Llewellyn

The Welsh name Llywelyn (IPA: ) most likely derives from Old British Lugubelenus, a compound word formed from the names of the Celtic gods Lug or Lugh and Belenus. It is sometimes spelt Llewelyn or Llewellyn (the doubling of the second -l- is by analogy; the name is never pronounced IPA: ).

Historically it may refer to any of several Welshmen:

• 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 the Last (c. 1228 - 1282) was the last crowned Welsh Prince of Wales.
• Llywelyn Bren (died 1318), was a nobleman who led a Welsh rebellion in 1316.
• Llywelyn ap Dafydd (c.1260 - 1288) was the heir to the Welsh crown imprisoned in 1283.

More recent bearers of the name include:

• Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies
• Karl Llewellyn
• Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
• Morgan Llywelyn
• Desmond Llewelyn
• Robert Llewellyn

Llywelyn may also refer to some persons from popular culture:

• Llewelyn is the name of a young archer in the PlayStation video game Valkyrie Profile (jap. name: Laurie).

In addition, Llewellyn may refer to:

• Llewellyn Worldwide, a New Age and Occult publishing house

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