Hywel
Hywel or (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈhəuɛl]), sometimes anglicized as Howell, is a Welsh masculine given name. It may refer to:
- Saint Hywel, a sixth-century disciple of Saint Teilo
- Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog, 9th-century king of Gwynedd
- Hywel Dda or Hywel the Good (died 950), king of Deheubarth and much of the rest of Wales, famed as a lawgiver
- Huwal of the West Welsh, 10th-century Welsh king, possibly identical to Hywel Dda
- Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1170), Welsh poet and military leader
- Hywel Bennett (1944–2017), Welsh actor
- Hywel Harris (1714–1773), Welsh Methodist preacher
- Hywel Evans (born 1945), Welsh figure skater
- Hywel David Evans (1924–2019), Australian politician
- Hywel Griffith, BBC News Journalist
- Hywel Williams (born 1953), Welsh politician; member of parliament
See also
- Hoel (disambiguation), the Breton form of this name
- Howell, a surname derived from this name
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