FAMILY OTIS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Otis

Coat of arms and family crest of Otis.

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

History and meaning for Otis.

Otis is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Otis an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Otis:

1) The origin of the family name Otis.

2) The meaning of the family name Otis.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Otis.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Otis.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Otis 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 Otis some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Otis 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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:

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* 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.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

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

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* 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.

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

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