FAMILY CIGANDA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Ciganda

Coat of arms and family crest of Ciganda.

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

History and meaning for Ciganda.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Ciganda:

1) The origin of the family name Ciganda.

2) The meaning of the family name Ciganda.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ciganda.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ciganda.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

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

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

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

That the last name Ciganda is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Ciganda 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 Ciganda, to know the fights of nobility of the Ciganda, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Ciganda, honorary offices or public offices of the Ciganda.

The family name Ciganda appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his book "Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica", work that includes more than 5,000 heraldic coats of arms, among which is the family name Ciganda with its heraldry and origin, whose data have been extracted from personal files, military passports, unpublished nobility, ex libris, data from private archives and other documents. In summary, people with the surname Ciganda they have carried out some test of nobility and there are official coat of arms and crests of Ciganda certified by King of Arms.

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

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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:

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* 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.

* 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.

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

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

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

* The family name Ciganda 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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