Cabrito Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

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

Meaning of the name

Spelled Cabrito, the surname still points back to Cabrita. Its meaning, shared with Cabrita, is “Little goat”.

Records show Cabrito as one of the forms Cabrita took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Cabra. Spanish register data show 70 residents carrying Cabrito as first surname, and 110 as second surname. Each Spaniard has two surnames, so the same name is counted once as first and once as second surname.

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