A great tattoo – just like your most important relationships – is meant to last for life.

This helps explain the enduring importance and popularity of matching tattoo designs.

There are countless ways to pull off these emotionally charged pieces of family, romantic love, and friendship, but the impact always remains.

Whether they are symbolic ring tattoos, family heritage and memorials, private in-jokes, or fun cartoon representations of the close bonds formed by different people, matching tattoos come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and placements.

The following collection of top 70 best matching tattoo ideas demonstrates the range and scope of collectors’ relationships, which you may be able to incorporate into a matching design of your own.

1. Best Friend Matching Tattoo Ideas

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2. Matching Tattoos for Brothers

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3. Crown Matching Tattoos Ideas

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4. Matching Tattoos featuring Hearts

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5. Infinity Matching Tattoos Ideas

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