FAMILY PEDRIÑAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name PedriƱan

Coat of arms and family crest of PedriƱan.

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

History and meaning for PedriƱan.

PedriƱan 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 PedriƱan an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The family name PedriƱan is of SPANISH origin, since the letter Ƒ is typical of Spain, although in Latin America many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Otomi, Quechua, Aymara, Mapuche and Guarani also have with the Ƒ

SEVEN things you should know about the family name PedriƱan:

1) The origin of the family name PedriƱan.

2) The meaning of the family name PedriƱan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name PedriƱan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name PedriƱan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* 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.

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

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

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 PedriƱan:

Name PedriƱan

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

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name PedriƱan

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

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

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name PedriƱan. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name PedriƱan. The name PedriƱan also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name PedriƱan than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

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

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

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:

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

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* CAULDRON: The Cauldrons along with other vessels: cups, jugs and kettles, which were used to handle victuals, were formerly the Richman brand.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* 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.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

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

Related Words: PedriƱan family crest | Origin of the name PedriƱan | Genealogy of the family PedriƱan | Heraldry of the name PedriƱan | Coat of arms of PedriƱan | Genealogy of the PedriƱan | Origin of the PedriƱan | Meaning of the name PedriƱan.

PedriƱan

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter P index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Pedrinaci | Go to name Pedrińan | 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