Hywel
Hywel (), 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

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

Welsh masculine given names
Welsh given names