Brazil Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

The Portuguese family name Brazil is classified as being of personal name origin. “The oldest and most prevalent form of a surname is one that is derived from a given name”, according to scholars. Often, family names derived from parental first names, or from father’s name or grandfather’s name, or even from a distant ancestor are also used as family names. The family name Brazil is said to be derived from the personal name Brasile, which indicates devotion to the “martyrs of Brazil”, forty Jesuit priests slain by Huguenot pirates in 1570. A nickname may be the origin of the surname Brazil, deriving from an indication of some physical characteristic or virtue of the progenitor.

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Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) Or, a boar sable being attacked and bitten by three greyhounds proper. Crest: Three ostrich plumes proper.