Now if we are to spell it in the Elder Futhark runes, we have to look deeper into what spelling is and have a look at the following facts: You may want to have inked in runes the name of a beloved one, your own name, or a name of a deceased person who was important in your life. Many runic tattoo designs include a name. Perhaps you wouldn’t like to be in such a situation with your runic inscription, would you? The name is well known in India because of Queen Victoria, so the person who developed the tattoo design probably wasn’t a native Hindi speaker and even did not know the language well.
The tattoo read Vihctoria instead of Victoria with additional h.
David Beckham inked his wife’s name on his left forearm in Hindi but misspelt it. Online translation tools may play a trick on you: a woman who wanted to have “I love David” in Hebrew on her back, later realized the actual tattoo said “Babylon is the world’s leading dictionary and translation software”. Tattooed inscriptions in foreign languages or written in unusual characters may well be a source of trouble, especially if you don’t know well the language or the writing system. If you are about to have a Norse or Viking tattoo, I bet you want to include some Nordic runes into it. Developing a great design for a tattoo is critical in case you seriously plan to get inked.
