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FAMILY MOIA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Moia.

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

History and meaning for Moia.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Moia:

1) The origin of the family name Moia.

2) The meaning of the family name Moia.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Moia.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Moia.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Moia:

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Moia.
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Coat of arms for Moia and the history and origin for the family name Moia in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

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Coat of arms for the name Moia in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The history and heraldry of the family name Moia appears in the work "Solar catalan, valenciano y balear", by brothers Garcia Carraffa, so the persons with this family name are of Catalan origin or from other places and settled in Catalonia (Spain). The history and heraldry of the family name Moia appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.

It may be helpful for those with the name Moia 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 Moia 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 Moia 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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

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

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

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

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