Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German *Hugihard "heart-brave", or *Hoh-ward, literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probably in some cases a confusion with the Old Norse cognate Haward (Hávarðr), which means "high guard", and as a surname also with the unrelated Hayward. In some rare cases it is from the Old English eowu hierde "ewe herd".[1][2] In Anglo-Norman the French digram -ou- was often rendered as -ow- such as tour → tower, flour (western variant form of fleur) → flower, etc. (with svarabakhti). A diminutive is "Howie" and its shortened form is "Ward" (most common in the 19th century). Between 1900 and 1960, Howard ranked in the U.S. Top 200; between 1960 and 1990, it ranked in the U.S. Top 400; between 1990 and 2004, it ranked in the U.S. Top 600.[3] People with the given name Howard or its variants include:
^Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press, 1988.
^"Howard, name meaning and origin". Think Baby Names. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
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This article is about the given name For the surname see Howard surname For other uses see Howard disambiguation Howard is an English language given name originating from Old French Huard or Houard from a Germanic source similar to Old High German Hugihard heart brave or Hoh ward literally high defender chief guardian It is also probably in some cases a confusion with the Old Norse cognate Haward Havardr which means high guard and as a surname also with the unrelated Hayward In some rare cases it is from the Old English eowu hierde ewe herd 1 2 In Anglo Norman the French digram ou was often rendered as ow such as tour tower flour western variant form of fleur flower etc with svarabakhti A diminutive is Howie and its shortened form is Ward most common in the 19th century Between 1900 and 1960 Howard ranked in the U S Top 200 between 1960 and 1990 it ranked in the U S Top 400 between 1990 and 2004 it ranked in the U S Top 600 3 People with the given name Howard or its variants include HowardPronunciationHAO erdGenderMaleOriginWord nameOld English Old NorseOther namesRelated namesHowie Ward Contents 1 Given name 2 Howie 3 Fictional characters 4 ReferencesGiven name editHoward Allen 1949 2020 American serial killer Howard Duane Allman 1946 1971 American guitar virtuoso Howard Anderson disambiguation name of several people Howard Andrew 1934 2021 American poker player Howard Ashman 1950 1991 American lyricist known for Little Shop of Horrors The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast Howard Baker disambiguation name of several people Howard Bragman 1956 2023 American crisis manager and publicist Howard W Brill born 1943 chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court Howard Burnett athlete born 1961 Jamaican track and field athlete Howard J Burnett 1929 2019 American president of Washington amp Jefferson College Howard Carpendale born 1946 German singer Howard Carter disambiguation name of several people Howard Cosell 1918 1995 sports broadcaster Howard Ward Cunningham born 1949 American founder of WikiWikiWeb Howard David American sportscaster Howard Davies disambiguation name of several people Howard Davis disambiguation name of several people Howard Dean born 1948 American politician Howard Donald born 1968 English singer Howard Devoto born Howard Trafford 1952 English singer songwriter Howard Duff 1913 1990 American actor Howard Eastman born 1970 Guyanese British boxer Howard Ehmke 1894 1959 American baseball pitcher Howard Eisenberg born 1926 American author and journalist Howard Eisley born 1972 American basketball player and coach Howard Engel 1931 2019 Canadian mystery writer Howard Eskin born 1951 American sports radio personality Howard Evans disambiguation name of several people Howard Goodall born 1958 British musician musicologist and TV presenter Howard Grant boxer born 1966 Jamaican Canadian boxer Howard Hawks 1896 1977 American producer Howard Hesseman 1940 2022 American actor Howard Hotson British historian Howard A Howe 1901 1976 American virologist Howard Hughes 1905 1976 American aviation pioneer and film mogul Howard Jacobson born 1942 British novelist and journalist Howard Johnson disambiguation name of several people Howard Jones disambiguation name of several people Howard Judd 1935 2007 American physician and medical researcher Howard Keel 1919 2004 singer and actor born Harry Keel Howard Kendall English football player and manager Howard Andrew Knox 1885 1949 American physician Howard Lassoff 1955 2013 American Israeli basketball player Howard Lederer born 