Free Coat of Arms Generator
Build a coat of arms in your browser — pick a shield, a charge and your tinctures, set the family or house name, and download a vector SVG. Free, no signup.
- Free
- No signup
- SVG + PNG
- No watermark
- Commercial use
Free · No signup · No watermark · Commercial use OK
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Click any crest to load it into the generator and make it yours — then download the SVG.
A coat of arms is a system, not a drawing. Classical heraldry gives you a shield, one or two tinctures (the metals and colours), a charge that sits on the field, and a motto line beneath. This crest maker keeps that grammar intact: the badge layout builds the shield and the flanking symmetry, the icon acts as your charge, and the palette pairs a metal with a colour the way a real blazon would.
Type a family, house or club name, choose a charge — a shield, a crown, a star, a leaf, a beast — and set it in a serif or blackletter face for the period feel. Add a Roman-numeral year or a short motto as the tagline. Everything renders live in the browser, and you take away a vector SVG that engraves and embroiders cleanly plus a transparent PNG for screen use.
Two things this is not: it is not a genealogy service, and it will not look up an existing coat of arms for your surname. In most heraldic traditions arms belong to a person, not a family name, so what you build here is a new original mark — which is exactly what you want if the point is a house crest, a club badge, a wedding monogram or a fantasy sigil.
How it works
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Type your name
Enter your band, team, channel or brand name — the logo updates live, no account needed.
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Pick a style
Switch the layout, typeface, icon and colors until it feels right. Every option is built for this niche.
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Download free
Grab a vector SVG and transparent PNG — no watermark, free for commercial use.
Metals, colours and one charge
The oldest rule in heraldry is the simplest: never put a colour on a colour or a metal on a metal. Pick gold or silver as your field and a single deep colour for the charge (or the reverse) and the crest will read at any size — that is why the gold, navy, red and royal palettes here are paired rather than free-form. One charge beats three. If you want a mascot rather than a heraldic charge, the sports team generator is tuned for that instead.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make my own coat of arms?
Choose a shield or badge layout, pick one charge (shield, crown, star, beast or leaf), pair a metal with one colour, and set your family or house name in a serif or blackletter face. Add a Roman-numeral year or motto as the tagline. The crest assembles live and exports as SVG and PNG.
Is there a real coat of arms for my last name?
Usually not in the way the products selling “your family crest” imply. In English, Scottish and most European heraldry, arms are granted to an individual and inherited down a specific line — not attached to a surname. Anything sold as a surname coat of arms is a decorative reproduction. Building an original mark here is honest and yours.
What is the difference between a coat of arms and a crest?
Strictly, the crest is only the part above the helmet; the coat of arms is the whole achievement including the shield. In everyday use “crest” means the shield badge, which is what this generator builds — a shield, a charge, a name and a motto line.
Can I use my logo commercially?
Yes. Logos you make here are built from an original parametric engine and open-licensed (SIL OFL) fonts, so you can use the downloaded files for commercial projects — merch, channels, storefronts and print. See the licensing page for the full terms.
Will my crest logo be trademark-safe?
We don’t run a trademark search, and a generated logo is not a registered trademark. Before you build a brand around it, check it against existing marks (for example the USPTO database) and avoid names or symbols that copy an existing crest. The design is a starting point, not legal advice.