Cayetano is the meaning of this tattoo from Craig. As his first tattoo, this means a lot to him. He had five brothers and no sister at all. They promised that they will keep the blood of Cayetanos till end and will keep it growing. That’s the spirit and that’s what you call..brotherhood.  

Some say people gets themselves tattooed because they want to show their revenge on matters that broke or hurt them like love, family, etc. Same like Michael from Philippines,  he had this tattoo as a representation of his broken family. He describes the meaning as “I am a Fallen Angel from above, I still forward [...]

“Family First” in Baybayin is a tribute of Jon from Bay Area for his Filipino family. As most Filipinos says “Family comes first” , Jon also had that in his heart and mind that is why he had this tattoo. He located his tattoo at his shoulder and had it written in Baybayin which gave [...]

Surely, many of us wanted to show our roots to other races. Like Nikko Thomas of Maryland, he wanted to show other people that he is a half-Filipino because he is always seen as pure black. With this, he decided to have 3 stars and a sun tattoo on his shoulder with the word “Pamilya” [...]

Jon from New Jersey already had a cross tattoo that represents his mother side and came up with this another tattoo (as shown in the image) and this time it represents his father side. Jon came up with Baybayin tattoo of his father’s last name with the help of Christian who drew the script.

Chris from Australia has figured out what he wanted to be done on his trip to Bali for his 21st birthday. He decided to have tattoo of Philippine star, sun, eagle and four roses that represents his father, mother and two sisters which he placed on his shoulder down to his sleeve. His mother is [...]

Another Filipino shared his first tattoo to us. This tattoo is from Adam of Canada. His tattoo may look simple and clean but it has a deep meaning. For him, this tattoo means “lakas” or “strength” in English. He dedicates this tattoo to his loving wife and children which are the source of his strength. [...]

In addition to his Philippine Eagle tattoo that was posted before, Tyler cleaned up his Family Forever ambigram tattoo as seen in the photo. Adding up another tattoo on his arm basically means adding more of his Pinoy pride. His tattoos are getting more and more amazing as he gets through it. He is still [...]

As the first tattoo of Angelico Dator of Chicago, he is very proud of this. He entitled this as “Family Crest” because obviously it describes the information about his family same as his ancestral history. This family crest is like the shield of their family that made up of symbols like cross, bird and stars.

“Family first” is one unique characteristic of Filipinos. Filipinos are known worldwide for being family oriented. Not only that, there is also a strong tight between family members. This tattoo is from Charles of Japan that means last name of his family. For him, having his family’s last name on his back also means carrying [...]