1964 professional poker player Howard Lesnick 1931 2020 American Jefferson B Fordham Professor of Law University of Pennsylvania Law School Howard Long 1905 1939 American convicted murderer H P Lovecraft 1890 1937 American writer full name Howard Phillips Lovecraft Howard Hamilton Mackey 1901 1987 American architect educator Howard McNear 1905 1969 American radio and television actor Howard Marks 1945 2016 teacher drug smuggler and author Howard Matthews 1885 1963 English footballer Howard W Mattson 1927 1998 American chemist and journalist Howard T Odum 1924 2002 American ecologist Howard Allen O Brien birth name of American writer Anne Rice Howard Payne athlete 1931 1992 English hammer thrower Howard Schatz American fine art photographer Howard Shore born 1946 Canadian composer Howard Smith disambiguation name of several people Howard Smothers born 1973 American football player Howard Spira American gambler who was paid by George Steinbrenner to find dirt on baseball player Dave Winfield Howard Stableford born 1959 British television and radio presenter Howard Staunton 1810 1874 British chess player and Shakespearean scholar Howard Stern born 1954 American talk radio host Howard K Stern born 1968 attorney for Anna Nicole Smith Howard Stidham born 1954 American football player Howard Stupp born 1955 Canadian Olympic wrestler Howard Tayler born 1968 American cartoonist Howard Turner 1897 1976 American football player Howard Unruh 1921 2009 American spree killer Howard Wales 1943 2020 American musician Howard Walker disambiguation name of several people Howard Walter 1883 1918 American Congregationalist minister and hymnist Howard Washington born 1998 American Canadian basketball player Howard Watt 1911 2005 South African rugby union player Howard Watts III born 1987 American politician Howard Wilkinson born 1943 English football manager Howard Williams disambiguation name of several people Howard Wilson American football born 1995 American football player Howard Wilson physicist British physicist Howard Zinn 1922 2010 American historian academic author playwright and social activistHowie editHowie B born 1963 Scottish musician and producer Howard Bernstein Howie Carr born 1952 American journalist Howie Day born 1981 American singer songwriter Howie Dorough born 1973 American musician with Backstreet Boys Howie Epstein 1955 2003 American musician Howie Gordon later known as Richard Pacheco American pornographic actor Howie Hawkins American politician and activist Howie Long born 1960 American former football player and actor Howie Mandel born 1955 Canadian comedian and actor host of the TV show Deal or No Deal Howie Meeker 1923 2020 Canadian hockey player TV sports announcer Member of Parliament Howie Morenz 1902 1937 Canadian ice hockey player Howie Nave born 1956 American comedian radio personality writer promoter and movie critic Howie Rose born 1954 American sportscaster Howie Severino born 1961 Filipino broadcast journalist Howie Winter 1929 2020 American mobsterFictional characters editHoward Bellamy Doctors in the British soap opera Doctors Howard Clifford a fictional villain in the Detective Pikachu movie Howard Cunningham Happy Days in the TV series Happy Days Howard Hamlin a fictional character on the AMC television series Better Call Saul Howard Huge a comic strip dog Howard Hunter in the TV series Hill Street Blues played by James B Sikking Howard Langston in the 1996 film Jingle All the Way Howard McBride in the animated series The Loud House Howard McGreggor in the TV series Fresh Meat TV series Howard Moon in the TV series The Mighty Boosh portrayed by Julian Barratt Howard Roark protagonist of Ayn Rand s novel The Fountainhead Howard Stark father of Tony Stark Iron Man Howard Wolowitz a fictional character on the CBS television series The Big Bang Theory portrayed by actor Simon Helberg Howard the Duck a comic book character Howard Link a Crow and Inspector for the Black Order in the anime manga D Gray Man Howard Marner a fictional character from Short Circuit 1986 film Howard Silk main character and agent in the TV series Counterpart TV series Howard DeVille in the animated series RugratsReferences edit howard Online Etymology Dictionary Retrieved 2020 11 20 Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges A Dictionary of Surnames Oxford University Press 1988 Howard name meaning and origin Think Baby Names Retrieved 2008 02 12 nbsp This page or section lists people that share the same given name If an internal link led you here you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Howard amp oldid 1184417972, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
