Rhys

English

Etymology

From Welsh Rhys; related to Price, Reece, Rees, Reese, and Rice.

Proper noun

Rhys (plural Rhyses)

  1. A male given name.
  2. A surname.

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh Ris (“ardor, fiery warrior”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run”).[1] Related to modern rhysfa (“attack”), rhys (“war hammer”),[2] though these could have originated from the name.[3]

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɨːs/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈr̥iːs/
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Proper noun

Rhys m

  1. a male given name from Old Welsh used in Wales since the Middle Ages
  2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Descendants

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Rhys Rys unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Forsyth, Katherine (2020). "Protecting a Pict?: Further thoughts on the inscribed silver chape from St Ninian's Isle, Shetland". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. p. 11.
  2. Legendary Poems from the Book of Taliesin (2007). United Kingdom: CMCS, p. 207.
  3. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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