Given name & surname · also Welsh
Powys
“provincial”
Powys is a surname from Welsh, ultimately from Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Powys goes back to Latin pagēnsis, meaning “provincial.”
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Where it comes from
Powys comes from Welsh, and ultimately from Latin.
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How it developed
From Welsh Powys, from Latin pagēnsis (“provincial”).
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Powys’s family of names
In English usage, Powys as a surname shares a linguistic root with the French form PAYS. In English usage, Powys as a surname has a related form in POWIS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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