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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BRICE

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(origin: Welsh.) A contraction of Ap Rice, the son of Rice, which is the same as Rhys or Rhees (see Rhees). Brys, Welsh, haste, quick, lively.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).