Howard

English <dab!> Etymology Medieval personal name from en enm Howard, enm Howarde, from en non Hávarðr, from non hár high + non varðr guard. In some cases a variant of en Heward, from en fro Huard. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988. Pronunciation en /ˈhaʊəd/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Howard.wav Southern England en /ˈhaʊɚd/ GA,CA en /ˈhæɔəd/ AU en /ˈhæʊəd/ NZ en How ard Proper noun ~ en patronymics. en 1675 Edward Phillips; Egerton Brydges Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum V Henry Howard, the most noble Earl of Surry, who flourishing in the time of King Henry the 8.th, as his name is sufficiently famous for the martial exploits of that family for many generations, so deserves he, had he his due, the particular fame of learning, wit, and poetic fancy en male Germanic languages, transferred back from the surname. Short form: Howie. en 1984 w:Louise Erdrich Love Medicine 238,250 Bantam Books 1987 0553268082 "King Howard Kashpaw, Junior," said his new teacher. "Which one of those names would you like to be called?"He had never thought about it."Howard," he was surprised to hear himself answer. It was that simple. After that he was Howard at school. - - -""He don't call himself Little King anymore," Lynette said from the kitchen. "He thinks his name's Howard.""Howard?"The boy looked at me and nodded."He won't claim his dad no more," said King, standing in the doorway. "He's too good." en Ashley Strickland What makes a planet potentially habitable w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/11/world/potentially-habitable-exoplanets-scn 2019-11-11 “For most of human history, the question of whether or not life exists elsewhere has belonged only within the philosophical realm,” said Howard Chen, study author and Ph.D candidate at Northwestern University. https://web.archive.org/web/20251117031750/https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/11/world/potentially-habitable-exoplanets-scn 17 November 2025 en number of places c/USA: en CDP co/Fremont County s/Colorado. en neighbourhood x/Kendall co/Miami-Dade County s/Florida. en ucomm twp:Suf/Liberty co/Parke County s/Indiana. en small city/county seat co/Elk County s/Kansas. en ucomm co/Holmes County s/Mississippi. en town co/Steuben County s/New York. en twp/and/CDP therein, in co/Knox County s/Ohio. en bor in co/Centre County s/Pennsylvania. en neighbourhood x/Cranston co/Providence County s/Rhode Island. en small city/county seat co/Miner County s/South Dakota. en village co/Brown County and co/Outagamie County s/Wisconsin, named after Benjamin Howard (Missouri politician) Benjamin Howard. en town/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Chippewa County s/Wisconsin, also named after Benjamin Howard. en A number of other <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Howard Township. en rural town in r:Suf/Fraser Coast s/Queensland c/Australia. en US en w:Howard University. Derived terms en Curry-Howard correspondence Howard Beach Howard County Howardian Howardian Hills howardite Howards Grass Translations surname Arabic: ar هُوَارْد m f Catalan: ca Hugard m, ca Hugart Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 霍華德 Huòhuádé Greek: el Χάουαρντ Irish: ga Ní hÍomhair Japanese: ja ホワード Howādo, ja ハワード Hawādo Korean: ko ^하워드 Latin: la Hugardus Russian: ru Го́вард m f, ru Ха́уард m f, ru Хо́вард m f male given name Catalan: ca Hugard m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 霍華德 Georgian: ka ჰოვარდი Greek: el Χάουαρντ Japanese: ja ホワード Howādo, ja ハワード Hawādo Latin: la Hugardus Norwegian: no Håvard Russian: ru Го́вард m, ru Ха́уард m, ru Хо́вард m Spanish: es Hugardo m Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Howard is the 75th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 264,826 individuals. Howard is most common among White (64.31%) and Black (29.49%) individuals. References en Universities Middle English Alternative forms enm Howarde Etymology enm non Hávarðr, from non hár high + non varðr guard. Proper noun enm patronymics Howard enm Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk. 64 1426 Wyllyam Clopton..yaf and graunted, and be his chartre confermed, to John Howard..his maner of Newenham..be vertu of which dede the same Wyllyam..yaf me seisyn. Descendants en Howard