Comments on: Ukrainian Tattoo

By: admin

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:03:48 +0000

Well, i’m not expert in such things and there is no word “Holowchak” in ukrainian but it sounds like word derivative from “head” (it’s not “big head” but rather has the sense of smart head kind of “headdy boy”)

As for brotherhood symbol you can use 2 arms or 2 swords which has the meaning of friendship or brotherhood.

But as for me just love your brother as much as you can b/c of you are of the same blood and you wont need tatoo to prove it

By: D. Holowchak

D. Holowchak — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:57:15 +0000

I am ukrainian and wondered what my last name translates to or what it generally means? I’ve heard “Big Head” or something of that sort but would like to know if it has a meaning to it. I’m also looking to get a ukrainian tattoo with my brother but wanted something other than just the tryzub. Not sure what it will be but I wanted a ukrainian symbol that represents brotherhood.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:10:04 +0000

Hi Dan,

I don’t think any of these tatoos could be considered as offensive. They have absolutely different meaning though so I cant suggest anything here as not sure what exactly you are looking for.

So first one has more anarchy sense – like “all I want is freedom”. Second one is kind of humorist advise like – “keep your legs in warm and you gonna be ok”.

As you can see they are absolutely different and I’m not sure which one you’d like to put on your body

I’d vote for 1st one though as it’s truly Ukrainian phrase

By: Dan Kuriluk

Dan Kuriluk — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:30:45 +0000

Hello,

My brother and I were thinking of getting a tatoo of a meaningful phrase in Ukrainian. I came across these two:

Cтеп та воля – козацька доля or Тримай голову в холоді, живіт у голоді, а ноги у теплі.

Would it be offensive to have these tatoos? Is there anywhere on the body it would be considered offensive? Also, if you have any ideas of phrases with similar meanings it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!