FAMILY GOYECHEA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Goyechea

Coat of arms and family crest of Goyechea.

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

History and meaning for Goyechea.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Goyechea.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Goyechea.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Goyechea:

1) The origin of the family name Goyechea.

2) The meaning of the family name Goyechea.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Goyechea.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Goyechea.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Goyechea have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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That the last name Goyechea is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Goyechea are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Goyechea, to know the fights of nobility of the Goyechea, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Goyechea, honorary offices or public offices of the Goyechea.

It may be helpful for those with the name Goyechea 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 Goyechea 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 Goyechea 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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

3) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* 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.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* The family name Goyechea 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/

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