Selected Mottoes (with Translations): "U-V" Surnames
| Family Name | Original Language (Usually Latin or Old French) | English Translation (if needed) |
| Udny | -- | All my hope is in God |
| Upton | Semper paratus | Always prepared |
| Urquhart | -- | Mean, speak, and doe well |
| Urquhart | -- | Will well |
| Urquhart | Dum spiro spero | While I breath I hope |
| Urquhart | Per mare per terras | By land and sea |
| Usher | Ne vile velis | Wishing nothing base |
| Usticke | Semper paratus | Always prepared |
| Vaughan | Honeste audax | Honourably bold |
| Vaffiadacchi | Fidelitas vincit | Faithfulness conquers |
| Vaizey | Sub hoc signo vinces | Under this sign we shall conquer |
| Vance | -- | Be faithful |
| Vane | Nec temere nec timide | Neither rashly nor timidly |
| Vans | -- | Be faithful |
| Vansittart | Fata viam invenient | Fates will find the way |
| Vassail | -- | Every bullet has its billet |
| Vaughan | Asgre lan diogel et phercen | A good conscience is the best shield |
| Vaughan | Duw a digon | God and enough |
| Veldon | Virtus probata florescit | Tried virtue flourishes |
| Verelst | -- | Steady |
| Vesey | Sub hoc signo vinces | Under this sign we shall conquer |
| Vigors | Spectemur agendo | Let us be judged by our actions |
| Viner | Labore et honore | Labour with honour |
| Vivian | Vive ut vivas | Live that you may live forever |
| Sources: Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland (1993, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc.) and The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales by Sir Bernard Burke (1996, Heritage Books: Bowie MD) | ||
