FAMILY COUNIHAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Counihan

Coat of arms and family crest of Counihan.

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

History and meaning for Counihan.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Counihan:

1) The origin of the family name Counihan.

2) The meaning of the family name Counihan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Counihan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Counihan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Counihan:

Name Counihan

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Counihan. Very cheap.

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Counihan and the history and origin for the family name Counihan in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Counihan

The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Counihan 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 Counihan some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Counihan 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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

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

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

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

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* 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.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* 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.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

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

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

Related Words: Counihan family crest | Origin of the name Counihan | Genealogy of the family Counihan | Heraldry of the name Counihan | Coat of arms of Counihan | Genealogy of the Counihan | Origin of the Counihan | Meaning of the name Counihan.

Counihan

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Coune (de) | Go to name Counihan | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests