The coat of arms of Somogyegres depicts the Roman Catholic church of the village in the middle, referring to the main symbol of the settlement and the role of religion in the life of its residents.

The village lies in Outer Somogy, surrounded by lakes and forests of beech, oak and hornbeam.

Somogyegres was first mentioned in 1237 as Egres in an official document in connection with the possession policies of Béla IV of Hungary.

The certificate written in Zólyom (today Zvolen, Slovakia) confirms the gift of King Imre who "donated certain people living in Somogy county with their lands, their vineyards and all their possessions" to the Archbishopric of Esztergom.

István György Tóth historian tells about the letter of Mustafa, Beg of Koppány, for Ádám Batthyány, Chief Captain of Transdanubia, dated June 18, 1637, in which the Turkish chieftain complains that Hungarian nobles from the Balaton Uplands and Zala - the Keszthelyi, Devecseri, Zalavári etc.

Until 1931 the settlement was called Németegres (English: German Egres) which was changed by the request of the residents to Somogyegres.