FAMILY NIFARMENDIA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Nifarmendia

Coat of arms and family crest of Nifarmendia.

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

History and meaning for Nifarmendia.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Nifarmendia have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Nifarmendia.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Nifarmendia:

1) The origin of the family name Nifarmendia.

2) The meaning of the family name Nifarmendia.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Nifarmendia.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Nifarmendia.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Nifarmendia 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 Nifarmendia. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Nifarmendia.

It may be helpful for those with the name Nifarmendia 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 Nifarmendia 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 Nifarmendia 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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

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

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

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