FAMILY LIF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Lif

Coat of arms and family crest of Lif.

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

History and meaning for Lif.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Lif:

1) The origin of the family name Lif.

2) The meaning of the family name Lif.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Lif.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Lif.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Lif 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 Lif:

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

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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 Lif:

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Lif 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 Lif. 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 Lif 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 Lif 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 Lif 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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:

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

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

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

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter L index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Lievre-de-la-grange (le) | Go to name Lifanov | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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

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