What is the origin of the name Davies?
Welsh and English: variant of Davis a patronymic equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd ‘Dafydd's son’. The name is especially numerous in south Wales. This form of the name probably shows the influence [...]
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What is the origin of the name Davies?
Welsh and English: variant of Davis a patronymic equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd ‘Dafydd's son’. The name is especially numerous in south Wales. This form of the name probably shows the influence [...]