Vijil Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Ancestors listed as Vijil are often found as Vigil a generation earlier. Its meaning, shared with Vigil, is “Watch / wake”.

Spelling and variants

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Vijil has “j” where Vigil has “g”. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

437 Americans were listed as Vijil in the 2010 census. Of these, 88% identified as Hispanic or Latino. Spain's INE counts 94 residents with Vijil as first surname and 70 with it as second.

Family crest and blazon

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