A record of documented arms, meaning and origin, researched for the Evrard family of Switzerland.
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Blazon (the actual original written record)“Taillé de gu. sur arg.; à la champagne du premier.”
The Evrard arms were recorded in Nyon, c. 1745.
This is where the arms were entered in the register. Families often moved to other parts of the country, so the same name can turn up in more than one region.
The body that granted and recorded arms in Switzerland in this period.
In Switzerland, coats of arms were not restricted to the nobility and were often adopted by common citizens and families. These symbols were passed down through generations to show family identity. When branches of a family grew, they often changed small details of the design to distinguish their own line from the original group.
The family name Evrard originates from the ancient Germanic name Eberhard, which combines the words for wild boar and brave or strong. Over many centuries, this name evolved through various linguistic shifts across Europe before becoming a recognized surname. By the mid-eighteenth century, members of the Evrard family were well-established in the town of Nyon, located along the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Records from 1745 confirm their presence in this region, where they likely participated in the local agricultural or mercantile life typical of the Vaud canton during that era. As the name spread, it became a fixture in local civil and parish registers, documenting the family's integration into the social fabric of the Swiss landscape.
Derived from Germanic elements meaning wild boar and brave or hardy.
