About the Howel Surname

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Howel, so the heraldry linked to Howell is a starting point, not an automatic right.

What Howel means

The spelling Howel grew out of Howell, a Welsh surname with a long paper trail. It grew out of a personal name: “From the personal name Hywel ("eminent")”.

Howel and Howell

Without the “l” of Howell, Howel is a simpler written form of the same name. The same family of names includes Hywel and Powell.

Want more than a summary? See the Howel family name pack.