FAMILY WASTINEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Wastinen

Coat of arms and family crest of Wastinen.

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

History and meaning for Wastinen.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Wastinen:

1) The origin of the family name Wastinen.

2) The meaning of the family name Wastinen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Wastinen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Wastinen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Wastinen have or have been established, among other places, in:

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Wastinen appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Wastinen. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

It may be helpful for those with the name Wastinen 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 Wastinen 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 Wastinen 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:

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Wastinen:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter W index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Wasthouse | Go to name Wastines | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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