| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 07:58 - Jul 24 with 2439 views | QuakerJack |
Hmmm... Reece is a popular name this side of the bridge, and James isn't Welsh. Try Wikipedia. |  |
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| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 08:07 - Jul 24 with 2413 views | westisbest |
The surname James is much more popular in Wales than England .
The surname James comes from the personal name which has the same origin as Jacob (the Latin Jacobus). Jacobus and James appeared interchangeable in 13th century records.
However, James developed as a separate name in its own right, largely because in the authorized version of the Bible the form James was used in the New Testament as the name of two of Christ’s apostles (James the brother of John and James the brother of Andrew), whereas in the Old Testament the brother of Esau was called Jacob. |  | | |
| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 08:10 - Jul 24 with 2396 views | oh_tommy_tommy |
| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 08:07 - Jul 24 by westisbest |
The surname James is much more popular in Wales than England .
The surname James comes from the personal name which has the same origin as Jacob (the Latin Jacobus). Jacobus and James appeared interchangeable in 13th century records.
However, James developed as a separate name in its own right, largely because in the authorized version of the Bible the form James was used in the New Testament as the name of two of Christ’s apostles (James the brother of John and James the brother of Andrew), whereas in the Old Testament the brother of Esau was called Jacob. |
He's as English as Ashleigh Williams |  |
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| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 08:24 - Jul 24 with 2332 views | SwansNZ |
Is Reece Welsh? If have thought it would be Rees |  |
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| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 08:27 - Jul 24 with 2323 views | Jackfath |
You mean Rhys.
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| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 08:49 - Jul 24 with 2273 views | SwansNZ |
| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 08:27 - Jul 24 by Jackfath |
You mean Rhys.
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That too, but also Rees - I know 2 of them  | |
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| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 08:49 - Jul 24 with 2267 views | MattG |
Most usually Rhys as a forename, Rees as a surname. |  | | |
| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 08:55 - Jul 24 with 2251 views | Swanjaxs |
Not sure about forename's but in England it's usually spelt (surname) Reece and in Wales Rees (I am a Rees by the way) |  |
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| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 09:17 - Jul 24 with 2193 views | westisbest |
| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 08:24 - Jul 24 by SwansNZ |
Is Reece Welsh? If have thought it would be Rees |
The name 'Rhys' is the original Welsh masculine form and is born by many ancient princes and royalty. It is undoubtedly masculine.
The variant names 'Reece', 'Reese', 'Rees' amongst others are anglicised versions of 'Rhys' which was due to the anglicisation of Wales during the Act of Union in the 1500's. English scribes who translated the names often spelt Rhys as it phonetically sounded. In Wales during the time, names were patronymic meaning that Rhys could both be a surname and a given name. A patronymic name is one that the given name for example Rhys ap Gruffydd (Rhys son of Griffith) would have come from his father for example Madog ap Rhys or Griffith ap Rhys (Griffith son of Rhys). The ancient Welsh used the name Rhys for hundreds of years as early as 1000 AD and even earlier.
During the Act of Union in the 1500's as family generations passed, as mentioned above, many Welsh families had the anglicised version of Rhys translated to 'Reece', 'Reese', 'Rees' amongst others. These would have been used as surnames and likely would have passed down through generations. Welsh families would have married into English families and eventually some families especially during the European colonisation of America after the 1600's and the British colonisation in the 1770's would have likely named their children with the English variants of 'Rhys'. It wasn't until the late 1900's that American families began naming their daughters Reese, Rees, Reece, Rhys. | | | |
| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 09:29 - Jul 24 with 2152 views | Neath_Jack |
Lionel sounds Welsh to me, especially if you spell it Llionel. Messi is from Argentina, who have a Welsh speaking area in Patagonia. Shame someone didn't look into it a few years ago. |  |
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| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 09:50 - Jul 24 with 2102 views | ItchySphincter |
| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 08:24 - Jul 24 by SwansNZ |
Is Reece Welsh? If have thought it would be Rees |
I would thought that 'Reece' was more Germanic than Celtic. Just a guess though. |  |
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| Reece james scored 2 goals for manchester united last night , welsh ? on 11:22 - Jul 24 with 1982 views | Reaver |
He's English, from Lancashire. |  | | |
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