Rhys
UK/ɹiːs//ɹis/
Rhys proper noun: a male given name from Welsh.
Proper noun
Rhys (plural Rhyses)
- A male given name from Welsh.
- Vodafone has also dropped its claim against one of Rhys Edwards’s travelling companions – who had been at the same reunion and had his phone pickpocketed two hours later in almost identical circumstances to Rhys Edwards.2014 November 22, Miles Brignall, “Victory against Vodafone for schoolteacher billed £15,000”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2016
- A surname.
Forms of Rhys
| plural | Rhyses |
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Origin of Rhys
Borrowed from Welsh Rhys. Doublet of Price, Reece, Rees, Reese, and Rice.
Words that rhyme with Rhys
Questions about Rhys
- What does Rhys mean?
- Rhys means a male given name from Welsh.
- What part of speech is Rhys?
- Rhys is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Rhys?
- Rhys is pronounced /ɹiːs/ (UK).
Words near Rhys in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Rhys (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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