their young child then they usually tattoo their name on their body. You can add angel wings too to it.
Best Memorial Tattoos


38. This lady lost her mother to Cancer so she got tattooed with the Cancer ribbon along with the date of birth and death of her mother.
Cancer Ribbon Memorial Tattoos


39. A burning candle is a very meaningful memorial tattoo because life is also like a burning candle in the wind and you never know the outcome of it.
Candle With Memorial Tattoos


40. It is impossible to fill the loss of loved ones but what you can do is have a positive tattoo design that gives you hope that your loving family member or friend is now at peace.
Cool Memorial Tattoos


41. If you wish to have quote tattoo then font selection matters a lot because you do not want people to get confused while reading your quote.
Memorial Tattoos On Shoulder


42. If you wish to dedicate memorial tattoo to your mother or sister then a good choice to get tattooed with butterfly tattoos like this.
Memorial Tattoos On Thigh


43. Here is another memorial tattoo design dedicated to a cat but the person clearly used it as a cover up tattoo design.
Memorial Tattoos Paw


44. You can also have flying feather tattoo design as remembrance tattoo because Oscar winning film Forrest gump made it very popular.
Memorial Tattoos Quotes


45. You can have a tattoo design that best describes your deceased mother or father. One good option to have a mountain tattoo design if your deceased family member had strong will power.
Mountain With Quotes Memorial Tattoos


46. Another good option is to have a praying hands tattoo design and it will perfectly suit on people whose family have deep religious faith.
Praying Memorial Tattoos


47. This is surely a quirky and funny tattoo design but if you wish to have a memorial tattoo dedicated to your friend then some similar tattoos will surely work fine.
Scooters Memorial Tattoos


48. If your friend or brother was a huge sports fan or was also an active athlete then there would be no better tribute than a sport-related tattoo design.
Script Memorial Tattoos


49. You can also opt a tree tattoo design as memorial tattoo for your mother or father because parents are like trees who give everything for their kids.
Tree Memorial Tattoos


50. In the end you will find a lot of sketches and drawings on sites like pinterest, tumblr and deviantart so don’t forget to visit them too.
Wings And Cross Memorial Tattoos


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Angel Wing Memorial Tattoos


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Army Memorial Tattoos


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Baby Memorial Tattoos


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Best Friend Memorial Tattoos


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Best Memorial Tattoos For Mom


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Best Memorial Tattoos


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Bird Memorial Tattoos


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Brother Memorial Tattoos


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Cancer Memorial Tattoos


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Cat Memorial Tattoos


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Child Memorial Tattoos


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Dad Memorial Tattoos For Daughters


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Dad Memorial Tattoos


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Dog Memorial Tattoos Quotes


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Dog Memorial Tattoos


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Father Memorial Tattoos


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Forearm Memorial Tattoos


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Grandma Memorial Tattoos


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Grandmother Memorial Tattoos


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Heart Memorial Tattoos


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Memorial Chest Tattoos


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Memorial Cross Tattoos


heart tattoo with kids names

Memorial Mom Tattoos


your wings were ready but i was not tattoo

Memorial Quote Tattoos


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Memorial Tattoos For Best Friend


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Memorial Tattoos For Brother


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Memorial Tattoos For Dad


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Memorial Tattoos For Daughter


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Memorial Tattoos For Grandfather


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Memorial Tattoos For Grandma


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Memorial Tattoos For Grandpa


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Memorial Tattoos For Grandparents


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Memorial Tattoos For Husband


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Memorial Tattoos For Men


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Memorial Tattoos For Mom Designs


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Memorial Tattoos For Mom


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Memorial Tattoos For Parents


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Memorial Tattoos For Son


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Memorial Wrist Tattoos


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Military Memorial Tattoos


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Mom Memorial Tattoos


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Mother Memorial Tattoos


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Navy Memorial Tattoos


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Pet Memorial Tattoos


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Rose Memorial Tattoos


Simple Memorial Tattoos


Sister Memorial Tattoos


Small Memorial Tattoos For Dad


Small Memorial Tattoos For Husband


Small Memorial Tattoos


Suicide Memorial Tattoos


Unique Memorial Tattoos


Which memorial tattoo design touched your heart from the above photo gallery?