Name Howard

Origin:

From a Old English word for warden, guard

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About the name Howard in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	#939 ... 938:Zyon, 939:Fox, 940:Howard, 941:Salvatore, 942:Turner ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Edward, Håvard, Hotaru Details

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About Howard, the group of names with the same origin as Howard

Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin:	use of the family name of an English noble family as a given name
	maybe the family name derives from a job title containing the element weard (warden)
Words:	weard = the warden, the guard Old English
Topics:	Family name
Variants' top ranks:	64:Howard England+Wales 1944

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