Hywel (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈhəuɛl]), sometimes anglicised as Howel or Howell, is a Welsh masculine given name. It may refer to:

Monarchs

  • Hywel the Great, late fifth- and early sixth-century noble in Brittany, saint and king of Brittany in the Arthurian legend.
  • 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

Other people

See also

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