Llywelyn

Welsh

Alternative forms

• Llewelyn
• Fluellen

Etymology

Old Welsh name, from Proto-Brythonic *Lluɣβelen (compare Latinized Lugubelenus), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus + *Belinos, whose origin is disputed; see Belenus.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬəu̯ˈɛlɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬəu̯ˈeːlɪn/, /ɬəu̯ˈɛlɪn/

Proper noun

Llywelyn m

1. a male given name from Old Welsh

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Llywelyn	Lywelyn	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.