Surname Origin

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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