Powel Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Arms linked to Powell and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

What Powel means

Powel is how some branches of the Powell family came to write their name. The family name meaning is “Son of Hywel ("eminent")”, the same as for Powell.

Powel and Powell

Without the “l” of Powell, Powel is a simpler written form of the same name. You may also find the name written Howell and Hywel.

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