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FAMILY MEANS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Means.

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

History and meaning for Means.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Means:

1) The origin of the family name Means.

2) The meaning of the family name Means.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Means.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Means.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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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 Means:

Name Means

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Means. Very cheap.

burnt parchment for Means name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Means.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Means

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

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It may be helpful for those with the name Means 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 Means 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 Means can have graphic variants.

The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Means appears in some or some books of the wide heraldic library of the Heraldry & Crests ( https://www.heraldrycrests.com ). In this web of the surname Means some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Means in parochial records of baptisms, marriages and deaths.

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

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

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:

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* 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.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

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

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Means

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter M index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Meana | Go to name Meara | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests