FAMILY HERRAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Herran

Coat of arms and family crest of Herran.

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

History and meaning for Herran.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Herran 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 Herran.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Herran:

1) The origin of the family name Herran.

2) The meaning of the family name Herran.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Herran.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Herran.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Herran has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

Persons with the name Herran proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Herran, 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 Herran corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Herran of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Herran 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 Herran. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Herran.

That the last name Herran is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Herran 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 Herran, to know the fights of nobility of the Herran, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Herran, honorary offices or public offices of the Herran.

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* 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.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

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