Hand Mehndi Designs

If you like to express yourself with Mehndi designs for hands you are going to need some good designs and patterns to help you with your next Mehndi project. I would like to help you understand some of the most popular symbols and patterns and what they represent so you can add a little bit of your own unique personality in to your next design.

Hand Mehndi Designs

Commonly found on brides in India is the game board pattern. This pattern is a larger square with several smaller squares inside the larger square similar to a checker board. Adding this symbol in your Mehndi designs for hands sometimes represents happiness and joyful moments or it can also mean you are taking some kind of a chance in life.

Hand Mehndi Designs
Also very common is the scorpion or meander pattern. This looks like a scorpion tail or growing vine and resembles the letter “S” and when added to the designs typically represents love and in some cultures protection from the evil eye.
Ripples and waves added in to your Mehndi patterns represent water. These designs are common on pregnant women as they have the meaning of bringing new life or to purify.

Hand Mehndi Designs
One of the most popular patterns that you will find in Mehndi designs for hands in all parts of the world are bud and leaf patterns. These patterns often represent joy or new life and also fertility.