Llewelyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- loo-EL-in
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Llewelyn is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Llewelyn mean?
Welsh: anglicised spelling of Llywelyn
An anglicised spelling of Llywelyn; Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, killed in 1282, was the last native Prince of Wales.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Llewelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Llewelyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Llewelyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Llewelyn, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Llewelyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were given Llewelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,019, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Llewelyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,222 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Llewelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 184% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Llewelyn, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Llewelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Llewelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
Nicknames for Llewelyn
- Llew 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Llewelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie Cillian Theo Leo Oakley Theodore Hudson Lochlan Atlas Cassian Lowen Harrison
Other spellings of Llewelyn
Names related to Llewelyn
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Llewelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/llewelyn, updated 20 October 2026.