as a Last Name
- 283,155
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Howard
Meaning & Origins
English: from the Norman personal name Huard, Heward, composed of the Germanic elements hug ‘heart’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
| 72nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 283,155
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Howard per capita
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