FAMILY AREITIO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Areitio

Coat of arms and family crest of Areitio.

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

History and meaning for Areitio.

Areitio is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Areitio an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Areitio:

1) The origin of the family name Areitio.

2) The meaning of the family name Areitio.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Areitio.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Areitio.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Areitio has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Areitio 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 Areitio. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Areitio.

That the last name Areitio is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Areitio are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Areitio, to know the fights of nobility of the Areitio, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Areitio, honorary offices or public offices of the Areitio.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Areitio has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Areitio and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Areitio have some different spelling.

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

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

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

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

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* The family name Areitio 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/

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