Christian name - Pritchard (General)

by robdavis @, Thursday, December 31, 2009, 11:23 (5525 days ago) @ slowhands

In a similar manner a number of common Welsh surnames are derived from the mutation caused by the 'son of' prefix 'ap / ab'
BOWEN is derived from ab Owain / Owen, POWELL from ap Howell / Hywel, PROBERT from ap Robert, PUGH from ap Hugh, PROBYN from ap Robyn, PREECE or PRICE from ap Rhys / Rees and PARRY from Ap Harri / Harry. There are probably more...


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