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| pronunciation=''HOW-erd''
| gender =Masculine
| meaning ="noble watchman"
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| origin =England
| related names =Howie, Ward
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'''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
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