Pintos Family Crest & Name History

Behind the Pintos surname stands Pinto, a Portuguese name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. The name is generally explained as “chick" or "painted”. The extra “s” in Pintos is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Other spellings include Pintor.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Pintos, so the heraldry linked to Pinto is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Pintos surname pack.