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Pérez

 

Nayra Pérez Otero · 16 mayo 2019 20:34


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Meaning of the surname
Este apelido xa existía na Idade Media e está documentado xa no século XII. É originário de España ainda que se espallou por todo o mundo. Significa"o que é fillo de Pedro ou Petrus (pedra)"
Moito dos que portaban este apelido foron heroes

Meaning of the coat of arms
A cor vermella simboliza a fortaleza, a victoria e o valor, entre outros. A cruz grande é un símbolo da espada dos cavaleiros.
Os 4 signos pequenos, chamados flor de lis, simbolizan o dominio la lealdade e a pureza do corpo e a alma.

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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.

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Mato

 

Cintia Carbia Mato · 21 marzo 2018 17:22


Meaning of the surname
Galician surname meaning set of bushes.
Nobiliary Spanish by don Julio de Atienza, Baron de Cobos de Belchite.

Meaning of the coat of arms
It is a gules field: because strength, courage and honor.
A stone castle: indicates greatness, power and defender of friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincible.
Blue doors: obedience, loyalty, piety and prudence.
The border is yellow and blue: nobility, splendor, prosperity and wisdom

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Picallo

 

Javier Jesús Chouza Picallo · 30 marzo 2018 18:58


Meaning of the surname
Noble family, both sex, braggart (also exist picayo and picaglio)

Meaning of the coat of arms
In the shield there is a big gold mountain that represents the nobility and the splendor. This was a color that express the balance between the red of justicie and white for compasion. The red is on the blackboard; this represents the royalty, the gentlemen, men of justicie... There´s a flower on the top of the mountain of gold too that means force, generosity and purity.

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Loureiro

 

Zeltia Loureiro Esperante · 26 marzo 2018 16:46


Meaning of the surname
My surname is Loureiro and it´s from Galician and Portugal. It´s comes from the nobility in the orders of Santiago, according to studies say that the nobles of the Loureiro family were in changer of protecting pilgrims. It´s a type of a tree that was very typical of Galician, too.

Meaning of the coat of arms
In gules, five silver crescents placed in a cross and loaded in the middle of a gold star. The study of the shield says that the five silver stars mean are: the strength, the power, the love,the courage and the audacity.

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