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An analysis of the geography of Welsh surnames commissioned by the Welsh Government found that 718,000 people in Wales, nearly 35% of the Welsh population, have a family name of Welsh origin, compared with 5.3% in the rest of the United Kingdom, 4.7% in New Zealand, 4.1% in Australia, and 3.8% in the United States. A total of 16.3 million ...
Bevan is a name of Welsh origin, derived from ab Ifan meaning "son of Evan" (Ifan being a variant of Ieuan, the Welsh equivalent of John). Notable people with the name include: Notable people with the name include:
Paul (English equivalent) Derived from Paul. [313] [314] Risteárd: Richard (English equivalent) Derived from Richard. [315] Réamonn Raymond (English equivalent) Derived from Raymond. [316] Roibeard Roibeárd Robert (English equivalent) Derived from Robert. [317] [318] Seán Séan Sean, Shane, Shaun, Shawn, Shayne (anglicisations)
Paul John (born 25 January 1970 in Pontypridd) is a Welsh rugby union coach and former player. [1] He won 10 caps for Wales . He is the son of Dennis John , former Wales head coach.
As in the Gaelic-speaking areas, many Welsh (Cymric) patronyms were anglicised by omitting the prefix indicating son of and either exchanging the father's Welsh forename for its English equivalent, or re-spelling it according to English spelling rules, and, either way, most commonly adding -s to the end, so that the such as 'ap Hywell' became ...
Ieuan is a masculine Welsh given name – one of several Welsh names derived from Latin Johannes or Ioannes and, therefore, analogous to the English language name John.Other Welsh names derived from Ioannes/Johannes or John include Ioan, Iwan, Iefan (or Ievan), Ifan, Evan, and Sion.
Barry John, the rugby great who played 25 games for Wales and inspired the British and Irish Lions’ famous series victory over New Zealand in 1971 before retiring at the age of 27, has died.
The English equivalent of the name is John. [2] Owain is the predominant Welsh spelling of the name (or Owen when Anglicized), but Iwan and Iuan are also found, as they are in Cornish. Ouen can be considered the French or Breton spelling of the name. Euan is also a Latin word meaning Bacchus. [3]