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FAMILY WAERNANS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Waernans.

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

History and meaning for Waernans.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Waernans:

1) The origin of the family name Waernans.

2) The meaning of the family name Waernans.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Waernans.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Waernans.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Waernans 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 Waernans:

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

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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 Waernans:

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

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Waernans 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 Waernans. 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 Waernans 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 Waernans 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 Waernans 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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

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

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

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

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

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

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

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter W index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Waermont | Go to name Waerniers | 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