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 Gwynfryn (1942–), Welsh actor and radio personality

• 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

• Howel

• Howell (disambiguation)

• Powel

• Powell (surname), anglicised from Welsh ap Hywel (son of Hywel)