Trinidad Surname Meaning & Origin
What the Trinidad last name means, where the surname began and how it spread.
Order your pack and our heraldry team researches and paints the Trinidad coat of arms for you.
Meaning and origin of the Trinidad last name
Meaning of the Trinidad last name: holy Trinity. Trinidad is a Spanish surname of devotion, taken from the Holy Trinity. Such religious names were often given at baptism and later became a last name. The surname is found in Spain, the Philippines, Mexico and the Caribbean, and it shares its name with the island of Trinidad, named by Columbus.
Arms associated with the Trinidad name
Coats of arms associated with the Trinidad surname crossed the Atlantic with Spanish heraldry, and their blazon reads the same in Mexico.
Get your full Trinidad family history
This is only a glimpse of the Trinidad story. The full Trinidad history report goes much deeper into where the name began, who carried it and how the family spread, and it comes with a museum-style painted Trinidad coat of arms. Get the full Trinidad report.
Trinidad name FAQ
What does the Trinidad name mean?
Holy Trinity. Common variants include Trinidade, Trinitat.
Where does the Trinidad surname come from?
It originates in Spain, and is also found in Mexico, the United States and Colombia.
Is there a Trinidad coat of arms?
Arms were granted to individuals rather than to everyone with a surname. Herald Lab paints a personalized Trinidad coat of arms in museum style, based on historic heraldry.
Sources: Roberto Faure, María Asunción Ribes & Antonio García, Diccionario de apellidos españoles (Espasa, 2001); Dictionary of American Family Names (Oxford).