Etymology

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Today it means: An English and Welsh surname from Welsh. Full definition →

Welsh ap Hywel
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The story

  1. Welsh · borrowed fromap Hywel“son of Hywel”
  2. English todayPowell

The anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel (“son of Hywel”). Related to Howell and Huell. Sometimes also associated with Paul by folk etymology.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.