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Rhys

Discussion of the name

DB’s Rees represents the Old Welsh name normalized as Ris (von Feilitzen 1937: 348), the modern form Rhys being preferred here (as in the Phillimore and Alecto editions) for its familiarity.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Rees

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Rees

  Phillimore edition: Rhys

  Alecto edition: Rhys

People of this name

• Rhys 3 - Ryhs ‘of Erbistock’ (Ches.), fl. 1066