Dafydd

Dafydd is a Welsh masculine given name, related to David, and more rarely a surname. People so named include:

Given name[edit]

Ordered chronologically

Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145 – 1203), Prince of Gwynedd
Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1238–1283), Prince of Wales
- Dafydd Goch, said to be the illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Gruffydd
Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320–c. 1350/1370), Welsh poet
Dafydd ap Llywelyn (1215–1246), Prince of Gwynedd and first Prince of Wales
- Dafydd ap Dafydd ap Llywelyn (born between 1240 and 1246-?), illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Llywelyn
Dafydd Bach ap Madog Wladaidd (fl. 1340–1390), Welsh poet
Dafydd Benfras (fl. 1230–1260), Welsh court poet
Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug (died 1371), Welsh poet, grammarian and cleric
Dafydd Gam (1380–1415), Welsh soldier and nobleman who died at the Battle of Agincourt
Dafydd ab Ieuan or David Holbache (died 1422/3), Welsh politician
Dafydd Gorlech (c. 1410 – c. 1490), Welsh poet
Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (Dafydd Llwyd o Fathafarn) (fl. c.1400–c.1490), Welsh poet
Dafydd Nanmor (fl. 1450–1490), Welsh poet
Dafydd ab Edmwnd (fl. c. 1450 – 1497), Welsh poet

Dafydd Trystan Davies (born 1974), Welsh academic and politician
Dafydd Elis-Thomas (born 1946), Welsh politician
Dafydd Hewitt (born 1985), Welsh retired rugby union player
Dafydd Howells (born 1995), Wales rugby union player
Dafydd ab Hugh (born 1960), American science fiction author born David Friedman
Dafydd Ieuan (born 1969), Welsh musician and producer
Dafydd Ifans (born 1949), Welsh novelist and translator
Dafydd James (born 1975), Wales retired rugby union player
David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) (1751–1827), Welsh poet
Dafydd Iwan (born 1943), Welsh folk singer and politician
Dafydd Jones (disambiguation)
David Edward Lewis (1866–1941), Welsh businessman and philanthropist
Dafydd Llywelyn (1939–2013), Welsh composer, pianist, conductor and teacher
Dafydd Elystan Morgan, Baron Elystan-Morgan (1932–2021), Welsh politician
Dafydd Rogers (born 1969), West End and Broadway theatre producer
Dafydd Rowlands (1931–2001), Welsh Congregational minister, lecturer, writer and poet
Dafydd Stephens (1942–2012), Welsh audiological physician and professor
Dafydd Wigley (born 1943), Welsh politician
Dafydd Williams (born 1954), Canadian physician and retired astronaut

Catrin Dafydd, Welsh writer, winner of the Crown at the 2018 National Eisteddfod
Einir Dafydd, Welsh singer who won the third series of the television talent show Wawffactor and the 2007 Cân i Gymru competition
Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), Welsh novelist, singer-songwriter and musician
Guto Dafydd (born c. 1990), Welsh writer
Myrddin ap Dafydd (born 1956), Welsh editor and prifardd (Chief Bard)