What is the origin of the name "Dyfed Tan Jones"?

Question

Is it bi-national??

Answer 1

Welsh, Welsh and Welsh !

'tan' is Welsh for 'under' so the name probably translates, something like :-

David son of Jones

Answer 2

Welsh all the way, altho Dyfed gets different spellings.

Answer 3

UK answer.

I couldn't find anything for the surname Dyfed, but there was quite a lot written about the name Tan and  a fair bit about the name Jones.

Tan Name Meaning and History

Chinese : from the name of the state of Tan during the Zhou dynasty. After Wu Wang established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he enfeoffed the state of Tan to a descendant of the model emperor Yu (2205–2198 bc), with the status of Viscount. Descendants adopted the name of the state Tan as their surname.

Chinese : said to be from the name of a certain King Tan of the state of Song, a 36th-generation descendant of its founder (see Song).

Chinese : variant of Chen.

Chinese : there are two groups of bearers of the character for this surname: one pronounced Tan, and the other Qin (see Qin), although both are represented with the same character.

Korean: there are three Chinese characters for this surname; two of them are used by clans that now have only one surviving family each, according to a recent census. Some records indicate that there are 10 clans that use the third character for their surname, but only two can be documented: the Kangüm clan and the Yönan clan. Neither of these clans is very large.

Filipino: unexplained.

Jones Name Meaning and History

English and Welsh: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Welsh, though they prefer cymria. All Welsh means is an old English term for enemies. Dyfed is Cymric form of David and Jones is one of the most common last names from there. Tan is under but son is Ap I think.