FAMILY OLARRAGA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Olarraga

Coat of arms and family crest of Olarraga.

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

History and meaning for Olarraga.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Olarraga:

1) The origin of the family name Olarraga.

2) The meaning of the family name Olarraga.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Olarraga.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Olarraga.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Olarraga 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 Olarraga:

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

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

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

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:

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* TURTLE: The Turtle is one of the most noble figures, being a symbol of the Knight who retires late from combat, facing his enemy until the last moment, trusting in his own strength.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* 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.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

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