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Howard Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard hugi- ‘mind understanding spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh . English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard guardian warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward . English: occasionally a variant of Ewart Irish: variant of Fogarty from Ó hÓghairt a shortened form of Ó hÓgartaigh a name derived from a lenited form of Ó Fógartaigh. Irish: variant of Ivers from Ó hÍomhair which was also Anglicized as O'Hure and Hever. Compare McIver .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Huard, Seward, Coward, Ward, Bovard, Howarth, Howald, Hoad, Herard
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Howgate Name Meaning
Variant of Holgate ; see Redmonds Dictionary of Yorks Surnames.
Holgate Name Meaning
English: from Middle English hol(e) ‘hollow’ + gat(e) gate ‘path road’. The name may be topographic for someone who lived by a ‘hollow road’ or habitational from any of several places so named such as three places called Holgate in Yorkshire.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Similar surnames:
Holgate, Hogate, Hungate, Colgate, Hoggatt, Howsare, Tongate, Howatt
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I'anson Name Meaning
One of the most common classes of Scottish surnames is the patronymic surname, which arose out of the vernacular and religious naming traditions. The vernacular or regional naming tradition is the oldest and most pervasive type of patronymic surname. According to this custom, names were originally composed of vocabulary elements from the local language. Patronymic surnames of this type were usually derived from the personal name of the original bearer's father. The surname I'Anson is derived from the ancient Scottish given name Ian which itself comes from the Hebrew given name Yocjanan, which means Jehovah has favored me with a son.
Source:
https://www.houseofnames.com/I-Anson-family-crest
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Jarratt Name Meaning
English: variant of Garrett .
Garrett Name Meaning
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Gerad a variant of either Gerald or Gerard
Gerald Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin); French (Gérald): from the ancient Germanic personal name Gerald Girald composed of the elements gēr ‘spear lance’ and wald ‘power authority’. It was introduced to Britain by the Normans and was fairly common but less so than Gerard with which it was early confused. In France the much more common variants of this surname are Géraud and Giraud .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Garratt, Jarrett, Sarratt, Barratt, Jarrard, Jerrett, Surratt
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Jewison Name Meaning
English (East Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal names Jew(e) Julle or Jouet (all pet forms of the male name Julian or the female name Juliane) + -son; see Jew Jewett and Julian .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Lewison, Jenison, Denison, Jemison, Jennison, Nerison, Pearson
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

John Name Meaning
English and Welsh: ultimately from the Hebrew personal name Yoḥanan ‘Jehovah has favored (me with a son)’ or ‘may Jehovah favor (this child)’. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) as Johannes and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era being given in honor of Saint John the Baptist precursor of Christ and of Saint John the Evangelist author of the fourth gospel as well as the nearly one thousand other Christian saints who bore the name. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other languages are: Welsh Ieuan Evan Siôn and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; Irish Séan; German Johann Johannes; Dutch and Slavic Jan; French Jean; Italian Giovanni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese João; Greek Iōannēs (vernacular Giannis Yannis); Russian Ivan. There were a number of different forms of the name in Middle English including Jan(e) a male name (see Jayne ); Jen (see Jenkin ); Jon(e) (see Jones ); and Han(n) (see Hann ). By the beginning of the 14th century John rivalled William in popularity and has always been a favorite name. Johan became Jo(h)n and another Old French form Jehan was shortened to Jan and Jen giving rise to Old French and Middle English diminutives such as Jonin Janin and Jenin. More common in Middle English were Jankin Jonkin and Jenkin which were Middle Dutch pet forms introduced after the Conquest by Flemish and Picard settlers. The most common pet form of John was Jack another borrowing from Flemish and Picard usage. Han may sometimes have been a short form of Johan but was more usually a pet form of Henry. There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name (e.g. Joan Jehan) some of which were indistinguishable from masculine forms. The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. It was even later that Jean and Jane were specialized as specifically female names in English; bearers of these surnames and their derivatives are more likely to derive them from a male ancestor than a female. As a surname in the British Isles John is particularly frequent in Wales where it is a late formation representing Welsh Siôn rather than the older form Ieuan (which gave rise to the surname Evan ). In North America the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages e.g. Assyrian/Chaldean Youkhana French Jean Hungarian János (see Janos ) Slovenian Janež and Janeš (see Janes ) Czech Jan Albanian Gjoni and their derivatives (see examples at Johnson ). The name John is also found among Christians in southern India (compare Ninan and Yohannan ) but since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames the southern Indian name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US. German: from a North German and Silesian variant of the personal name Johannes . This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Yohn .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Jahn, Bohn, Hohn, Johns, Hahn, Mohn, Nohr, Rohn, Gohn, Sohn
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Jones Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ) with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans. English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Jonas, Janes, Jone, Jons, Bones, Joles, Fones, Montes, Rones, Sones
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Latimer Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a Latinist a clerk who wrote documents in Latin from Anglo-Norman French latinier latim(m)ier. Latin was more or less the universal language of official documents in the Middle Ages displaced only gradually by the vernacular – in England by Anglo-Norman French at first and eventually by English.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Larimer, Larmer, Lanier, Limer, Lorimer, Latter, Latner, Lier
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Lowe Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Low . German (Löwe) and Danish (Løwe): from Middle High German lēwe löuwe ‘lion’ hence a nickname for a brave or regal person. In some cases the surname may have been a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a lion. It is also found in Sweden. Compare Loewe 1 Lau Lave and Lurvey . Jewish (Ashkenazic; Löwe): artificial name from German Löwe ‘lion’. Jewish (Ashkenazic; also Löwe): Germanized form of Levy . Compare Loewe Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 劉 (see Liu ) and 盧 (see Lu ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Loewe, Lowy, Lowen, Low, Howe, Lobe, Rowe, Love, Lose, Dowe
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Wardman Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): occupational name from Middle English wardman either in the general sense ‘watchman guard’ (compare Ward ) or in the administrative sense ‘representative of a ward within a borough’.
Ward Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a watchman or guard from Middle English ward ‘watchman guard’ (Old English weard used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun). English: occupational name from Middle English warde ‘armed guard’ (Old English weard ‘watching guarding’) with the same meaning as 1 above. Irish: shortened form of McWard an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets. Jewish (American): adoption of the English name (see above) in place of some similar (like-sounding) original Ashkenazic surname such as Warshawski or Warshawsky . Altered form of French Guérin (see Guerin ) and Benoît (see Benoit ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hardman, Warman, Waldman, Wadman, Wartman, Waitman, Carman, Warden
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts