Llywelyn

Llywelyn is a name of Welsh origin, with many spelling variations (see Llywelyn (name)).

Personal names: historical

Historically the name may refer to any of several Welshmen:

• Llywelyn ap Merfyn (died 942) early 10th century King of Powys
• Llywelyn ap Seisyll (died 1023), king of Gwynedd and Deheubarth
• Llywelyn the Great (Llywelyn ab Iorwerth) (c. 1173 – 1240), Prince of Gwynedd and ruler of most of Wales
• Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Cynan (died 1263), minor Welsh prince, last vassal Lord of Meirionydd
• Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (c. 1228 – 1282), the last crowned Welsh Prince of Wales
• Llywelyn ap Dafydd (c. 1260 – 1288), the heir to the Welsh crown imprisoned in 1283
• Llywelyn Bren (died 1318), nobleman who led a Welsh rebellion in 1316
• Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan (1341–1401), Welsh landowner executed for assisting Owain Glyndŵr's escape from English forces
• A number of Welsh language poets:
  • Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen (c. 1350 – 1390), Welsh poet
  • Llywelyn ab Y Moel (died 1440), Welsh poet
  • Llywelyn Siôn (c. 1540 – 1615), Welsh poet

As a last name

More recent bearers of the surname include:

As a first name

Bearers of the given name include:

Fictional characters

• Fluellen, a Welshman from Shakespeare's history Henry V
• Llewelyn Moss, a character in Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men
• Llewelyn, a young archer in the video game Valkyrie Profile
• Officer Francis Llewellyn 'Ponch' Poncherello, fictional character on the U.S. television series CHiPs
• CSI supervisor head of NYPD crime lab McKenna Llewellyn 'Mac' Taylor on the U.S television series CSI:NY
• Llewellyn, an anthropomorphic dragon from the comic Ozy and Millie.
• Jesper Llewellyn Fayhey, a character from Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows duology

See also

• Llewellin
• Llewellyn Baronets
• Llewellyn Worldwide
• Fluellen, Shakespeare's stage Welshman