Howard (surname)
| Pronunciation | HOW-erd |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Howerd, Heward and Huard |
Howard is a common English surname. One source for this surname is with the Gaelic names Ó hOghartaigh and Ó hIomhair.[1] Other origins also exist. The dominant theory pertains to the French personal names Huard[disambiguation needed] and Houard adapted after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is from a Germanic source similar to Old High German *Hugihard "heart-brave," or *Hoh-ward, literally "high defender; chief guardian." Also probably in some cases a confusion with cognate Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Haward from Hávarðr, which means ha(r) "high" (or hǫð "battle") and element varðr, meaning "guardian", and sometimes also with unrelated Hayward. In some rare cases from Old English eowu hierde "ewe herd."[2][3][4] In Anglo-Norman the French digramm -ou- was often rendered as -ow- such as couard → coward, tour → tower, flour (western variant form of fleur) → flower, etc (two last examples with svarabakhti, typical of the Anglo-Norman language). The first public record of the surname is dated 1221 in Cambridgeshire. There are several variant surname spellings.[5]
People with the surname Howard include:
Disambiguation pages[]
- Alan Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Anna Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Anne, or Ann, Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Ben Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Charles Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Daniel Howard (disambiguation), various people
- David Howard, various people
- Edward Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Frank Howard (disambiguation), various people
- George Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Jack Howard (disambiguation), various people
- James Howard (disambiguation), various people
- John Howard, various people
- Ken Howard, various people
- Leslie Howard, various people
- Paul Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Randy Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Robert Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Ronald Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Sara Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Scott Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Stephen Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Ted Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Thomas Howard (disambiguation), various people
- Tim Howard, various people
Aristocracy and royalty[]
- Members of the English aristocratic Howard family
- Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England
Arts and music[]
- Alan Howard (1937–2015), British actor
- Arliss Howard (born 1954), American actor, writer, director
- Barbara Howard (artist) (1926–2002), Canadian artist and wood-engraver
- Billy Howard, English comedian
- Bryce Dallas Howard (born 1981), American actress, daughter of Ron Howard
- Cecil de Blaquiere Howard (1888–1956), American sculptor
- Charlton Howard (born 2003), Australian rapper, singer, and songwriter, known professionally as the Kid Laroi
- Clayton Howard (1934–2017), British make-up artist
- Clint Howard (born 1959), American actor, brother of Ron
- Constance Howard (artist) (1910–2000), British textile artist
- Curly Howard (1903–1952), American actor, member of the Three Stooges
- Deborah Howard (born 1946), British art historian, architectural historian, and academic
- Dominic Howard (born 1977), English drummer
- Emily Howard (born 1979) British composer and chess player
- Frank Ernest Howard, English architect, generally known as F.E. Howard
- Gertrude Howard (1892–1934), American actress
- Henry Howard (1769-1847), British artist
- Jan Howard (1929–2020), American country music singer-songwriter
- Maurice Howard, British art historian
- Miki Howard (born 1960), American jazz singer
- Moe Howard (1897–1975), American actor, member of the Three Stooges
- Rance Howard (1928–2017), American actor
- Ron Howard (born 1954), American actor and film director
- Russell Howard (born 1980), English comedian
- Shawn Michael Howard (born 1969), American actor
- Shemp Howard (1895–1955), American actor, member of the Three Stooges
- Sophie Howard (born 1983), British model
- Terrence Howard (born 1969), American actor
- Traylor Howard (born 1966), American actress
- Trevor Howard, (1913–1987), English actor
Literature and journalism[]
- Blanche Willis Howard (1847–1898), American author
- Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014), English novelist
- Gorges Edmond Howard (1715–1786) Irish legal and literary writer
