FAMILY STIVE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Stive

Coat of arms and family crest of Stive.

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

History and meaning for Stive.

We know that the family name Stive has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Stive:

1) The origin of the family name Stive.

2) The meaning of the family name Stive.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Stive.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Stive.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

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 Stive:

Name Stive

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

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Stive and the history and origin for the family name Stive 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 Stive

The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Stive are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Stive, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Stive, and origin for the family name Stive, nobiliary titles of the family name Stive and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Stive appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Stive appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Stive alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Stive, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Stive, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Stive.

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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

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

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

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

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

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

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

Stive

Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Stive:

Stive

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter S index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Stith | Go to name Stive de stivenburg | 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