FAMILY BEHAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Behan

Coat of arms and family crest of Behan.

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

History and meaning for Behan.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Behan:

1) The origin of the family name Behan.

2) The meaning of the family name Behan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Behan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Behan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Behan:

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Coat of arms for the name Behan in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Behan appears in some or some books of the wide heraldic library of the Heraldry & Crests ( https://www.heraldrycrests.com ). In this web of the surname Behan some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Behan in parochial records of baptisms, marriages and deaths.

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

2) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

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

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* 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.

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

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