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Baliña

 

Martina Baliña Abad · 18 marzo 2018 15:26


Meaning of the surname
My surname "Baliña" has Galician origin, they were knights of the area formerly known as "Los valles" nowadays "Monforte de Lemos", these knights were ruled by King Carlos III.

Meaning of the coat of arms
The first coat of arms of my surname was created when two sides joined together. The shield is divided into four parts, two of which are red and have two green dragons that are fusing by a white ray of light and the other two parts are yellow with a black fox in the middle. Red represents union, strength, power and love of Dios, it adds two dragons representing daring, clemency and security, it gives the green color to dragons as it symbolizes hope, faith and friendship.The gold of the other fragments represents the nobility, the spandor, the wisdom, the wealth, the power and the light. It has in the middle a wolf that symbolizes that it is the shield of some men of war and this one is of black color to indicate that the family was honest and discreet, the black color was not granted to any family.

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Surname

Fernández

 

Rosana Fernández Martínez · 5 abril 2018 09:26


Meaning of the surname
The surname Fernández in Galicia comes from "Cangas de Onís" in Asturias. This surname means "son of Fernando", that means strive warrior. Fernández and Hernández are the same surnames in diferents languages (Galician and Spanish).

Meaning of the coat of arms
The coat of arms about the surname Fernández has not got an edge that surround it; the background of this coat of arms is white. In it we can see a green tree and, in front of him there are a gold yellow lion with his paw above a black wolf. It said that the coat of arms of the surname Fernández gallician has other lion instead of a wolf.

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Surname

Martínez

 

Candela Martínez Fuentes · 21 marzo 2018 15:28


Meaning of the surname
Martinez is a patronymic surname of the name Martin, although his lineages have nothing to do with this name.
Many gentlemen of this surname were noble to the military orders, in the real chancillerías, audiences and in the real company of marine guards.
The oldest houses of this surname were in the current Asturias and Galicia, therefore, all the branches start from these places.
In the Galician region there are and there were many houses with this surname and one of them, one of the oldest, is in the Parish of San Salvador del Poyo, of the Council of Poyo. From this house one remembers, as founder, Don Jacobo Martínez, that he married Mrs. Juana Martínez, whose descendants are Don Fernando Martínez and Barba de Figueroa, Knight of the Order of Carlos III, in which he entered on March 30, 1829.

Meaning of the coat of arms
The coat of arms of the Martinez de Galicia brings a shield divided into two subdivisions, the first: in a field of silver, three flowers of lys, gules and put on stick and the second: in field of saber and two strips of silver.
Although the coat of arms of other Martínez de Galicia bring in a field of sinople, a cross of gules and potenzada.

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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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Martínez

 

Pablo Núñez Martínez · 10 mayo 2019 16:47


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Meaning of the surname
Dado que "Martínez" como tal es un apellido patronímico, no existe un origen común y tampoco existe un escudo único para el apellido, existiendo, por una parte, diferentes linajes o casas solares con derecho a usar escudo.

Meaning of the coat of arms
En la parte izquierda se encuentran tres puntas rojas y en la parte derecha esta rayado con lineas blancas y negras.
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