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Honestly, size doesn’t matter when it comes to tattoos, even if it’s your first or your last.
Size has no bearing on a design’s impact or message, thought it can make your body art visually stand out better. Even the tiniest of designs can have the most profound meanings attached to them. I say this because when it comes to first tattoos, smaller in size is the way to go.
Besides, smaller tattoos are super fashionable right now, particularly for women. These designs can appear way more proportionate, not to mention, seem more delicate and feminine. If you want elegance, huge pieces and eye-catching sleeves don’t always fit the bill.
When it comes to selecting cool first tattoos, consider how easily they can be concealed by clothing. Yes, I get it, you want to show off your new piece of ink to the world, but make this first one close to your heart. Something that you can truly appreciate on your own accord, without so much as even needing to show it off. Hidden tattoos aren’t any less significant just because they are harder to spot.
The perfect first tattoo will wonderfully capture your unique characteristics, story, or even life lesson. Cool tattoos can have adorable patterns, objects and things. The world is your oyster when you go smaller in size, as you can fit just about anything on the body.
For these tattoos, cute animals like pandas, kittens, and frogs are popular choices. For a very attractive appearance, try cartoon-style artwork! These cute and playful designs make a great first or matched tattoo for you and your best friend from childhood.
Many women decide on their life’s motto, favorite music lyrics, or the initials of a loved one while getting a significant tattoo. These tattoos look best on your hand or inner wrist since you can always view them and be reminded of their significance.
These cool first tattoo designs below are the ideal option for girls who enjoy minimalist tattoos or who have a casual, classic sense of style. They may be completed in one sitting, which makes them perfect if you’d prefer a quick and affordable tattoo session. Additionally, the versatility of these straightforward tattoos will allow you to place them practically anyplace!
Most popular cool first tattoos for women
Different types of first designs to consider: 1. Anchor
2. Butterfly
3. Heart
4. Cross
5. Infinity Symbol
6. Star
7. Lotus Flower
8. Feather
9. Tree of Life
10. Sun
11. Moon
12. Dreamcatcher
13. Arrow
14. Dragonfly
15. Compass
16. Rose
17. Elephant
18. Owl
19. Phoenix
20. Wolf
21. Skull
22. Dolphin
23. Hamsa Hand
24. Geometric Shapes
25. Tribal Designs
26. Music Notes
27. Anchor and Wheel
28. Quote or Saying
29. Celtic Knots
30. Zodiac Sign
31. Yin Yang Symbol
32. Koi Fish
33. Paw Prints
34. Lightning Bolt
35. Shooting Star
36. Key and Lock
37. Lighthouse
38. Roman Numerals
Messages tattooed to serve as daily reminders are a popular first tattoo design idea for women. We could all use a little help in remembering to take better care of ourselves each day. This cute, little tattoo is sweet and dainty. The color palette is bright and cheerful.
Animals are a popular choice for a woman’s first tattoo. Perhaps you have a dog and cat that are best buddies. I sure do! Animal friends can be easily added to hold a lot of meaning and symbolize that furry friendship. A simple line tattoo works well in this case.
A flower bouquet can be a sweet girl’s first tattoo idea. Sweetly hidden under a skirt line and waiting to be revealed at the right time, this bouquet awaits to share its heart shape with an intimate partner. Flowers are a popular tattoo and easy to consider for your first time.
A dainty poppy tattoo in a set of three is a sweet way to go. Centered in the back, this tiny group of flowers add a fun and playful bit of color to your back. They are fine and delicate contributing to their femininity. Sometimes it is easier to consider a small image for the first tattoo.
Four leaf clovers are a symbol of luck. Placing one on the back of a shoulder can be a nice touch if small is your preference. Size matters a lot in the tattoo world and you want to think about that before getting started with a first tattoo. This can be a nice choice if you aren’t ready to go big and bold with large pieces or sleeves.
Here is a sweet little bit of magical color exposed over the front shoulder. Using blues and purples, there is a sense of the evening sky. Adding white dots and sparkles adds the magic and gives a starry sky feel to this first tattoo design. Simple and stunning can be a good choice.
This looks like a birth date tattoo design. Adding a favorite animal of each of your children with their birth dates can make for a sweet and simple first tattoo idea. They will always be our babies so why not honor that? A cute pastel palette is a nice touch.
Maybe you want to tuck away a lighter on the side of your hip for safe keeping. It could be a secret that you smoke and you don’t want to expose that unless the time is right. Adding something small and significant to only you is a popular choice for a first tattoo idea for women.
