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Hi,
I was named Rhyllis (female) in 1955. My father was Welsh and he believed this was a Welsh name. It appeared in a knitting catalogue! I was recently told it meant "born of the noble manor", but I thought it originated from the word Rhyl. Can't find the meaning of this name either.
TIA for any further clues.
Rhyllis Bignell
South Australia
I was named Rhyllis (female) in 1955. My father was Welsh and he believed this was a Welsh name. It appeared in a knitting catalogue! I was recently told it meant "born of the noble manor", but I thought it originated from the word Rhyl. Can't find the meaning of this name either.
TIA for any further clues.
Rhyllis Bignell
South Australia
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My mother was baptised Rhyllis in Tasmania in 1915. She thought the name was of Welsh origin. All of her ancestors were English and Irish.
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Never seen it in Wales
And I've been living here and studying names for four years now. ANd it's not in my Welsh dictionary either...I suspect somebody made it up as a combination of Rhyl (a place name, not a word, probably meaning 'the hill') and Phyllis (a Greek name, I believe). I'd ignore the meaning you were given, unless the person giving it has twenty years experience in Celtic Philology, and even then, if they're not Welsh themselves, I'd still ignore it. ;)
And I've been living here and studying names for four years now. ANd it's not in my Welsh dictionary either...I suspect somebody made it up as a combination of Rhyl (a place name, not a word, probably meaning 'the hill') and Phyllis (a Greek name, I believe). I'd ignore the meaning you were given, unless the person giving it has twenty years experience in Celtic Philology, and even then, if they're not Welsh themselves, I'd still ignore it. ;)
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I Googled for it - always a good idea - and found numerous references but not one of them was Welsh as far as I could tell. A couple were from the USA, but most seemed to be from New Zealand and Australia! Of course, I'm not ruling out Welsh immigrants.
No idea of the meaning, though of course Phyllis and Dilys do come to mind as similar-sounding names. It's a pretty name, worth following up and well worth handing on to future generations.
No idea of the meaning, though of course Phyllis and Dilys do come to mind as similar-sounding names. It's a pretty name, worth following up and well worth handing on to future generations.
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