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FAMILY GOROCIBAY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Gorocibay.

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

History and meaning for Gorocibay.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Gorocibay have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Gorocibay.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gorocibay:

1) The origin of the family name Gorocibay.

2) The meaning of the family name Gorocibay.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gorocibay.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gorocibay.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Gorocibay, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Gorocibay corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Gorocibay of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

It may be helpful for those with the name Gorocibay 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 Gorocibay 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 Gorocibay 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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

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:

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* TURTLE: The Turtle is one of the most noble figures, being a symbol of the Knight who retires late from combat, facing his enemy until the last moment, trusting in his own strength.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* CAULDRON: The Cauldrons along with other vessels: cups, jugs and kettles, which were used to handle victuals, were formerly the Richman brand.

* 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.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* The family name Gorocibay appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Gorocibay as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Gorocibay

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