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Preece Family History

This interesting name has two possible origins. The name may be a patronymic of Welsh derivation incorporating the Welsh element "a" meaning "son of" plus the personal name "Rhys", hence ap Rhys, "Son of the Fiery Warrior". A second possible origin for the surname is as a metonymic occupational term for an official responsible for fixing the prices in markets, deriving from the Middle English or the Old French "pris" meaning "price". The surname from this source is first recorded in the latter half of the 13th Century.