Veithen Name Origin and Family Crest

There is no single Veithen family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Family name meaning

Behind the Veithen surname stands Veit, a German name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Read literally, Veithen points to “Vitus”.

Veithen adds -hen to the root of Veit, a common way of forming related surnames. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Veiten, Veith and Veidt.

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