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Rhys is a popular Welsh given name (usually male), which is famous in Welsh history and which is also used as a surname. It is pronounced [r̥ɨːs] in North Wales, [r̥iːs] in South Wales, and /riːs/ in English.[1] Anglicised forms of the name include Rice, Rees, Reese and Reece.
Given name
Welsh history
- Rhys ap Thomas (1449–1525), a Welsh soldier and landholder who was instrumental in the victory of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field
- Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132–1197), 12th-century ruler of southern Wales
- Rhys ap Tewdwr (died 1093), 11th-century prince of southern Wales
- Rhys Lewis (born 1532), MP for New Radnor Boroughs October 1553 and 1558
- Rhys Lewis (1571 MP), MP for New Radnor Boroughs 1571
Modern times
As a first name, Rhys may refer to:
- Rhys Bobridge (born 1981), Australian singer and dancer
- Rhys Chatham (born 1952), American avant-garde "guitar orchestra" composer
- Rhys Coiro (born 1979), American film actor and singer
- Rhys Darby (born 1974), stand-up comedian from New Zealand
- Rhys Davies (born 1985), Welsh Golfer
- Rhys Day (born 1982), Welsh footballer
- Rhys Evans (born 1982), English footballer
- Rhys Fulber (born 1970), member of Front Line Assembly
- Rhys Gemmell (born 1896), former tennis player from Australia
- Rhys Hanbury (born 1985), Australian rugby league footballer
- Rhys Hughes (born 1966), Welsh writer
- Rhys Ifans (born 1967), Welsh actor
- Rhys Jenkins (born 1990), rugby union player
- Rhys L. Isaac, professor
- Rhys Millen, car racer
- Rhys Muldoon (born 1965), Australian actor
- Rhys M. Thomas (born 1982), Welsh international rugby union player
- Rhys Oakley (born 1980), Wales international rugby union player
- Rhys Palmer (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
- Rhys Patchell Welsh rugby union player
- Rhys Priestland (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player
- Rhys Rhys-Williams (1865–1955), British Liberal Party politician
- Rhys Stanley (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
- Rhys Taylor (born 1990), Welsh footballer
- Rhys Thomas (comedian) (born 1978), English comedian and actor
- Rhys Wakefield (born 1988), Australian actor
- Rhys Webb (born 1988), Welsh rugby union player
- Rhys Wesser (born 1979), Australian professional rugby league footballer
- Rhys Williams (rugby player) (born 1980),Welsh rugby union player
- Rhys H. Williams (rugby player) (1930–1993), Welsh rugby union player
- T. Rhys Thomas, Wales international rugby union player
Surname
As a last name, Rhys may refer to:
- Ernest Rhys (1859–1946), English writer
- Griff Rhys Jones (born 1953), Welsh comedian and presenter
- Gruff Rhys (born 1970), vocalist and guitarist
- Jean Rhys (1890–1979), Caribbean writer
- Sir John Rhys (1840–1915), Celtic scholar at Oxford
- John Rhys-Davies (born 1944), Welsh actor
- John Llewellyn Rhys, an airman memorialised by John Llewellyn Rhys prize
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 1977), Irish actor
- Keidrych Rhys (1915–1987), Welsh literary journalist and editor
- Matthew Rhys (born 1974), Welsh actor
- Morgan John Rhys (1760–1804), Baptist minister
- Paul Rhys (born 1963), Welsh television, film and theatre actor
- Phillip Rhys (born 1974), English actor
Fictional characters
Fictional characters with the name Rhys include:
- Rhys, the central character of the first generation of Phantasy Star III
- Rhys, a main player-character from the Tales from the Borderlands video game
- Rhys, in Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry book series
- Rhys, in Gail Carson Levine's The Two Princesses of Bamarre
- Rhys, in the Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance video game
- Rhys Ashworth, on the British soap Hollyoaks
- Rhys Dahl, in Amanda Hocking's Switched
- Rhys Lawson, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Rhys Lewis, the eponymous subject of an 1885 novel by Daniel Owen
- Rhys Maelwaedd, a character of the Deverry Cycle book series.
- Rhys Rhysson, the Low King of the dwarfs in Terry Pratchett's Discworld books
- Rhys Williams, in the BBC science fiction series Torchwood
- Rhys, an elvish hunter in the Gilt-Leaf tribe, from the Lorwyn and Shadowmoor blocks of Magic: The Gathering, a collectible card game
- Rhys Sutherland, in the Home and Away television series
References
- ↑ Wells, John (5 January 2010). "Rees, Rhys". John Wells's phonetic blog. Retrieved 5 March 2010.