Harry Styles has more than 60 tattoos here's where they are and what they mean
Olivia Singh
- Harry Styles has more than 60 tattoos on his body.
- The "Golden" singer's ink includes tributes to family members and seemingly random designs.
Harry Styles got his first tattoo, an outline of a five-pointed star, after he turned 18 in 2012.
The star, which is on the inside of his left bicep, was later filled in.
Styles has yet to explain the meaning behind the ink, but some fans have speculated that it may be a reference to the five-piece band named One Direction — comprised of Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik — that propelled him to fame.
He has a cluster of small tattoos around his left wrist.
This includes a clover with the letters SSC inside — a nod to the Shamrock Social Club, a tattoo parlor in West Hollywood where Styles has gotten inked before.
Styles also has a small padlock, which was inked by Ed Sheeran, a key, the phrase "99 p," and the Aquarius symbol.
The singer has the Green Bay Packers logo on his left bicep.
Styles told NPR in 2020 that he got into American football when he first began traveling to the US and staying with a friend who was from Wisconsin.
He got a tattoo in honor of the team hours prior to a Packers game.
"It was a couple of hours before the game and we said, 'If they win the game, then I'll get a Packers tattoo. And if they don't, I won't,'" he recalled. "I think this was maybe 2012, maybe 2013, and I only had time the day before to go and get the tattoo. So I thought, 'Oh, I'll just get it because they're going to win.' So I got the tattoo, and then they lost.'"
Early on, he got a tattoo that read "won't stop 'till we surrender" below the Packers logo.
The design was reportedly done by Kat Von D and seemingly inspired by the lyrics of the Temper Trap song "Sweet Disposition."
The tattoo is still on Styles' arm, but it's faded.
He used to have the phrases "Things I can" and "Things I can't" on the insides of his forearms.
They were two of his earliest tattoos but were later covered up.
Styles has a tiny "A" on the inside of his left forearm.
It's likely a tribute to his mom, Anne Twist.
There's a small, iced gem cookie near his star tattoo.
This design is speculated to be in honor of his sister, Gemma Styles, who had the childhood nickname Gem.
Styles has another tattoo for his sister on the upper area of his left arm.
Gemma's name is written in Hebrew on his arm.
An "A" and a "G" on his shoulders might be additional tributes to his family members.
The "A," possibly for his mom, is on his left shoulder. The "G" tattoo, most likely for his sister, is on his right shoulder.
A tattoo that says "Hi" is on his left bicep.
The ink appears to be done in a person's handwriting.
Styles and Ed Sheeran have tattoos in honor of the animated show "Pingu."
Styles has the word "Pingu" on his left bicep while Sheeran has the penguin tattooed on his body.
"He and Ed had been out the night before, got pissed and started talking about their favourite childhood shows, and 'Pingu' was both of their favourites, which is why they both decided to get them," tattoo artist Kevin Paul told GQ in 2020.
He has a tiny cross inked on his body.
The design is on his left hand.
One of Styles' favorite tattoos shows two hands shaking.
The musician told Cambio in 2013 that he likes the tattoo because it's friendly and symbolizes peace.
The phrase "17 Black" is written below the left side of his collarbone.
Tattoo artist Kevin Paul told GQ that Styles got the ink because he "lost money gambling."
"I think it was in Australia – and he lost it on 17 black," Paul said. "This was in the early days, the first few years of One Direction."
The pair of swallows are two of Styles' most well-known tattoos.
He got the birds inked in November 2012.
"I like that kind of style of tattoos, like the old sailor kind of tattoos," Styles explained to Us Weekly. "They symbolize traveling, and we travel a lot!"
The singer shared similar comments about the meaning during an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" with 1D around that time, saying: "Birds fly, we fly a lot."
The butterfly on his stomach is also very popular.
He revealed the ink in a grainy photo shared on Instagram in March 2013.
The "Watermelon Sugar" singer has a filled-in black heart.
It's on his upper left arm.
Styles has a ship inked on his left bicep.
Freddy Negrete, who inked Styles, said that the tattoo was an homage to his home.
"We showed him a book of paintings of English ships, done by a famous painter," Negrete told The Daily Star, according to PopSugar. "He wanted a realistic looking English ship, because he misses home and needs to remind himself that he's homeward bound. What he said was, 'We're always on the road but my heart is at home and I want a ship.'"
He has three nails inked near the ship tattoo.
Styles hasn't revealed the meaning behind the nails.
The phrase "Can I stay?" is written on his left bicep.
Styles hasn't commented on the tattoo's meaning, but it might be a reference to Ray LaMontagne's song of the same name.
There's a skeleton wearing a suit and a top hat on the back of his left arm.
The skeleton is in a frame and the design features some red ink.
A Pink Floyd-inspired triangular prism can be found on his left bicep.
The iconic prism with rays of light passing through it is from the band's album, "The Dark Side of the Moon."
The phrase "silver spoon" can be seen on the back of his left arm.
It's unclear why Styles got the tattoo.
