What is the meaning of the name Howard?

The meaning of the name Howard is "noble watchman". The origin of the name is "English". The name Howard is mostly used as a boys name.

Right pronunciation of Howard

\ho-ward, howa-rd\

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Howard is a really popular first name for boys (#79) and also really popular as a last name (#65). Users of our site ranked the name with a 1.0 (1 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this boys name above or write a comment on the name Howard.

How popular is the name Howard?

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The year 1921 was for Howard a very good year. In that year there were 7710 births with the name Howard. Find out if Howard is in the top 100 boys names 1921 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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