Dafydd
Dafydd is a Welsh masculine given name, related to David, and more rarely a surname. People so named include:Given name
Medieval era
- Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd
- Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales
- * Dafydd Goch, said to be the illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Gruffydd
- Dafydd ap Gwilym, Welsh poet
- Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Gwynedd and first Prince of Wales
- * Dafydd ap Dafydd ap Llywelyn, illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Llywelyn
- Dafydd Bach ap Madog Wladaidd, Welsh poet
- Dafydd Benfras, Welsh court poet
- Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug, Welsh poet, grammarian and cleric
- Dafydd Gam, Welsh soldier and nobleman who died at the Battle of Agincourt
- Dafydd ab Ieuan or David Holbache, Welsh politician
- Dafydd Gorlech, Welsh poet
- Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd , Welsh poet
- Dafydd Nanmor, Welsh poet
- Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Welsh poet
Modern era
- Dafydd Trystan Davies, Welsh academic and politician
- Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh politician
- Dafydd Hellard, Welsh rugby league footballer and coach
- Dafydd Hewitt, Welsh retired rugby union player
- Dafydd Howells, Wales rugby union player
- Dafydd ab Hugh, American science fiction author born David Friedman
- Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh musician and producer
- Dafydd Ifans, Welsh novelist and translator
- Dafydd James, Wales retired rugby union player
- David Richards , Welsh poet
- Dafydd Iwan, Welsh folk singer and politician
- Dafydd Jones
- David Edward Lewis, Welsh businessman and philanthropist
- Dafydd Llywelyn, Welsh composer, pianist, conductor and teacher
- Dafydd Elystan Morgan, Baron Elystan-Morgan, Welsh politician
- Dafydd Rogers, West End and Broadway theatre producer
- Dafydd Rowlands, Welsh Congregational minister, lecturer, writer and poet
- Dafydd Stephens, Welsh audiological physician and professor
- Dafydd Wigley, Welsh politician
- Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and retired astronaut
Surname
- 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, Welsh novelist, singer-songwriter and musician
- Myrddin ap Dafydd, Welsh editor and prifardd
