Rhys

Rhys
This unusual and interesting surname is of Old Welsh origin, and derives from the Old Welsh personal name "Ris", Welsh "Rhys" meaning ardour. The popularity of the name is borne out by the number of surnames it has generated. The personal name appears as "Hris" (1052) in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of Cambridgeshire, as "Rees" (1086) in the Domesday Book, and as "Res" (1198) in the Pipe Rolls of Shropshire. The surname dates back to the early 13th Century (see below), and early recordings include John Rees (1288) in the Feet of Fines, Suffolk. Variations in the spelling of the surname range from Reace, Reece, Rees, and Reese to Rhys, Rice, Rase, Raise, and Rays. London Church Records list the christening of Franncis, son of Richard Race, on September 29th 1580 at St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, and the marriage of Willim Race to Elizabeth Coverley on November 10th 1607 at St. Dunstan's, Stepney. One James Race, aged 17 yrs., a famine emigrant, sailed from Liverpool aboard the "Broom", bound for New York, on June 1st 1846. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Res, which was dated 1203, in the Curia Regis Rolls of Lincolnshire", during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • rhys — rhys·sa; …   English syllables

  • Rhys — is a surname or (usually male) given name of Welsh Origin that translates to the word Ardour, meaning Eagerness, Love and Passion. It also exists in the Anglicised forms Rice, Rees, Reese and Reece.Rhys is the last name of: * Keidrych Rhys, Welsh …   Wikipedia

  • Rhys — ist im englischen Sprachraum ein männlicher Vorname[1] walisischen Ursprungs mit der Bedeutung „Begeisterung“, „Eifer“,[2] der auch als Familienname auftritt. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Namensträger 1.1 Historische Zeit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • RHYS (J.) — RHYS JEAN (1890 1979) Née à Roseau (Dominique), de mère créole et d’un père médecin anglais, Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams est devenue Jean Rhys après avoir utilisé plusieurs pseudonymes. Comme la plupart des écrivains antillais, elle a passé la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Rhys — m Welsh: traditional name meaning ‘ardour’. The name was borne in the early Middle Ages by various rulers in south west Wales, such as Rhys ap Tewdur (d. 1093) and Rhys ap Gruffudd (1132–97). Anglicized form: REES (SEE Rees) …   First names dictionary

  • Rhys — Rhys, John, engl. Keltolog, geb. 21. Juni 1840 in Abercareo bei Pomerwyd in Wales, studierte in Bangor und Oxford, später in Göttingen und Leipzig und wurde dann Schulinspektor in seiner Heimat, von wo er 1878 als Professor der keltischen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rhys — Rhys, John, engl. Keltolog, geb. 21. Juni 1840 in Abercaero (Cardiganshire), seit 1877 Prof. in Oxford; schrieb: »Lectures on Welsh philology« (2. Aufl. 1879), »Celtic Britain« (neue Aufl. 1904), »Celtic Heathendom« (2 Aufl. 1897), »Arthurian… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rhys —   [riːs],    1) Jean, eigentlich Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams [riːs wɪljəmz], englische Schriftstellerin karibischer Herkunft, * Roseau (Dominica) 24. 8. 1890, ✝ Exeter 14. 5. 1979; lebte ab 1907 in Europa, v. a. in Südengland und Paris. In ihren …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Rhys — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Rhys est un prénom gallois historique, toujours utilisé, porté notamment par de nombreux joueurs de rugby gallois, mais également répandu dans le monde… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Rhys ap Gruffydd — (1132 ndash; 28 April 1197) was the ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth in south Wales. He is commonly known as The Lord Rhys, in Welsh Yr Arglwydd Rhys , but this title may not have been used in his lifetime. [Turvey pp. 91–2] He usually used the …   Wikipedia

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