Davies

Davies is a patronymic Welsh surname. It may be a corruption of Dyfed, itself a corruption of Dési, colonists from south-east Ireland who occupied the old tribal area of the Demetae in south-west Wales in the late third century AD, establishing a dynasty which lasted five centuries[2]. Dyfed is recorded as a surname as late as the 12th century for e.g. Gwynfard Dyfed, born in 1175. 'Dafydd' appears as a given name in the 13th Century, e.g. Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1238–1283), Prince of Wales, and Dafydd ab Edmwnd (fl. c. 1450–97), Welsh poet. The given name 'Dafydd' is generally translated into English as 'David'. Alternatively it may derive from David (a Hebrew name meaning "beloved"),[3] the name of Wales's patron saint. In Wales Davies is standardly pronounced /ˈdeɪvɪs/ DAY-vis, that is, identically to Davis. This pronunciation also dominates elsewhere in the United Kingdom and is used by many outside it, though it competes with the spelling pronunciation /ˈdeɪviːz/ DAY-veez, which is particularly common in the US.

For the crater, see Davies (crater).
Davies
Origin
Region of originWales
Other names
Variant form(s)Davis, Davey, Davieson, Day
Frequency Comparison:[1]

Davies is the 2nd most common surname in Wales and 8th most common in England of Welsh descendants,[1] where it is particularly widespread in the southwest, especially Cornwall. It is not common in the United States where the spelling Davis is preferred.[4]

Notable people with the surname include:

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  • Aaron Michael Davies (born 1984), American actor
  • Adam Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • A. Donald Davies, American Episcopal bishop
  • Adrian Davies (barrister), English barrister
  • Adrian Davies (rugby player), Welsh rugby footballer
  • Adrienne Davies, American musician
  • Alan Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alec Davies, Scottish cricketer
  • Alex Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alexandra Davies (born 1977), English-born Australian actress
  • Alphonso Davies (born 2000), Ghanaian-born Canadian soccer player
  • Alfred Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alun Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Andrew Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Anne Davies (disambiguation), or Ann Davies, multiple people
  • Anthony Davies, Welsh snooker player
  • Antony Davies, American economist
  • Arthur Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ashley Slanina-Davies, English actress

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D

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H

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  • Ian Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Idris Davies, Welsh poet

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L

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  • M. C. Davies, Australian businessman
  • Mandy Rice-Davies, Welsh model
  • Marcus Davies (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
  • Marianne Davies, English musician
  • Marion Davies, American actress
  • Mark Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Marshall Davies, American musician; pianist, professor
  • Martin Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Matthew Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player
  • Michael Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mike Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mims Davies, British Conservative politician, MP for Eastleigh since 2015
  • A. Morley Davies, British paleontologist

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O

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Q

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T

V

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  • W. H. Davies, Welsh poet and writer
  • W. P. C. Davies, English rugby player and headmaster
  • W. R. Davies, second president (1941–1959) of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
  • Walford Davies, English composer
  • William Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
  • William Rupert Davies, former Canadian senator
  • Windsor Davies (1930–2019), English actor

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See also

References
  1. "Davies Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
  2. 'The Celts', TGE Powell, Thames & Hudson, 1958
  3. "Surname Database: Davies Last Name Origin". surnamedb.com.
  4. "Davis Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
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