Price is a Welsh surname that comes from ap Rhys and means "son of Rhys"; Rhys itself is read as "ardor" or "enthusiasm". As a first name it belongs to the group of crisp one-syllable surnames such as Reid, Grant and Brooks. Price has moved within a narrow band between number 2400 and 3100 in the United States since 2015 and ranks number 2347 among boys' names in 2025.