The Price Surname
- Meaning
- son of Rhys
- Type
- Patronymic
- Root
- Welsh ap Rhys
- Chiefly
- Mid and south Wales, the borders
From ap Rhys: the p of ap fused to the following name, which is what happened whenever a Welsh patronymic was written down by an English clerk. Rhys means ‘ardour’ or ‘fiery’.
The same fusion gives Powell from ap Hywel, Pritchard from ap Richard, and Bowen from ab Owain.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Price name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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