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Surname

Mandiá

 

Iván Castosa Mandiá · 12 abril 2018 23:01


Meaning of the surname
I didn't find the meaning of the surname Mandiá

Meaning of the coat of arms
The color yellow represents the generosidad, the color red represents strength. The mythological animal was the creature that helped them defend themselves against the enemies.

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Surname

Portillo

 

Evelyn Bulmini · 18 abril 2018 19:15


Meaning of the surname
The surname Portillo comes from the Latin "Portus" which means entry, which leaves us with the surname Portillo which refers to a small port, particularly of a mountain. And it has been found that its origin is Castilian and that comes from the region of Santander.

Meaning of the coat of arms
The coat of arms has blue and white waves in the middle a stone tower with a one dog, the race of the dog is Galgo, and on each side there is a pine and has a yellow background

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Surname

Villavicencio

 

María José Dosil Villavicencio · 12 mayo 2019 10:21


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Meaning of the surname
El apellido Villavicencio proviene del Latin " Villa Vicentium" y ligado al reino de Leon. El primer hombre con este apellido es Miguel Fernandez rico-hombre de Alonso VIII, cuyo linaje se liga despues a Andalucia.

Meaning of the coat of arms
Las cuatro franjas azules en campo de oro por haber sido Señor de la Banda, Instituida en Burgos por el Rey Don Alonso, que viendolo herido de muerte poso su mano y sacandola ensangrentada mando a añadir cinco frangas rojas sobre su escudo.

Surname

Costoya

 

Diego Caeiro Costoya · 5 abril 2018 10:17


Meaning of the surname
The origin of the surname ''Costoya'' is from the village of Santaya of Agrón, Mellid, A Coruña, its origin was before the 1903 to the family "Costoya Fixteus".

Meaning of the coat of arms
The coat of arms of the surname "Costoya" has the colour green in a big part of the coat, in the middle it is painting with the colour yellow or gold that it have the meaning of the Sun that it means justice and hope. In the colour yellow are four dimands of colour blue.

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Surname

Baliña

 

Martina Baliña Abad · 18 marzo 2018 15:26


Meaning of the surname
My surname "Baliña" has Galician origin, they were knights of the area formerly known as "Los valles" nowadays "Monforte de Lemos", these knights were ruled by King Carlos III.

Meaning of the coat of arms
The first coat of arms of my surname was created when two sides joined together. The shield is divided into four parts, two of which are red and have two green dragons that are fusing by a white ray of light and the other two parts are yellow with a black fox in the middle. Red represents union, strength, power and love of Dios, it adds two dragons representing daring, clemency and security, it gives the green color to dragons as it symbolizes hope, faith and friendship.The gold of the other fragments represents the nobility, the spandor, the wisdom, the wealth, the power and the light. It has in the middle a wolf that symbolizes that it is the shield of some men of war and this one is of black color to indicate that the family was honest and discreet, the black color was not granted to any family.

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