Spanish patronymic (Díaz) from the medieval personal name Diego, Latinized as Didacus, first found in the Kingdom of Castile. Diego may be a shortened form of Santiago, or, as has been suggested, from Greek didache 'teaching'. It is the 14th most common surname in Spain, and Sephardic Jewish families who converted also adopted it.
Spellings and related forms: Díaz, Dias (Portuguese), Díez, Diego.
Follows one suggested reading of Diego, from Greek 'teaching'.
Most surnames have no single "family crest". In heraldry, a coat of arms belonged to one person and passed down one line of descent. Sites that sell "the Diaz coat of arms" usually show the arms of one historic family that shared the name. Ours is different on purpose: an original design built from what the name means, which any Diaz can own honestly.
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Name meanings come from the sources above, checked 2026-10. Where scholars disagree, we say so.