What is the meaning of the name Howell?

1. Welsh: from the personal name Hywel 'eminent', popular since the Middle Ages in

particular in honor of the great 10th-century law-giving Welsh king.

2. English: habitational name from Howell in Lincolnshire, so named from an Old

English hugol 'mound', 'hillock' or hune 'hoarhound'.

Source: Ancestry.com