Personal Names: Historical
Historically the name may refer to any of several Welshmen:
- Llywelyn ap Merfyn (d. 942) early 10th century King of Powys
- Llywelyn ap Seisyll (d. 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 (d. 1263), minor Welsh prince, last vassal Lord of Meirionydd
- Llywelyn the Last (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 (d. 1318), a nobleman who led a Welsh rebellion in 1316
- Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan (1341–1401), a 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 (d. 1440), Welsh poet
- Llywelyn Siôn (c. 1540–1615), Welsh poet
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