Howard 61811 225415578 2008-07-13T15:51:24Z Remember 94687 Reverted to revision 223344286 by [[Special:Contributions/YungRathe|YungRathe]]; vandlaism. ([[WP:TW|TW]]) {{otheruses4|the given name Howard|the surname Howard|Howard (surname)|other uses|Howard (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Howard | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation=''HOW-erd'' | gender =Masculine | meaning ="noble watchman" | region = | origin =England | related names =Howie, Ward | footnotes = }} {{TOCright}} '''Howard''' is a popular [[English language]] occupational [[given name]] of [[Old English]] origin, meaning "noble watchman". Its [[nickname]] is "Howie" and its shortened form is "Ward" (most common in the 19th century). Between 1900-1960, Howard ranked in the U.S. Top 200; between 1960-1990, it ranked in the U.S. Top 400; between 1990-2004, it ranked in the U.S. Top 600.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search.php?s=Howard&g=1&t=1 |title=Howard, name meaning and origin |publisher=thinkbabynames.com |accessdate=2008-02-12}}</ref> People with the given name Howard or its variants include: ==Howard, given name== * [[Howard Brown]] (?-), British actor * [[Howard Cosell]] (1918 - 1995), sports broadcaster * [[Howard Dean]] (born 1948), American politician * [[Howard Donald]] (born 1968), English singer with Take That * [[Howard Goodall]] (born 1958), British musician, musicologist and TV presenter * [[Howard Grant]] (born 1966), Jamaican-Canadian boxer * [[Howard Hughes]] (1905 - 1976), American aviation magnate and filmmaker * [[Howard Jones (musician)]] (born 1955), English * [[Howard Judd]] (born 1935 - 2007), American physician and medical researcher * [[Howard Lederer]] (born 1964), professional poker player * [[Howard Shore]] (born 1946) Canadian film-score composer * [[Howard Stern]] (born 1954), American talk-radio host * [[Howard K. Stern]] (born 1968), attorney for Anna Nicole Smith * [[H. P. Lovecraft]] (1890 - 1937), American writer ==Howie, nickname== * [[Howie B]] (born 1963), Scottish musician and producer * [[Howie Carr]] (born 1952), American journalist * [[Howie Day]] (born 1981), American singer-songwriter * [[Howie Dorough]] (born 1973), American musician with Backstreet Boys * [[Howie Epstein]] (1955 - 2003), American musician * [[Howie Hawkins]], American politician and activist * [[Howie Long]] (born 1960), American football player * [[Howie Mandel]] (born 1955), Canadian comedian and actor * [[Howie Meeker]] (born 1924), Canadian hockey player, TV sports announcer, Member of Parliament * [[Howie Morenz]] (1902 – 1937), Canadian ice hockey player * [[Howie Nave]] (born 1956), American comedian, radio personality, writer, promoter and movie critic * [[Howie Rose]] (born 1954), American sportscaster * [[Howie Winter]] (born 1929), American mobster ==Ward, shortened form== * [[Ward Burton]] (born 1961), American NASCAR racer * [[Ward Christensen]], American computer programmer and creator of the Xmodem and the first BBS * [[Ward Cunningham]] (born 1949), American founder of ''WikiWikiWeb'' * [[Ward Connerly]] (born 1939), American writer and political activist * [[Ward Churchill]] (born 1947), American controversial writer and political activist * [[Ward Weaver III]] (born 1963), American convicted felon * [[Ward Bruning]], superhero ==References== {{Reflist}} {{given name|Howard|nocat}} [[Category:Masculine given names]] [[Category:English given names]] [[de:Howard]] [[es:Howard]] [[fr:Howard]] [[it:Howard]] [[ja:ハワード]] [[fi:Howard]] [[zh:霍華德]]