Tattoos are a style statement that has got meaning. It is a traditional art form that has evolved into a chic phenomenon with the meanings also molding themselves a little along with the changing times. However, some tattoos have retained their old meanings. One such tattoo is the lock and key tattoos. The lock and key, as we know, is a pair that comes together and the existence of one depends on another. Therefore, the lock and key is a very popular tattoo symbol for commitment and marital fidelity. Couples get it carved on their body parts as a simile for proverb “key to my heart”.
Besides this popular and conventional meaning, the lock and key tattoos also stand for freedom and symbolize a phase in the life of a person when he or she was entrapped or had to lead a very restricted life. People also wear it as a symbol of strength, courage, self belief because the key and lock is the route to a treasure or riches and the above mentioned qualities are no less than a treasure for human beings. Here, we have presented a gallery of 30 lock and key tattoos that will tell you about designs and more meanings. Have a look.
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Lock And Key
This key and lock carved on both the forearms with the love message is a symbol that the girl is engaged.
Couple Tattoo
The husband and wife have got the key and lock tattooed on the inside of their forearms, as a mark of love and commitment.
Rip Key Lock Tattoo
This is a loving memory tattoo carved for one’s father whose memories are locked in the heart of the wearer.
Stylish Key Lock
This key and lock tattoo carved in the form of an anklet looks classic and has a symbolic meaning pertaining to freedom.
Love Lock Key
This black and grey lock and key tattoo stands for the one-of-its-kind relation shared by the wearer and her lover.
Lovely Key Lock
Carved on the shoulder, this key and lock tattoo represents love that makes a couple indispensable to each other.
Thigh Tattoo
The girl has got a lock and key on the back of her thigh that symbolize strength lying locked inside the girl.
Key In Lock Tattoo
This tattoo is a symbol of marital fidelity that represents the spirit of made-for-each-other.
Key And Lock Tattoo
Together we stand, divided we fall; this is the message of the key and lock carved on the shoulder.
Badass Lock Key Tattoo
Metallic and realistic key lock tattoo that has a mysterious touch, symbolizing some deep secret locked in the wearer’s heart.
Love Tattoo
The bright, magenta shade roses connecting the lock and key are a symbol of love standing for the metaphor “key to my heart”.
Forehand Lock Key
The lock and key carved on the inside of the forearm is a symbol of craving for freedom.
Meaningful Tattoo Design
The angel wings along with a lock and key wrapped around it says that courage is the key that can unlock the free spirit inside man.
Exact Replica
The girl is proud to have the same lock design as the original lock that she wanted as tattoo.
Key To My Heart
The girl is in search of an ideal life partner who will unlock her heart and this tattoo is a symbol of the same.
Married Pair Tattoo
The lock and key tattoo is very popular among the couples as it symbolizes everlasting love and commitment.
Rib Lock Key
This yellow shade lock and key created on the lower side of the waist makes for a pretty, mysterious tattoo piece.
Arm Lock Key Tattoo
This key and lock with the latter having a skull image represents the evil hidden inside us that needs to be kept locked forever.
Heart Lock Key
The twin keys and the heart symbolize the husband and the child of the woman who hold the key to her heart.
Heart And Key
This arm tattoo with the key inside the lock is a symbol that the girl’s heart is locked as she has found her soul mate.
Aesthetic Lock And Key Tattoo
Carved at the back of the palm, this tattoo makes for an ornamental design that looks sober and charming.
My Locked Heart
The girl got the lock and key tattoo on her thigh to symbolize this very fact which looks quite cool.
Lovely Chest Tattoo
The woman has got a key and lock joined by a blue ribbon on the left side of her chest that looks pretty.
Leg Tattoo
This is an old school lock and key tattoo art carved along with red roses; a symbol of love and passion.
Cute Foot Tattoo
The wise old owl perched on a key with its stomach shaped up as lock symbolizes that wisdom can be unlocked with the key of hard work.
Wrist Key And Lock
The girl has both the symbols on her hands to represent the lack of freedom that has kept her locked in her own world.
Pretty Lock Key Tattoo
The tattoo is a symbol that one must hold the key to one’s life; no matter what the situation is.
Gorgeous Lock And Key
The red heart lock and the key looks very glamorous and makes for an amazing tattoo piece.
Hand Tattoo
This lock and key carved with blue ink, at the back of the palm, are a symbol that the man is a believer in action and trusts his strength.
Behind Ears
The lock and key, sitting behind the ears, are a symbol of the fact that the girl listens to her own heart only.
