Llewellyn

Where Llewellyn comes from

From Welsh Llywelyn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Llewellyn
  • Welsh
  • 3 syllables
Llewellyn through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys, with 9 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #576
    11 babies named Llewellyn, its best rank.
  3. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1903
    Llewellyn Thomas born
    British physicist and mathematician
  5. 1977
    Llewellyn Herbert born
    South African 400 m hurdler
  6. 2023
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Welsh.
Namesakes
  • Llewellyn Herbert · South African 400 m hurdler, born 1977
  • Llewellyn Thomas · British physicist and mathematician, 1903–1992
  • Llewellyn Thompson · American diplomat, 1904–1972
  • Llewellyn Evans · field hockey player, 1876–1951
  • Llewellyn Powers · American politician, 1836–1908

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.