Sunday, October 25, 2009

My Family's Coat of Arms



I thought it would be kind of interesting to look up my family's coat of arms for a blog post, and little did i know it would have some Latin in it. The name Boyd itself is Scottish and Gaelic. The Scottish version of Boyd comes from the Scottish Isle of Bute and the Gaelic version means Blonde Haired. I know for a fact that my ancestors came from Scotland, so that rules out the Gaelic one. Not to the Latin part; above each coat of arms is a Latin word. The particular one for my family was confido meaning "to rely upon." This would probably mean that, since Scotland was a clan based nation, that other clans that were allied with them could rely upon them in any time of need or war.

http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.c/Origin.SC/qx/Boyd-coat-arms.htm

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Very cool idea for a blog post. There are places online where you can have custom flags made -- a 'family flag' might make a nice Xmas present for the family.