What's immediately intriguing about lavender tattoos is that they look completely different from other flower tattoos, per TattooSEO.com. After all, lavender grows in thin reeds and doesn't take the appearance of typical flowers like roses or tulips. However, despite looking considerably different, lavender tattoos symbolize purity, a trait shared by many other flowers (via TattooSEO.com). The nice part of this, though, is that you have a wide variety of tattoos to choose from if you want one that means purity.
One meaning unique to lavender tattoos is that of silence. Body Art Guru explains that the lavender tattoo is ideal for those who love nature and escaping into the silence of lavender fields (or any other quiet space in nature). The site explains that it can also mean devotion, though recommends getting text along with the lavender itself if you're going for the devotion meaning because people likely won't immediately understand this as the tattoo's intent. However, if you're getting the tattoo for just yourself, then text may not be needed.
Finally, the lavender tattoo can mean calmness or caution. Calmness is easily attributed to lavender, especially when you consider its properties when consumed by humans. Caution is a trickier one, but it's especially poignant for care workers due to lavender's medicinal properties (via TattooSEO.com). Because of this, lavender is a great choice for these people if they want to represent their work without tattooing a stethoscope or some other medical iconography that is too on the nose.
