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Surname

Martínez

 

María Gigirey Martínez · 13 mayo 2019 17:27


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Meaning of the surname
O apelido Martínez significa fillo de Martín.
Aínda que tamén se lle atribue otro significado: home guerreiro.

Meaning of the coat of arms
O escudo está dividido pola metade, nunha metade atopanse tres flores de lis e na outra metade dúas franxas de prata.

Surname

Barcia

 

Mario Barcia Pazos · 11 abril 2018 18:24


Meaning of the surname

Old Galician and Asturian surname, The place-name Barcia, whose meaning is that of "flat and cultivated land" comes from (i) bar-ka, from where (i) barga, voice related to the Basque voice ibar, "vega"

Meaning of the coat of arms

I have not found a meaning, but I have a conclusion, it is very similar to the flag of Galicia in the colors

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Surname

Rodríguez

 

Lucía Rodríguez López · 4 mayo 2019 12:48


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Meaning of the surname
Significa hijo de Rodrigo o Rodericus, nombre de origen germánico latinizado como Roderici.
Significa "glorioso reino" o "rico en gloria".

Meaning of the coat of arms
Representa un aspa que para cada familia era distinta, dorada, roja como en mi caso... En un fondo y una bordadura de oro, y al rededor del aspa, hay 4 flores de lis que también varían en color, rojas, plateadas y en mi caso azules.

Surname

Souto

 

Xiana Souto Picos · 28 marzo 2018 13:15


Meaning of the surname
Galician surname of toponymic origin, quite frequent and distributed by Spain, although it is recurrent in the provinces of A Coruña and Pontevedra. We also found in seats of smaller families this surname in Lugo, Ourense, Vizcaya, Asturias, etc.
Souto comes from the toponym Souto, name of several Galician populations, whose étimo is the Galician voice-Portuguesa-Souto, "Soto " which means a place populated by trees and shrubs. From the Latin-saltus-, "grasslands with forest ".

Meaning of the coat of arms
There were different solar houses of the surname Souto, not related to each other, some of which were recognized nobility.
This is because we do not see different families in the blazon.
Several of the existing coats of arms for Souto, according to the lineage, being the one described in the first place by the "Repertory of Blasones of the Hispanic Community ", volume letters S-Z, the following: It has a green tree(representing trees and shurbs there are in a souto) and a white background.

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Surname

Vázquez

 

Emma Iacobe Vázquez García · 14 mayo 2019 20:12


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Meaning of the surname
O apelido Vázquez significa fillo de Vasco. O primeiro que utilizou este apelido foi Mateo Vázquez, cabaleiro que sirviu cos seus fillos ao Rey D. Pelayo durante a Reconquista no vale de Proaca, Asturias.

Meaning of the coat of arms
Tres faixas de ouro e tres roxas, bordura de ouro, con seis cruces roxas.
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