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Welsh Names

Apted
Usage: Welsh
Means "son of Teoda".

Argall
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Means "dweller in a quiet place" from the Welsh Argol.

Baines (1)
Usage: Welsh
From Welsh ab Einws meaning "son of Einws". The given name Einws meanings "little anvil".

Banes
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Variant of Baines (1).

Blevins
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Derived from the Welsh given name Bleddyn which meant "wolf cub".

Bowen
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
From Welsh Ap Owain meaning "son of Owain".

Cadwallader
Usage: Welsh
Means "leader of the battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwaladr "leader". This was the name of a Welsh saint of the 7th-century.

Couch
Usage: Welsh, Cornish
Extra: Statistics
Means "red", indicating the original bearer had red hair.

Crewe
Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Name for someone from Crewe in Chesire, which comes from Welsh criu "weir".

Davies
Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Variant of Davis.

Evans
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Derived from the given name Evan.

Floyd
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Variant of Lloyd.

Hier
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Means "tall, long" from the Welsh hir.

Jernigan
Usage: Welsh, English
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Derived from the Old Breton name Iarnuuocon meaning "iron famous".

Jones
Usage: English, Welsh
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Derived from the given name Jon (John).

Kendrick
Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Derived from the given name Kendrick.

Llewellyn
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Derived from the Welsh given name Llywelyn.

Lloyd
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
This is an ancient surname that originates from Wales. The first bearers of the name Lloyd were thought to have originated in Mid Wales around the early 1300s. There is record of a Richard Loyt dating back to 1327, and an Ithell Lloyd in 1391. Lloyd is a nickname from the Welsh word llwyd, meaning "grey" or "hoary".

Maddox
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Derived from the given name Madoc.

Morgan
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Derived from the given name Morgan.

Morris
Usage: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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Derived from the given name Maurice.

Perkins
Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of little Peter".

Powell
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
A contraction of the Welsh Ap Howell meaning "son of Howell".

Price
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Derived from Welsh ap Rhys, which means "son of Rhys".

Prichard
Usage: Welsh
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Variant of Pritchard.

Priddy
Usage: Welsh
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From Welsh prydudd meaning "bard".

Pritchard
Usage: Welsh
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From Welsh ap Richard meaning "son of Richard".

Pryce
Usage: Welsh
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Variant of Price.

Pugh
Usage: Welsh
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Anglicized form of ap Hugh meaning "son of Hugh".

Reece
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Derived from the first name Rhys.

Rees
Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Derived from the first name Rhys.

Rhydderch
Usage: Welsh
From the first name Rhydderch. A famous bearer of this name is harpist Llio Rhydderch.

Rice
Usage: English, Welsh, Irish
Extra: Statistics
Anglicized version of the first name Rhys. Variant of Rees.

Sayer
Usage: Welsh
Means "carpenter" from the Welsh saer.

Tittensor
Usage: English, Welsh
Means "from Tittensor, England", Tittensor, as a place name, means "Titten's ridge".

Vaughan
Usage: English, Welsh
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The surname is a mutated form of Welsh fychan, which means "younger". It was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son. In English, the word fychan became vychan.

Vaughn
Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Variant of Vaughan.

Wallace
Usage: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Means "foreigner or stranger" from the Norman French le waleis. It was often used to denote native Welsh and Bretons. Borne by Sir William Wallace of Scotland.

Yates
Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics
Means "dweller by the gate", "gate keeper" from the Old English word geat meaning "gate". Or denotes a person hailing from Yate (Gloucestershire), England.

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