Guarneri Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

In parish registers, Guarneri often stands in for Guarnieri. The family name meaning is “Son of Guarniero”, the same as for Guarnieri.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Guarnieri and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Guarneri and Guarnieri

Before spelling was fixed, Guarnieri was also written Guarneri. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Guarneri with 718 bearers, at rank 32,123. From 1891 to 2000, 322 births in France were registered under Guarneri. Names that sound alike, such as Guarnier, Garner and Garnier, are easily confused in old records. Get the complete Guarneri report, with a museum-style coat of arms.