<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Other names </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Variant (s) </Th> <Td> Howerd, Heward, and Huard </Td> </Tr> <P> Howard is a common English language surname . Its origins are uncertain . One theory is that it derived from the French personal name Huard and Houard (compare the Anglo - Norman spellings of coward for French couard; tower for tour) adapting after the Norman Conquest of 1066 . Another theory is that its origin may be pre 7th century Germanic from the personal name Hughard (prefix hug, meaning "heart" / "spirit"; suffix hard, meaning "hardy" / "brave"). Yet another theory is that the surname derived from the Anglo - Scandinavian personal name Haward (Old Norse Hávarðr, Old Danish Hawarth, element Há (r) "high" or hǫð "battle"; element varðr, meaning "guardian"). The first public record of the surname is dated 1221 in Cambridgeshire . There are several variant surname spellings . </P> <P> People with the surname Howard include: </P>

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