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It can be pronounced both Hew-ell or How-ell. I was told that the pronunciation varies in different parts of Wales which is why you can pronounce it in two different ways.

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"Lily Rose was the eldest of the Ruggles family. Her great trial in life was her name, for she was a red-haired stoutish child and bore no resemblance to a lily of any kind or a rose either unless it was a cabbage one."
The Family From One End Street, 1937