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A little about our family name:
Howard is an English patronymic name from the Norman given name Huard
and Heward, which came from the elements
hug = heart, mind + hard = hardy, brave.
and from an Old Norse name Haward, from elements
ha = high + varšr = guardian.
Heward, Hewart, Huart are variations of the Norman form. Haward is a
variation of the Norse.
English/Norman patronymic versions include Hewartson, Hewertson,
Huartson, Huertson.
Hayward is an English occupational name that described the man who
protected the enclosed forest or other land from damage by vandals, poachers, or animals.
It comes from Old English
hay = enclosure + ward = guardian.
Heyward, Haward are variations.
Some Excerpts from around the Internet:
Lord William Howard, First Baron Howard of Effingham, eldest son of
Thomas, Second Duke of Norfolk, by Agnes his second Duchess in 1510, having been employed
by Henry VIII, and Edward VI in numerous confidential missions to foreign courts, was
elevated to the Peerage in the first year of the reign of Queen Mary, in March 1554, as
Baron Howard of Effinghame, Surrey, and was constituted upon the 20th of the same month as
Lord-High-Admiral of Her Majesty's Dominions. His Lordship was installed as a Knight of
the Garter in December of the same year. Lord Howard of Effingham in the Reign of
Elizabeth, held the office of Lord Chamberlain to the Household, and afterwards that of
lord-Privy-Seal.
The surname Howard has been worn by many distinguished bearers,
although none more so than the aforementioned. It appears to derive from the Old Germainic
name "Hugihard", denoting one strong of heart, or very brave. This first name
has given rise to several other patronymic surnames other than Howard, including Huart,
Heward, Hewart, etc., although another Germain term "howart", denoting
"high chief", or "warden, could also have been the origin of Howard. Among
the earliest written references we read of Huardus Houart in the Domesday Book in 1086,
and one called Willelmus filius Huward was mentioned in the Pipe Rolls for Northumberland
in 1170. In Ireland the name does duty for O'Hiomhair in county Clare, where it was
formerly O'Hure.
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