Rhys
Rhys or Rhŷs is a popular Welsh given name that is famous in Welsh history and is also used as a surname. It originates from Deheubarth, an old region of South West Wales, with famous kings such as Rhys ap Tewdwr.
It is pronounced in North Wales, in South Wales, and in English.
Anglicised forms of the name include Reece, Rees, Reese and Rice.
People with the given name
History
- Rhys ap Gruffydd, 12th-century ruler of southern Wales
- Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd, 14th-century Welsh nobleman
- Rhys ap Gruffydd , executed 16th-century Welsh landowner
- Rhys ap Tewdwr, 11th-century prince of southern Wales
- Rhys ap Thomas, a Welsh soldier and landholder who was instrumental in the victory of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field
- Rhys Lewis, MP for New Radnor Boroughs October 1553 and 1558
- Rhys Hooe, Virginia colonist from Wales
20th and 21st centuries
- Rhys Bobridge, Australian singer and dancer
- Rhys Chatham, American avant-garde "guitar orchestra" composer
- Rhys , Swedish-American singer
- Rhys Coiro, American film actor and singer
- Rhys Dakin, Australian-American football player
- Rhys Darby, stand-up comedian from New Zealand
- Rhys Davies, Welsh golfer
- Rhys Day, Welsh footballer
- Rhys Evans, English footballer
- Rhys Frake-Waterfield, English filmmaker
- Rhys Fulber, Canadian musician
- Rhys Gemmell, Australian tennis player
- Rhys Hanbury, Australian rugby league footballer
- Rhys Hoskins, American professional baseball player
- Rhys Huber, Canadian voice actor
- Rhys Hughes, Welsh writer
- Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor
- Rhys Isaac, professor
- Rhys James, English comedian
- Rhys Jenkins, rugby union player
- Rhys Jones, the name of several people
- Rhys McClenaghan, Irish artistic gymnast
- Rhys Millen, car racer
- Rhys Muldoon, Australian actor
- Rhys Nicholson, Australian comedian and actor
- Rhys Oakley, Wales international rugby union player
- Rhys Palmer, Australian rules footballer
- Rhys Patchell Welsh rugby union player
- Rhys Priestland, Welsh rugby union player
- Rhys Rhys-Williams, British Liberal Party politician
- Rhys Stanley, Australian rules footballer
- Rhys Taylor, Welsh footballer
- Rhys Thomas , English comedian and actor
- Rhys M. Thomas, Welsh international rugby union player
- Rhys Wakefield, Australian actor
- Rhys Webb, Welsh rugby union player
- Rhys Wesser, Australian professional rugby league footballer
- Rhys Williams, Welsh rugby player
- R. H. Williams , Welsh rugby player
People with the middle name or compound last name
- Arthur Rhys-Davids, British flying ace
- Brandon Rhys-Williams, British Conservative Party politician
- Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian and presenter
- John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
- John Rhys Davies, Welsh Anglican priest
- John Rhys Plumlee, American football quarterback for the University of Central Florida Knights
- Micael Rhys Bennett, Native American broadcast announcer
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
- Samaire Rhys Armstrong,, American actress
- Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, member of the British royal family
- Tim Rhys-Evans, Welsh musician
- T. Rhys Thomas, Wales international rugby union player
- Rhys Rhys-Williams, British Liberal Party politician
People with the surname
- Beti Rhys,, Welsh bookstore owner and author
- Elen Rhys,, Welsh actress
- Elspeth Rhŷs, Welsh teacher, linguist, and campaigner for women's suffrage and education
- Ernest Rhys, English writer
- Gruff Rhys, vocalist and guitarist
- Jean Rhys, Caribbean writer
- Sir John Rhŷs, Celtic scholar at Oxford
- John Llewellyn Rhys, an airman memorialised by John Llewellyn Rhys prize
- Keidrych Rhys, Welsh literary journalist and editor
- Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
- Morgan John Rhys, Baptist minister
- Myvanwy Rhys, Welsh suffragist and historian
- Paul Rhys, Welsh television, film and theatre actor
- Siôn Dafydd Rhys, Welsh physician and grammarian
Fictional characters
- Lt Cmdr Gen Rhys, from Star Trek: Discovery, portrayed by Patrick Kwok-Choon.
- Rhys, from the series A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
- Knight Rhys, a member of the Brotherhood of steel in the video game Fallout 4
- Rhys Winterborne from Marrying Winterborne, by Lisa Kleypas
- Rhys, in the video game Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
- Rhys, in the Merry Gentry book series by Laurell K. Hamilton
- Rhys, the central character of the first generation of the video game Phantasy Star III
- Rhys Strongfork, a main player-character from the Tales from the Borderlands video game, CEO of the Atlas corporation in the video games Borderlands 3 and New Tales from the Borderlands
- Rhys, in The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine
- Rhys Ashworth, on the British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Rhys Dahl, in Switched by Amanda Hlcking
- Rhys Dallows, from the video game Star Wars: Starfighter
- Rhys Lawson, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Rhys Lewis, the eponymous subject of the 1885 novel by Daniel Owen
- Rhys Maelwaedd, a character of the Deverry Cycle book series
- Rhys Montrose, from the television series You
- 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 the collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering
- Rhys Sutherland, in the Home and Away television series
The patronymic form
- John Prise or Price, also called Syr Siôn ap Rhys, Welsh scholar and author of the first book to be printed in Welsh,
- Hywel ap Rhys, ancient Welsh king of Glywysing
- Tomos Prys, Welsh soldier, sailor and poet