FAMILY MALAGA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Malaga

Coat of arms and family crest of Malaga.

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

History and meaning for Malaga.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Malaga:

1) The origin of the family name Malaga.

2) The meaning of the family name Malaga.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Malaga.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Malaga.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Malaga appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Malaga. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Malaga.

It may be helpful for those with the name Malaga to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Malaga It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Malaga can have graphic variants.

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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:

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* RAVEN: The Raven is a symbol of the Bold and Courageous Spirit that risks itself in defense of its benefactors.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* 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.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

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

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