FAMILY GIORGIO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Giorgio

Coat of arms and family crest of Giorgio.

Genealogy of family Giorgio, origin of Giorgio, provenance of the family name Giorgio.

History and meaning for Giorgio.

We know that the family name Giorgio has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Giorgio:

1) The origin of the family name Giorgio.

2) The meaning of the family name Giorgio.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Giorgio.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Giorgio.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

* Genoa (Italy).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Giorgio:

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Le Famiglie Nobili Genovesi, by Angelo Scorza.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Giorgio appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Giorgio. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Giorgio.

It may be helpful for those with the name Giorgio to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Giorgio It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Giorgio can have graphic variants.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

3) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

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