Skip to main content
Tattoo Stencil Maker logoTattoo Stencil Maker

Tattoo Name Generator

Type a name, date or word and see it in 9 tattoo lettering styles, from fine-line script to Old English blackletter. Pick one and print it as a stencil at the exact width you want on skin. Free, no signup, and your text never leaves your device.

Pick a lettering style

How to use the tattoo name generator

  1. Type the name or word. Check the spelling twice; the preview updates in every font as you type.
  2. Pick a lettering style and set the width you want on skin.
  3. Make the stencil. The lettering opens in the stencil maker on this page: choose your transfer method, then print the PDF at 100% (it carries a 5 cm check bar) or save a PNG or SVG.

Lettering size: how small is too small?

Ink spreads a little under the skin over the years, so letters closer together than about 1 mm blur into each other. Keep lowercase letters at least 5–6 mm tall, and give thin script fonts more room than bold block capitals. The stencil maker’s transfer check warns you when strokes are under 0.3 mm at your size. See the size guide for typical sizes by placement.

Which tattoo font to choose

  • Script (Great Vibes, Pinyon Script, Sacramento, Dancing Script): names and short phrases; needs width to stay readable.
  • Blackletter and gothic (UnifrakturMaguntia, Pirata One): the classic Old English look for names and chest or stomach lettering.
  • Capitals (Cinzel, Bebas Neue, Rye): dates, initials and single words; reads well at small sizes.

Want a picture to go with the name? Put the name and a gallery stencil together in the tattoo design generator, get inspiration from the tattoo idea generator or browse the free stencils.

Font licences

Every font here is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows free use, including for commercial work. Each licence file sits next to its font:

FontCopyrightLicence
UnifrakturMaguntiaCopyright (c) 2010, j. 'mach' wust, with Reserved Font Name UnifrakturMaguntia. Copyright (c) 2009, Peter Wiegel.OFL 1.1
Pirata OneCopyright (c) 2012, Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Nicolas Massi (www.taip.com.ar / abc.taip.com.ar), with Reserved Font Name 'Pirata'OFL 1.1
Great VibesCopyright 2015 The Great Vibes Pro Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/great-vibes)OFL 1.1
Pinyon ScriptCopyright 2024 The Pinyon Project Authors (https://github.com/SorkinType/Pinyon)OFL 1.1
SacramentoCopyright (c) 2012, Brian J. Bonislawsky DBA Astigmatic (AOETI) (astigma@astigmatic.com), with Reserved Font Names 'Sacramento'OFL 1.1
Dancing ScriptCopyright 2016 The Dancing Script Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/DancingScript), with Reserved Font Name 'Dancing Script'.OFL 1.1
CinzelCopyright 2020 The Cinzel Project Authors (https://github.com/NDISCOVER/Cinzel)OFL 1.1
RyeCopyright (c) 2011 by Sorkin Type Co (www.sorkintype.com), with Reserved Font Name "Rye".OFL 1.1
Bebas NeueCopyright © 2010 by Dharma Type.OFL 1.1