Heraldic Search
CANIGLIA

Heraldic dossiers

Caniglia

Nobles: Italia (Puglia)
Nobility: Feudatari - Cavalieri
Language of the text: Italiano

Coat of arms of family

Caniglia
ref: 5564

Download Crest
Order Heraldic Document

Blazon:
(Italiano)

D'azzurro alla banda d'oro caricata di un leone illeopardito di rosso, accompagnata da due stelle di sei raggi d'oro, una nel canton sinistro del capo ed una nel canton destro della punta.

Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

CANIGLIA

Caniglia has a stock in Theatine, one between Brindisi and Taranto, one in Naples and one between Catania and Syracuse, it should derive from a nickname originated from the Latin term canilia (wheat bran) entered in the archaic use as a caniglia (horse food) , traces of this surname can be found in Mesagne (BR) at least from the second half of the 1600s, a noteworthy figure was the Neapolitan soprano Maria Caniglia born in Naples in 1906.

Bibliographic source "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/

Buy a heraldic document with your coat of arms

How to do a prelimiary Heraldic research

It is possible to do a preliminary research in our archive. About 100,000 heraldic traces, origins of surnames, coat of arms and blazons are available free of charge. Just write the desired last name in the form below and press enter.

Verba Volant, Scripta Manent

(Spoken words fly away, written words remain)