FAMILY VILLARANDA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Villaranda

Coat of arms and family crest of Villaranda.

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

History and meaning for Villaranda.

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

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

The surname Villaranda is surely of SPANISH TOPONYMIC origin, as it bears the word VILLA (town) in its composition. It owes its origin to some town, or refers to some town.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Villaranda:

1) The origin of the family name Villaranda.

2) The meaning of the family name Villaranda.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Villaranda.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Villaranda.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Extension of Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica by Endika de Mogrobejo.

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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 Villaranda:

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Villaranda 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 Villaranda 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 Villaranda 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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

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

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* 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.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

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

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