Hywel

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

• Hoel Mawr (6th century), a figure of Breton history and Welsh and Arthurian legend
• 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 (born 1944), Welsh actor
• Hywel Harris (1714-1773), a Welsh Methodist preacher.

See also

• Hoel (disambiguation), the Breton form of this name
• Howell, a surname derived from this name