Add your favorite dinosaur to your inner wrist for a playful splash of color. A rosy pink brontosaurus is a nice first tattoo image. The inner wrist can be a sweet and feminine location to add a small tattoo. Using specific body areas and smaller sizes suggests you want to keep your body sweetly defined with more simple imagery.
A pretty iris on the side of the arm is a lovely image to have as a girl’s first tattoo. A simple look, almost painterly in the look of brushwork, makes for a unique look in a flower tattoo. Keeping the color palette minimal is a popular choice as well.
This jeweled heart of the night sky can quickly capture your heart. Place this small tattoo design where it is visible to you because you will want to see it often. Crescent moons and pink clouds float within the jewel facets of its heart shape. This will quickly become your favorite tattoo even if it is the first.
Here is a sweet thumbprint tattoo to commemorate that special friend, sister or brother, or lover. Using a simple tattoo with big meaning is a popular first tattoo idea. We love to ink images into our skin to honor those relationships that influence our lives. An inner arm is a good location for a first tattoo.
Flowers are popular and an easy choice to make if this is for a first tattoo. Larger in size and pretty in color, these roses with a butterfly in flight are a sweet and colorful choice just above the ankle. You will want to show off this lovely image whenever you can.
A pretty and feminine bow can be a fun first tattoo if you are just getting started and unsure of your first image. Bows are feminine and soft. We think of summer parties and tea time, gift giving and holidays, etc when we see bows. Keeping a first tattoo to a minimal look and color palette can make your decision making easier.
Butterflies are a popular first tattoo idea for women. Pretty and full of flowers, this sweet little butterfly will be fun to expose in the warmer months. They look dainty and girly when done in this style and size. Some women prefer to keep tattoos to a minimum to avoid having large imagery on their bodies.
Two hearts are better than one and this one shows that well. The delicate red line intertwined with a second heart is a sweet little tattoo. It could be perfect for your first one. Keeping the image simple but powerful is a popular way to go for first tattoos.
A solid colored heart full of flowers is really pretty and feminine. This is a larger tattoo but could be a great choice for a first tattoo. Location is important so think about how often you want your image seen, on what occasion, etc. We see tattoos more and more often as they are a popular way to adorn our bodies.
Snakes can be a great little tattoo image. I love this sweet snake with its body displaying a night sky. Snakes usually make me a little squirmy but seeing this with a celestial body is a nice playful look for a snake tattoo. This would look nice on an inner wrist or an ankle for your first tattoo.
This is a sweet heart design made from a twisting vine and full of flowers and stars. These images are cute and girly making them a fun choice for a first tattoo. Here we see the image just above the knee but this would work well anywhere. Perhaps a shoulder placement to show your heart on your sleeve?
Tattoos just below the knee are a popular placement for a dab of color. Vines, hearts and flowers can share your love of gardens and nature through their imagery. A first tattoo is a big step so choose your favorite location on your body before proceeding. You won’t regret taking time with your decision.
Keys can have all sorts of personal meanings and can be a good simple design for a first tattoo. Placed on an inner arm a purple key with a faceted jewel at its center is a fun image. Decorate your key image with important colors, shapes, and symbols to make your design unique to your life.
A lot of us have special pets and they are fun to commemorate with outlines or pawprints. The use of kitty paws delicately tattooed with flowers is a sweet little design to use for a first tattoo. Just below the neckline is a nice place to wear a tattoo if you are ready to add your first design.
Hearts are often a popular tattoo design. Here we see letters, sparkles and bursts of color to make up this heart shape. Using initials or dates, this can be a nice design if you want to use an important code for a special person or time. Put some thought into your first tattoo design because the sky is the limit with imagery.
Small or large, phrases or messages are a popular design idea for female first tattoos. It is all about the uniqueness of each design. We are all different and love different things. Maybe you want to tattoo a nickname or a spirit animal. First tattoos can be daunting if you are not sure what you want so put some time into looking up images to spark your imagination.
First tattoos can be exciting to get. Consider a sweet little line drawn flower with butterflies flitting about for a sweet and simple look. Getting a small tattoo on a forearm can be a popular way to bridge that gap of a first tattoo. Keeping the color palette simple can be a wise choice if you are unsure of your first time.
Here is sweet little brightly colored stamp like first tattoo idea. A square full of color and reminiscent of a photograph of tulips, your first tattoo could focus on bright and happy colors with your favorite garden flower. This reminds me of botanical garden tours in the springtime when tulip flowers are at their peak.
