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Alonso.

 

Lucas Alonso · 8 abril 2018 20:04


Meaning of the surname
Es un apellido castellano. La rama más antigua es la de Desiderio, sobrino del Rey godo Wamba, que fundó la casa en el valle de Valdivieso (Burgos) en el siglo VII. Como ocurre con todos los patronímicos, no todos los Alonso tienen un origen común. Es uno de los 100 apellidos españoles más frecuentes.

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Surname

Brun

 

Candela Brun García · 11 mayo 2019 19:18


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Meaning of the surname
Uncearting origin: probably Anglo-Saxon, French or Italian.
Meaning: dark skinned, brown.
Spreaded around the world by dutch navigant.

Meaning of the coat of arms
It´s a coat of arms thats belongs to the nobility. Because of its shape, it has a Catalan, Portuguese or Flemish origin. Its main colors are red and blue,and gold the metal. It´s divided into 4 regions, two of them with construction element

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Morán

 

Sara Morán Alonso · 19 mayo 2019 17:39


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Meaning of the surname
Surname of Asturian origin. It is believed that the origin is the leyend that says that a knight in the Battle of Covadonga imprisioned the daughter of a Moorish king, with whom he had some children who, being his mother, are called Moranes

Meaning of the coat of arms
The shield has five bloody spearheads in position sotuer, representing the five Moorish knights that killed the knight who originated the surname.

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Ferreiro

 

Icía Fernández Ferreiro · 3 mayo 2019 17:20


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Meaning of the surname
From latin ferrariu. It means: the person who works metals; a small insectivore bird that makes the nest in the holes of the trees and walls; a kind of ray (a black fish). In the Middle Ages it meant intelligence, purity and courage.

Meaning of the coat of arms
The coat of arms is green with a black walking wolf in a white stripe. The green colour represents the hope, the happiness and the fidelity; the white one, the peace and the sincerity; and the black walking wolf the ferocity of the family.

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Lago

 

Javier Castro Lago · 8 mayo 2019 18:05


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Meaning of the surname
Lago proviene de una antigua familia llamada Lacos, que se fue derivando hasta llegar a Lago, el cual solo lo utilizaban algunos nobles de Galicia, y le norte de Portugal. ( Al ser un apellido derivado no tiene significado)

Meaning of the coat of arms
El escudo es un castillo plateado sobre el mar con un cielo azul y dos flores de lis una a cada lado del castillo. El fondo azul representa la lealtad, el castillo la nobleza, el lago la calma y las flores de lis respeto hacia los nobles.
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