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

• Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1170), Welsh poet and military leader
• Syr Hywel y Fwyall or Sir Hywel ap Gruffudd (fl. 1356–died 1381), Welsh knight
• Hywel Bennett (1944–2017), Welsh actor
• Hywel David Evans (1924–2019), Australian politician
• Hywel Evans (figure skater) (born 1945), Welsh figure skater
• Hywel Francis (1946–2021), Welsh historian and politician; MP for Aberavon
• Hywel Griffith, BBC Wales news correspondent
• Hywel Harris (1714–1773), Welsh Methodist preacher
• Hywel Williams (born 1953), Welsh politician; MP for Arfon
• Dyddgu Hywel (born 1989), Welsh rugby union player

See also

• Hoel (disambiguation), the Breton form of this name
• Howell (disambiguation)
• Powell (surname), anglicised from Welsh ap Hywel (son of Hywel)

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