When someone is described as being born with a silver spoon in their mouth, it means that they were born wealthy or privileged.
There's a small guitar tattoo on the back of his left shoulder.
It's prominently seen in the artwork for his 2017 self-titled debut solo album.
Styles has a large rose on his left arm.
The flower is situated near his elbow.
Below the rose is a mermaid.
When asked about the reasoning behind the tattoo in a 2014 interview with Hollywood Life, Styles said, "I am a mermaid."
The singer has tattoos that pay homage to Los Angeles, New York, and London.
Styles is from England, while LA and NY are two cities that he often visits.
The name Arlo is tattooed below his "silver spoon" tattoo.
Styles hasn't commented on the meaning of this tattoo.
A tattoo of the name Jackson is speculated to be a nod to his reported godson.
Jackson is the son of Calvin Aurand, who served as One Direction's official photographer and documentarian until 2015.
Styles and his 1D bandmates — minus Horan — have tiny screw tattoos on their ankles.
Styles' tattoo is visible on the insides of both of his ankles.
Tomlinson tweeted about the band getting the ink in 2012. He briefly explained the ink while answering questions for Ask Anything Chat in 2018.
"We decided, well most of us actually except for Niall, as a band to get these little ones on our ankle," he said.
He seemingly paid tribute to George Michael's hit song "Careless Whisper" with tattoos on his ankles.
One ankle says "never gonna" and the other reads "dance again." You can see both tattoos in one of the images from his June 2022 cover story for Better Homes and Gardens.
Styles has a tattoo on the big toe of his right foot.
It appears to be a crown, but Styles previously admitted on "The Late Late Show With James Corden" in 2015 that he has a few "stupid" tattoos, including the word "big" on his big toe.
In 2014, Styles unveiled a tattoo that says "Brazil!"
He revealed the ink while performing in Rio de Janeiro in May 2014.
He later added a tiger's head tattoo to his thigh.
The design is located below the "Brazil!" tattoo.
After losing a game of tattoo roulette on "The Late Late Show With James Corden" in 2015, Styles got inked.
He got the talk show's "Late Late" logo tattooed on his arm.
He has a large anchor on his left wrist.
The tattoo is near the group of small designs around his wrist.
His left arm also has an anatomical heart.
The design near his black-heart tattoo.
A bottle tattoo is accompanied by the phrase "You booze, you lose."
The tattoos are on his left arm, near the holy bible.
A holy bible covers Styles' previous tattoo that read "Things I can't."
The religious tattoo is on his left forearm.
The "Kiwi" singer covered his "Things I can" tattoo with an eagle.
It's unclear what the bird represents.
Later, Styles added the name Mary above the eagle tattoo.
It's likely a nod to his maternal grandmother.
He used to have the phrase "Might as well..." on his lower abdomen, but replaced it with two fern branches.
Fans noticed the ferns on his body in 2014.
The left side of his rib cage includes two faces seemingly inspired by theater's comedy and tragedy masks, the acronym "SMCL," and a small "X."
The "SMCL" ink might be an acronym for the phrase "smile more, cry later."
He also has a closed birdcage inked on the left side of his body.
It's located near the "SMCL" ink.
His parents' birth years can be seen on Styles' shoulders.
1967 is written on his left shoulder in honor of his mom, Anne. The singer pays tribute to his dad, Desmond Styles, with 1957 on his right shoulder.
The "R" on his left arm is likely a nod to his stepdad, Robin Twist.
Robin married Styles' mom in 2013. He died from cancer four years later, at age 57.
Three crosses along with three initials can be seen on his chest.
On the left side of his chest are the initials "M" and "K." On the right side of his chest is the initial "B."
Styles has the outline of half of a broken heart on his chest.
It's on the left side of his chest, near one of his sparrow tattoos.
He has a small coat-hanger tattoo on his left bicep.
The tattoo is near his underarm.
He has a giant insect on his left forearm.
It looks like a bee, but Styles hasn't confirmed the design's inspiration.
The French and Spanish words for "yes" and "no" appear near his knees.
Tattoos that read "non" and "no" are above and below his left kneecap, while the words "oui" and "si" can be found in the same places on his right leg.
Styles has a palm tree on the back of his right arm.
Fans spotted it when Styles wore a sheer black blouse to the 2019 Met Gala.
Styles appears to have the word "colazione," which means "breakfast" in Italian, tattooed on his right leg.
The ink is on his right thigh and was spotted by fans back in 2019.
Fans went wild in July after noticing that Styles has a tattoo with the name Olivia on his right thigh.
The tattoo, captured by paparazzi photos while Styles was vacationing, quickly went viral. The ink font is also similar to Styles' "colazione" tattoo.
Although One Direction has a song titled "Olivia" on their 2015 album "Made in the A.M.," the tattoo was most likely the result of his high-profile relationship with Wilde.
Styles and Wilde were romantically linked in January 2021. They costarred in the movie "Don't Worry Darling," which Wilde also directed.
Their breakup was revealed in November 2022, after almost two years together.
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