Welsh Surnames

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Yr astudiaeth lawn gyntaf o gyfenwau Cymreig sy'n ddosbarthiad yn ogystal ag yn eiriadur. Ceir esboniad o ystyr cyfenwau'r Cymry, gan gynnwys yr 'ab' a'r 'ap' sy'n nodweddiadol ohonom fel cenedl. Adargraffiad. Cyhoeddwyd gyntaf yn 1994.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

The first full-scale study of Welsh surnames which is both a classification and a dictionary. It gives the meaning of the Welsh surnames, including the popular 'ab' and 'ap'. Reprint. First published in 1994.

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Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Ceir hefyd penodau'n trafod cefndiroedd a chyd-destun nifer o gyfenwau, megis y Deddf Uno, Brad y Llyfrau Gleision, ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg, S4C, a Bwrdd yr Iaith.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

It also includes chapters offering the background and context of many surnames, such as the Act of Union, the Treason of the Blue Books, Welsh-medium schools, S4C, and the Welsh Language Board. Welsh Surnames: New book reveals how the Welsh kept up with the ‘Joneses’ Have you ever considered why there are so many Joneses, Evans and Hughes in a Welsh telephone directory? A new book claims that changing traditional Welsh names to anglicises forms such as ‘Jones’ appeared to have started in the 16th century by a Welshman called William ap John Thomas who moved from Wales to London. According to the author of The Welsh Language, Cennard Davies: “William ap John Thomas was a standard bearer in the court of Henry VIII, but changed his name to William Jones, and many believe he started a trend that became fashionable in Wales during the 17th and 18th century, when Dafydd became Davies and John became Jones. Many modern Welsh surnames end in ‘s’, which one sees in ‘Tom’s family’ for example, and this is the function it had originally, when new surnames were formed. The meaning of Davies is ‘the family of Dafydd or David’.” “The traditional form of using ab or ap (like the Scotish and Irish ‘mac’) largely disappeared in that period but are still seen in forms such as Price (that derives from ap Rhys) and Bevan (that derives from ab Ifan).” The new book about the history and development of the Welsh language by Cennard Davies claims to give “the story of Britain’s oldest living language” and includes chapters on the Celtic languages, the Act of Union, The Treason of the Blue Books and some more recent developments such as Welsh-medium schools, Welsh language television and the Welsh Language Board. The Welsh Language, published by Y Lolfa in the It’s Wales series, was written by the Welsh language tutor Cennard Davies who presented the Radio Wales ‘Catchphrase Course’ for Welsh learners. He was born in Treorci, Rhondda, where he still lives.