Pride (Wales) Tartan Collection
Pride of Wales Tartan Collection
Celebrate the Pride name with a Welsh family tartan — an old nickname surname of Britain, worn by families of the name with roots in Wales and the Marches.
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About the Pride of Wales Tartan
The Pride of Wales tartan is one of the modern Welsh family setts designed in the late 1990s by Sheila Daniel at the Cambrian Woollen Mill in Powys, in collaboration with the Wales Tartan Centres, as part of a series for surnames found in Wales.
It is worth being straightforward about the name: Pride is chiefly an English nickname surname rather than a Welsh patronymic, although families of the name are long settled in Wales and the border counties. The phrase "of Wales" identifies the design series, not any territorial claim.
Pride Tartan Pattern and Colours
The Welsh family setts are built with their own conventions, often using odd numbers of threads and differing warp and weft. This collection draws on warm golds and greens with darker lines — the colours of the border country in late summer.
The Pride Name
Pride belongs to the class of medieval nickname surnames — names given for a person's bearing or manner, or sometimes for the part they played in the pageants and mystery plays of the parish. The same habit of naming gave Britain surnames such as Pope, King, Bishop and Abbot, none of which implied the office itself.
Families of the name are recorded across England from the medieval centuries, and settled in Wales and the Marches as people moved along the border, into the ports and the market towns. In some Welsh districts the name has also been used as a shortened form of longer Welsh names, so a family's own line is always worth tracing.
Who Is This Collection For?
This collection is made for those of the Pride name with Welsh or border connections, families of the Marches, British heritage households and anyone who wants a tartan for their own family name.
- ✓ Pride family and descendants
- ✓ Welsh border and Marches roots
- ✓ British and Welsh heritage households
- ✓ St David's Day and family gatherings
- ✓ Heritage gifts
- ✓ Warm gold tartan style
How to Wear Pride Tartan
Pride tartan works well across caps, shirts, hoodies, scarves, ties, jackets, blankets and keepsake gifts. Its warm palette is easy to pair for family gatherings, heritage occasions and everyday wear.
Pride of Wales Tartan FAQ
Quick answers about the Pride Welsh tartan, its origins and who may wear it.
Is Pride a Welsh name?
It is chiefly an English nickname surname, though families of the name have long been settled in Wales and the border counties.
Is the Pride tartan ancient?
No — it is a modern Welsh family tartan from the late 1990s, designed at the Cambrian Woollen Mill in Powys.
What does the name Pride mean?
It is a nickname surname, given for a person's bearing or for a part played in a village pageant.
Did the name imply anything about character?
Not necessarily — like Pope or King, it was a nickname of the same medieval kind rather than a judgement.
Why does the name say "of Wales"?
It identifies the design series the tartan belongs to, not any claim of ownership.
Who can wear the Pride tartan?
Anyone of the Pride name, or with a family connection to Wales and the Marches.
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