FAMILY ECHEGOYANO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Echegoyano

Coat of arms and family crest of Echegoyano.

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

History and meaning for Echegoyano.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Echegoyano:

1) The origin of the family name Echegoyano.

2) The meaning of the family name Echegoyano.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Echegoyano.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Echegoyano.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Echegoyano 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 Echegoyano:

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

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

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:

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

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

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

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

* 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.

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

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

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