FAMILY TORFS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Torfs

Coat of arms and family crest of Torfs.

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

History and meaning for Torfs.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Torfs:

1) The origin of the family name Torfs.

2) The meaning of the family name Torfs.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Torfs.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Torfs.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Torfs have or have been established, among other places, in:

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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 Torfs:

Name Torfs

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

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Torfs appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Torfs. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

It may be helpful for those with the name Torfs 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 Torfs 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 Torfs 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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

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:

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

* 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.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* CROWN: The Crown is a symbol of Royal or Seigniorial Authority and Dignity or Honorary Badge.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

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

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

Torfs

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

Torfs

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter T index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Torets | Go to name Torga | 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