Sotillo Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Long before computers fixed spellings, Sotillo and Sotelo were used side by side. Its meaning, shared with Sotelo, is “Little grove”.

• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Still.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Before spelling was fixed, Sotelo was also written Sotillo.
• Spanish register data show 1,574 residents carrying Sotillo as first surname, and 1,577 as second surname.

Heraldry and the Sotillo name

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