Price (surname)
Price is a patronymic name derived from the Welsh "ap Rhys" meaning "son of Rhys". The given name Rhys means "enthusiasm" in Welsh. It is a common surname among those of Welsh ancestry.[1] At the time of the British Census of 1881,[2] its frequency was highest in Radnorshire (38.2 times the British average), followed by Brecknockshire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Flintshire, Shropshire, Denbighshire, Glamorgan, Carmarthenshire and Worcestershire. The surname has many other spellings including Priess, Priesz, and many others.
The name is thought to have originally been spelled "Pryce" and pronounced "Preese". Name experts believe that the change of the "y" to "i" and the subsequent change in pronunciation was originally an affectation meant to make the name seem more English and therefore more prestigious.[3] A related name is Press, both as an early variant of the Welsh name, and also as an etymologically unrelated Eastern European name that was often transcribed as Price by immigration officials in the U.S. in the early 20th Century.[4]
See also Welsh surnames
People named Price
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- Alan Price (born 1942), English musician, songwriter and actor
- Anthony Price (born 1928), English author of espionage thrillers
- Birgitte Price (1934–1997), Danish actress
- Bob Price (1927–2004), Republican congressman from the Texas Panhandle from 1967–1975
- Bruce Price (1845–1903), the architect of many of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Château-type stations and hotels
- Carey Price (born 1987), Canadian hockey goaltender playing for the Montreal Canadiens
- Cecil Price (1938-2001), deputy sheriff and conspiritor in the Mississippi civil rights workers murders
- Cedric Price (1934–2003), English architect and influential teacher and writer on architecture
- Charles H. Price II, prominent American businessman and former Ambassador of the United States
- Charles Melvin Price (1905–1988), US Congressman
- Chris Price (born 1960), former English footballer who played in the right-back position and was noted for his attacking runs
- Claire Price (born 1972), English actress
- David Price (British rear-admiral) (1790 — 1854), British naval commander, rear-admiral.
- David Price (American politician) (born 1940), American politician
- David Price (British politician) (born 1924), British Conservative Party politician
- David Price (footballer) (born 1955), English former footballer
- David Price (baseball) (born 1985), professional baseball player for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Dennis Price (1915–1973), English actor
- Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983), science historian and information scientist
- Dick Price (1930–1985), co-founder of Esalen Institute
- Eddie Price Sr., Tulane University Green Wave and NFL running back
- Eddie Price Jr., Louisiana elected official
- E. Hoffmann Price (1898–1988), writer of popular fiction
- Eli Kirk Price (1797–1884), first commissioner of Fairmount Park
- Eli Kirk Price II (1860–1933), noted Philadelphian
- Ernest B. Price (1890–1973), American diplomat in China
- Eugenia Price (1916–1996), American historical novelist
- Evadne Price (1896/1901-1985), British freelance journalist, columnist, author, playwright, actor, television presenter, screenwriter, and astrologer
- Four Price, or Walter Thomas Price, IV (born 1968), a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Amarillo
- Dr. Frederick K.C. Price (born 1932), American pastor of Crenshaw Christian Center
- Gary Price (disambiguation), multiple people
- George Cadle Price (born 1919), the first Prime Minister of Belize and the architect of that country's independence
- George Lawrence Price, Canadian soldier who is traditionally recognized as being the last soldier killed during the First World War
- George McCready Price (1870–1963), Canadian creationist
- George Price (New Yorker cartoonist) (1901–1995), United States cartoonist
- George R. Price (1922–1975), American population geneticist
- Grenfell Price (1892–1977), Australian historian and geographer
- Harry Price (1881–1948), British researcher of psychical phenomena
- Harry Price (Royal Navy) (1877–1965), British sailor and author
- Haydn Price (1883–1964), Welsh international footballer
- Henry Bertram Price, Governor of Guam
- Henry Habberley Price (1899–1984), British philosopher
- James H. Price (1878–1943), American politician
- Julie Price, bassoonist
- Katie Price (born 1978), British model and media personality
- Kenneth Price (born 1935), American artist
- Leontyne Price (born 1927), American opera singer
- Llewellyn Ivor Price (1905–1980), Brazilian paleontologist
- Lloyd Price (born 1933), rock and roll musician
- Margaret Price, Welsh soprano
- Mark Price, former NBA basketball player
- Mary Price, American citizen and secretary to journalist Walter Lippmann of the New York Herald
- Matthew Price (ice hockey), Australian ice hockey player
- Matthew Price, British journalist
- Mick Price (snooker player) (born 1966), professional snooker player
- Mike Price (born 1946), American football coach
- Nick Price (born 1957), professional golfer
- Peerless Price (born 1976), American football wide receiver
- Peter Price (politician) (born 1946), Honorary MEP and member of the European Strategy Council
- Raymond Price (disambiguation), multiple people
- Reynolds Price (1933-2011), American man of letters
- Richard H. Price, leading American physicist
- Richard Price (1723–1791), Welsh philosopher
- Richard Price (writer) (born 1949), American novelist and screenwriter
- Rick Price, Australian singer
- Rick Price (bassist), English bassist
- Rick Price (golfer), American professional golfer
- Robert M. Price (born 1954), Professor of Theology and Scriptural Studies at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary
- Robert Price (attorney), American attorney, investment banker and corporate executive
- Rodman M. Price (1816–1894), American Democratic Party politician
- Roger Price (Australian politician) (born 1945), Australian politician
- Roger Price (comedy) (1918–1990), American comedy writer best known for his collaborations with Leonard Stern on Mad Libs
- Roger Price (television producer) (born 1941), British television producer
- Ronnie Price, professional basketball player.
- Sarah Price (born 1979), former backstroke swimmer from the United Kingdom
- Sarah Price (filmmaker) (born 1970), Welsh director, producer, musician, author, playwright, actor, comedian and screenwriter
- Scott Price, Nebraska state senator
- Sean Price, American rapper
- Sol Price (1916-2009), American businessman
- Sophie Price (born 1989), British model
- Sterling Price, Confederate major general during the American Civil War
- Steve Price, Australian international rugby league player
- Thomas Price (1852–1909), mason and lay preacher who became the first Labour premier of South Australia
- Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) (1787–1848), historian and a major Welsh literary figure of the early 19th century
- Tom Price (actor), one of the stars of the Five comedy sketch show Swinging
- Tom Price (ice hockey) (born 1954), former ice hockey player
- Tom Price (US politician) (born 1954), American politician
- Vincent Price (1911–1993), American actor
- Walter Thomas Price, IV (born 1968), Texas politician
- William A. Price, American journalist who worked as the police reporter for the New York Daily News from 1940–1955
- William Evan Price (1827–1880), Quebec businessman and political figure
- William Herbert Price, Attorney General of Ontario from 1926 to 1934 and Treasurer from 1923 to 1926
- William Price (doctor) (1800–1893), physician and a famous eccentric
- William Price (industrialist) (1860–1938), farmer and industrialist
- William Price (Rugby MP) (1934–1999), British Labour politician
- William Price (Royalist colonel) (1619–1691), Royalist colonel in the English Civil War
- William Ray Price, Jr., judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri
In fiction
References
- ^ An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857
- ^ Price in the 1881 British Census
- ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press, 1989. ISBN 0192115928.
- ^ "Origin of Press" in British Surnames and Surname Profiles