This pinwheel styled flower image is sweet and colorful. Full of purple and blue hues with dainty white stars makes for a simple image that is fun and playful. Choose favorite colors or subjects and symbols for your first tattoo image so that you have no regrets.
A delicate black cross placed at the center of the back can be a simple and sweet choice for a first tattoo. Keeping the design simple and elegant is often a popular choice to keep your tattoo imagery to the minimum. If you are religious or spiritual you can dream up many symbols to ink onto your skin.
Nature themed and plant life inspiraiton can be the best choice for a first tattoo if you are a plant or nature lover. Show your green side with a sweet little symbol of green. You can have a tiny tattoo inked anywhere and for your first time you might want to choose something subtle like the inner arm or an ankle.
Using another language as we see here, you can choose to add saying or phrase that is meaningful to you. Choosing Latin can give a sweet and poetic look, even if the viewer doesn’t know what it means, you do. Here we see a meaningful message in the shape of a heart, forever and always there on your body.
This is a nice first tattoo design for women as the palette is simple in its color and the imagery is soft and fluffy in its plant form. Choose a sweet image for your first tattoo based on what you love the most whether it is a garden plant or a sweet little kitten. Using a shoulder for your first image is a popular placement.
Using the forearm can be a nice place to get a girly first tattoo that might symbolize magic to you. Using sparkles, an eye, butterflies, and dotwork you can have a very sweet tattoo that is actually a larger piece but still on the subtle side and not so dominant through the use of black fluid line work.
This pretty vining plant can be tattooed in any color to be a sweet and successful image. A first tattoo is often a simple image placed in an inconspicuous location on the inner forearm. The bright blue is pleasing and calming to look at every day. Use your favorite color since you will be seeing it daily.
A teeny bouquet is called a tussie-mussie or a nosegay. Such a sweet little bouquet was bound to have a cute name to go with it. Placed in a secret location, possibly the torso as shown here, is a sweet place for a tiny dab of color when you are ready to reveal it.
This is a cool image of a lily with a graphically and modernized style of stem. Allowing the spaces between the leaves give it a modern edge by breaking up the image. Bright yellow and green are a nice choice for a first tattoo if minimal color is to your liking.
Using a sweet wreath of flower and vine, you can have a gorgeous band of flowers encircling your arm. A first tattoo can be exciting to get so adding the image like a piece of permanent jewelry can be a popular first choice. This tattoo is delicate and pretty using whites and mossy greens.
Most of us adore hummingbirds and love to see them in flight. If you are lucky enough to live where you can feed them, you might have a special connection with hummingbirds in your garden. Choosing a purple and blue palette with dainty flowers make a sweet little first tattoo that can be added discreetly anywhere. Here we see it inked onto the inner forearm, a popular place for a first tattoo for women.
We all heard the Sugar and Spice poem in our childhood. Bows remind me of this because that’s what little girls are made of in the poem. A sweet black bow with patterns of flowers in it can be inked above the hips for a more discreet location if you wish. This particular bow has a nice feel of movement to it.
The collarbone is a popular and attractive female choice for a first tattoo. We all have connections to moons and crescent moons are always trending in tattoo art. Softs pinks and purples look lovely against the flesh. Adding white shooting stars to set the mood is a nice detail.
I love the size of this woman’s tattoo design and how it covers more of the upper arm without dominating it. Using space and sparing color with intricate black line creates a nice larger tattoo piece. Dotwork is increasingly popular being so dainty but also versatile in tattoo artistry. Draw up a few ideas before heading out to get your first tattoo.
Why your cool tattoo should have a deep meaning and symbolism:
Before jumping in and going with a design simply because the cool factor is off the charts, consider the attachment and define the reason why.
Having a well thought out tattoo that is meaningful and symbolic can be an incredibly rewarding experience for any woman. Not only does it give you a permanent reminder of something important to you, but it also serves as a way to express yourself and your values. A meaningful tattoo can be a great conversation starter, allowing you to share your unique story with others.
When deciding on your first cool tattoo, it’s important to take the time to think about what you want the design to represent. Consider what symbols or images are most meaningful to you and why. Think about how the design will look on your body and how it will fit into your lifestyle. You may also want to consider any cultural or religious implications associated with the design.
Once you have an idea of what kind of tattoo you would like, it’s time to start researching designs and artists who specialize in creating meaningful tattoos. Look for artists who have experience in creating custom designs that reflect your personal story and values. Ask friends or family members for recommendations if they have had meaningful tattoos done before. You’d be surprised, sometimes parents, aunts, uncles and so on all can have the weirdest hidden tattoos!
Ask them to share their story and perhaps you will be greatly inspired in the process.
