Barriento Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Spanish statistics put 204 people with Barriento in first position and 194 in second. Each Spaniard has two surnames, so the same name is counted once as first and once as second surname.

It is easy to miss Barriento in an index if you only search for Barrientos. Its meaning, shared with Barrientos, is “From Barrientos”. Barriento drops the “s” of Barrientos, a simplification that clerks often made.

Family crest and blazon

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

Want more than a summary? See the Barriento family name pack.