Italian noble families do have crests. They are often seen above the entrance to the palazzos the family owns or owned.
However, just as in other countries, most Italian familes are not part of the nobility and do not have family crests.
Surnames don't have family crests; families have family crests. For any given surname there can be several unrelated families, each with a different crest, and many more unrelated families with no crest at all.
Most families never had a family crest. For those few who did, when a woman married, she joined the family of her husband and that crest would apply.
The family crest that is the right one for you is the one that was used by your ancestral family, not the ones used by families not related to you.
Family crest Bird's crest
Google "Mondini Family crest" to view several websites that have images of the crest.
They mean whatever the family wants them to mean. One of the most famous families is the Medici family. They have red balls on a gold shield.
Surnames don't have family crests; families have family crests. For any given surname there can be several unrelated families, each with a different crest, and many more unrelated families with no crest at all.
Most families never had a family crest. For those few who did, when a woman married, she joined the family of her husband and that crest would apply.
Certainly. Very few families actually have family crests.
The family crest that is the right one for you is the one that was used by your ancestral family, not the ones used by families not related to you.
There are many unrelated families named Rodriguez, so there is not single crest that applies to all of them
One reason you may not be able to find your family crest is that your family may not have a family crest. Most families never had a family crest. This sort of symbolism was reserved for the nobility, and then for aspiring commercial upper middle class fammilies, and then only in Europe and European influenced lands. Quite so, but if you live in Europe - certainly in Britain - you can probably have a family crest made for you by specialists, and I daresay the same is true in the USA.
There are a great many different Smith families. Most will not have a family crest since most blacksmiths, copper-smiths and the like were not in the social classes that had crests. Any two that do have family crests will have different crests.
Family crest Bird's crest
A crest is a symbol used by families. In olden times the crest was sealed to letters and other important papers.
The animal on the Heath family crest is a rooster. Google "heath family crest" to view one.
Names do not have crests or coats of arms. Some individuals have coats of arms. Some families have crests; and some families of the same name do not.