Joe Jonas isn’t the only Jonas Brother with tattoos, but he definitely wins for having the most. His brothers have a few of their own, including a matching design that they got together, but Jonas’s collection includes more than 25 designs and counting.
The singer has gotten some pretty interesting pieces in years past. A handful are tributes to his ex Sophie Turner, including what appears to be her eye on the back of his neck and an abstract portrait of her “Game of Thrones” character, Sansa Stark. Others are for his career in music, like the illustration of cake that he got in 2016 to celebrate his hit DNCE song “Cake by the Ocean.” He also has a few inks for the other important people in his life, like his grandfather, whom he got a portrait of on his arm. But that’s not to say that all of Jonas’s tattoos are super personal. He has quite a few fun pop-culture-inspired designs, like the image of Salvador Dalí’s “The Persistence of Memory” painting on his shoulder and the fine-line-style crown on his forearm.
Regardless of the design, most of his tattoos have some significant meaning behind them. From touching tributes to his late dog to popular symbols, read ahead to get a closer look at Jonas’s tattoo collection and learn what each one means.
– Additional reporting by Jessica Harrington
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Joe Jonas's Arrow and Heart Tattoo
In 2016, the singer and brother Nick Jonas got matching tattoos. They both got arrows that pointed to each other on opposite arms. The bandmates shared images of their tattoos on Snapchat shortly after they were finished but didn’t mention the exact meaning behind it.
According to TatRing, arrow tattoos can have multiple meanings, depending on how they’re designed. Some people get them to symbolize taking their lives in a different direction, while others may get them as a way to protect themselves from harm.
Later on, he added the outline of a heart above the arrow.
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Joe Jonas's 6 Faces Tattoo
Jonas got an abstract tattoo of six faces on the inside of his left arm in 2018. He’s never shared the exact meaning of the ink, but it could represent his parents and four brothers.
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Joe Jonas's Fashion Model Portrait Tattoo
Near Jonas’s left elbow is a design of George Condo’s abstract “Fashion Model” painting from 2019.
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Joe Jonas's Freddie Mercury Tattoo
In 2018, Jonas revealed a line-work portrait of Freddie Mercury on the back of his left arm. He got the ink above another arrow design, to match the one he got on the opposite arm with Nick.
The ink is often hard to spot in photographs.
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Joe Jonas's Building Tattoo
On the outside of his left shoulder, opposite of the Salvador Dalí painting, is an illustration of a building. Fans believe it to be of Chateau de Tourreau, which is where he and Turner got married in France during their 2019 wedding.
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Joe Jonas's "See No Evil" Tattoo
In 2020, Jonas revealed via Instagram Stories three new circular tattoos of a woman’s face on his left forearm. The tattoos are supposedly a reference to the proverb “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.”
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Joe Jonas's Constellation Tattoo
On the outside of his right bicep, Jonas has a fine-line design of a constellation. The ink appears to connect the dots using the moles on his arm, forming a stick figure shooting a bow and arrow.
