Ribas Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Ribas is usually a form of Rivas. Its meaning, shared with Rivas, is “riverbanks”.

Ribas and Rivas

Ribas writes “b” in place of the “v” found in Rivas, a typical scribal difference. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Riba.

Family crest and blazon

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

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