Christian name - Pritchard (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Thursday, December 31, 2009, 07:43 (5516 days ago) @ Lyn Elgood

Name: Richard Edward Daniel
Year of Registration: 1840
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Monmouth (1837-1939)
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire
Volume: 26
Page: 72

I feel safe to say that Pritchard is an unusual Christian name, as a surname in the area with Welsh connections not unusual.

The derivation is I suspect from the Welsh "ap Richard" - "ap" denoting "from the family". So a Welsh family known as "ap Richard" move to the Borders and the locals fuse the "ap" and the evolution to Pritchard occurs....

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