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Surname

De Soto

 

Álvaro De Soto López · 19 mayo 2019 17:45



Surname

Gutiérrez

 

Nerea Gutiérrez Freire · 4 mayo 2019 12:24


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Meaning of the surname
Patronymic of Gutierre. The meaning of the surname Gutiérrez comes from the Germanic name Walthari: "The one who governs the people ".

Meaning of the coat of arms
The coat of the surname Gutiérrez has a castle in the middle of grey or black and around a flag exchanging with the color red and yellow


Surname

Martínez

 

Martín Sanjorge Martínez · 15 mayo 2019 17:52


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Meaning of the surname
Martínez es un apellido patronímico muy difundido en España y América, sin un origen común. Deriva del nombre de Martín más el patronímico -ez. Es el sexto apellido más extendido entre los españoles.

Meaning of the coat of arms
Blasón partido: primero, en plata, tres líses de gules, puestas en palo, y segundo en sable, tres fajas de plata. Las casas más antiguas que se conocen estaban en Asturias y Galicia. Una de ellas en San Salvador del Poyo, en Pontevedra.


Surname

Fernández

 

Andrea Fernández Fermoso · 13 abril 2018 15:26


Meaning of the surname
Patronímico of Hernando or Fernando, means "brave warrior".
It is the third most frequent surname in Spain, after García and González.
In the beginning, the surnames Hernández and Fernández were used interchangeably for the same person.

Meaning of the coat of arms
The shield of the surname Fernandez is very varied, the one I have chosen is a basic shield, where we can see that it is divided into two parts: Red zone with yellow crosses and the blue zone where we find 5 fleur de lis.

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Surname

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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