Llwyd is used more as a middle name. e.g, actress A- Llwyd's father was E- Lloyd Jones, and her daughter is G- Llwyd Beech. A-'s mother was L- Owen.
Presumably the Beech is from G-'s father. Beech in Welsh is a feminine noun not normally used as a first name.
That sort of naming pattern is common. I'd have expected the middle name Lloyd or maternal Owen surname to be carried as a middle name, and using the Welsh form is not unusual.
A- and G- appear as popular characters in a Welsh soap opera. I've blanked the name a bit as they are identifiable and might not want their details on here.
On the subject of surnames and soap operas, a recent half-hour episode of a different soap opera had in the cast list 3 actors called Rhys ap [Man's name].
I think Rhys has been so popular for so long that it's tailed off a bit.
The ap [Man's name] is not that popular, and might be Dad's name or from the surname. A man called something like Bryn Owen Jones might call his son Emrys ap Bryn, Emrys ap Siôn, Emrys Bryn, Emrys Siôn, Emrys Owain Jones etc. The naming for girls is slightly different.
Many Welsh tv stars go by their first names and middle names, and the middle names tend to go in trends. (cf. Paloma Faith, Robert Lindsay, neither of whom are Welsh)
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Of course you can use Emrys Alasdair, @allmylifelong .