Ossorio Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

If your family name is Ossorio, its origin lies with Osorio, a long-established Spanish surname. It grew out of a personal name: “from an old personal name”.

A variant of Osorio

Ossorio adds “s” to Osorio, a small change that appeared as the name was written down. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Arms associated with the name

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

Get the complete Ossorio report, with a museum-style coat of arms.