Rhys

R1H4Y4S1
UK/ɹiːs/US/ɹis/

proper noun

A male given name from Welsh.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

proper nounRhys (plural Rhyses)

plural Rhyses

  1. A male given name from Welsh.

    Vodafone has also dropped its claim against one of Rhys Edwards’s travelling companions – who had been at the same reunion and had his phone pickpocketed two hours later in almost identical circumstances to Rhys Edwards.

    2014 November 22, Miles Brignall, “Victory against Vodafone for schoolteacher billed £15,000”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2016

Origin

  1. WelshRhys
  2. EnglishRhys

Borrowed from Welsh Rhys. Doublet of Price, Reece, Rees, Reese, and Rice.

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Cite this entry
APA

Rhys. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhys

MLA

“Rhys.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhys. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rhys,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhys.

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