Is There a Cavaca Coat of Arms?

Some records give Cavaco; others give Cavaca. Both point to the same Portuguese family name. In origin, the name means “Wood chip”. Before spelling was fixed, Cavaco was also written Cavaca. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Cavacos.

Arms linked to Cavaco and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Cavaca report, with a museum-style coat of arms.