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Reece (name)

{{wiktionary|Reece}}

{{other uses|Reece (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox given name

| name = Reece

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| gender = Primarily male

| language = English

| languageorigin = English, Welsh

| origin = Anglicisation of Rhys

| meaning = "ardent" or "fiery"

| region = Wales

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Reece is a given name and surname that derives from the Welsh name Rhys.{{cite book |last1=Lower |first1=Mark Antony |title=Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom |date=1860 |publisher=J.R. Smith |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/patronymicabrita00lowe |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Elsdon Coles |title=American Surnames |date=1986 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com |location=Baltimore |isbn=978-0-8063-1150-0 |page=92 |language=en}} Notable people with the name include:

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Other names

  • Uncle Reece, stage name of Maurice Hicks Jr. (born 1984), American musician

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