# Howard

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhaʊɚd/ · frequency rank #3,108

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred back from the surname. Short form: Howie.
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16. A rural town in Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
17. Ellipsis of Howard University.

## Etymology
Medieval personal name from Middle English Howard, Howarde, from Old Norse Hávarðr, from hár (“high”) + varðr (“guard”). In some cases a variant of Heward, from Old French Huard.

## Easily confused with
- **hard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hard-vs-howard)
- **heard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-howard)
- **how'd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/how-d-vs-howard)
- **hoard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoard-vs-howard)
- **Hoare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoare-vs-howard)
- **hazard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hazard-vs-howard)
- **Hobart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobart-vs-howard)
- **hayward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayward-vs-howard)
- **homeward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homeward-vs-howard)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhoward`, `hoawrd`, `howadr`, `howardd`, `howarrd`, `howrad`, `howward`, `hwoard`, `ohward`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/howard