- Jane Howard, (1935–1996), journalist known for her work at Life magazine
- J. J. Howard (born 1972), American author
- Keble Howard (1875–1928), English comic author
- Madeline Howard (born 1949), American fantasy author
Military[]
- Benjamin Howard (Missouri politician) U.S. military officer
- Curtis W. Howard (1917–1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
- Hugh W. Howard, U.S. Navy admiral
- John Howard (1912–1999), British Army officer who led the glider-born operation that opened D-Day in 1944
- John Martin Howard (1917-1942), U.S. Navy officer
- Michelle J. Howard (born 1960), American Navy admiral
- Oliver O. Howard (1830–1909), General in the U.S. Civil War
Politics and law[]
- Benjamin Chew Howard U.S. politician
- Carlos Howard, Governor of West Florida
- Daniel Edward Howard (1861–1935), president of Liberia
- Edgar Howard (1858–1951), American politician
- Grace Schneiders-Howard (1869–1968), Surinamese social worker and politician
- Jerry Thomas Howard (born 1936), American politician
- Julia C. Howard, American politician
- Marilyn Howard (1939–2020), American educator and politician
- Michael Howard (formerly Hecht) (born 1941), British Conservative politician
- Milford W. Howard (1862–1937), American politician
- Perry Wilbon Howard (1877–1961), Republican attorney and African American civil rights activist from Mississippi
- Raymond Howard (politician), American politician, Missouri senator
- T. R. M. Howard (1908–1976), Afro American civil rights leader
- Vernon Edgar Howard, (1937–1998), American politician
- William Jordan Howard (1799–1862), Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- William Lorenzo Howard (1921–1994), Mayor of Monroe, Louisiana; partner of Howard Brothers Discount Stores
Sciences and mathematics[]
- Henry Eliot Howard (1873–1940), English amateur ornithologist
- Harvey J. Howard (1880–1956), American ophthalmologist
- Luke Howard (1772–1864), British chemist and meteorologist
- Leland Ossian Howard (1857–1950), American entomologist
- William Alvin Howard (born 1926), American mathematician
Sports[]
- Barbara Howard (1920–2017), Canadian sprinter
- Billy Howard (gridiron football) (born 1950), American football player
- Bug Howard (born 1994), American football player
- Chaunte Howard (born 1984), American high jumper
- Desmond Howard (born 1970), American football player
- Dwight Howard (born 1985), American basketball player
- Elston Howard (1929–1980), American baseball player
- George Howard (footballer), Australian footballer
- Harvey Howard, British rugby league footballer
- Jay Howard (born 1981), British race car driver
- Jimmy Howard (born 1984), American ice hockey goaltender
- Jordan Howard (born 1994), American football player
- Josh Howard (born 1980), American basketball player
- Juwan Howard (born 1973), American basketball player
- Malcolm Howard (rower), Canadian rower
- Mark Howard (footballer, born January 1986), English former footballer and manager
- Mark Howard (footballer, born September 1986), English footballer
- Markus Howard (born 1999), American basketball player
- Matt Howard (born 1989), American basketball player
- Matt Howard (baseball) (born 1967), American baseball player
- O. J. Howard (born 1994), American football player
- Pat Howard (footballer) (born 1947), English footballer
- Pat Howard (born 1973), Australia rugby team head coach
- Red Howard (1900–1973), American football player
- Rhyne Howard (born 2000), American basketball player
- Ryan Howard (born 1979), American baseball player
- Sophie Howard (born 1993), Scottish footballer
- Spencer Howard (born 1996), American professional baseball player
- Tim Howard (born 1979), American soccer player
- Tim Howard (field hockey) (born 1996), Australian field hockey player
- Travin Howard (born 1996), American football player
- Tytus Howard (born 1996), American football player
- Xavien Howard (born 1993), American football player
Other[]
- Ada Howard (1829–1907), first president of Wellesley College
- Alan Howard (hedge fund manager) (born September 1963), British hedge fund manager
- Ebenezer Howard (1850–1928), British urban planner and founder of the garden city movement
- Peggy Chew Howard (1760–1824), First Lady of Maryland
- (1922–2009), American sociologist
References[]
- ^ "Surname: Howard". sloinne.ie. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ "howard". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press, 1988.
- ^ "Howard - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin, Meaning and Statistics". www.nordicnames.de.
- ^ "Surname: Howard". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
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