Hywel ap Rhys was born after 1645 as the son of Rhys "Hir" ap Dafydd and Lowri ferch Gruffudd.
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Some characteristic forenames: Hungarian Geza, Jeno, Arpad, Attila, Csaba.
Hungarian: variant of Papp , meaning ‘priest (of the Catholic or Orthodox Church)’. This surname is also found in Romania, Slovakia, Croatia, and Serbia, and also among Rusyns (in Serbia and Croatia). See also Pop 2 and Popa .
English: variant of Pape 1.
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