Howard (surname)

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. One theory pertains to the French personal name Huard and Houard (compare the Anglo-Norman spellings of coward for French couard; tower for tour) adapting after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Another theory is that its origin may be pre 7th century Germanic from the personal name Hughard (prefix hug, meaning "heart"/"spirit"; suffix hard, meaning "hardy"/"brave"). It is also theorized to come from the Old English personal name Hereward. Yet another theory is that the surname derived from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Haward (Old Norse Hávarðr, Old Danish Hawarth, element Há(r) "high" or hǫð "battle"; element varðr, meaning "guardian").[2] The first public record of the surname is dated 1221 in Cambridgeshire. There are several variant surname spellings.[3]

This article is about the surname Howard. For the given name, see Howard. For other uses, see Howard (disambiguation).
Howard
PronunciationHOW-erd
Other names
Variant form(s)Howerd, Heward and Huard

People with the surname Howard include:

Disambiguation pages

Aristocracy and royalty

Arts and music

Literature and journalism

Military

Politics and law

Sciences and mathematics

Sports

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
  • Perry H. Howard (1922–2009), American sociologist

References
  1. "Surname: Howard". sloinne.ie. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. "Howard - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin, Meaning and Statistics". www.nordicnames.de.
  3. "Surname: Howard". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
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