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Howie

What does Howie mean?

Howie Pronunciation of Howie as a boys' name is of Scandinavian derivation, and the meaning of Howie is "high guardian". Howie is a version of Howard (Scandinavian): from hâ ward.

STARTS WITH Ho-

ASSOCIATED WITH scandinavian, high (great), guardian (defender)

Variations

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Hazie, ..

(female) Howen, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Howie Frank (H.F.), ..

How popular is Howie?

Howie is an unusual first name for men but a very prominent surname for all people (#6871 out of 150436, Top 5%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Howie was first listed in 1950-1959 and reached its top rank of #1926 in the U.S. then, but is not ranked at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Howie name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Howie outside U.S.

Which version is better?

The only other prominent varying form of Howie ranked in the Top 2000 is Howard (#968 THE PREVIOUS YEAR). Adoption of these relations of Howie was at its highest during 1910-1919 (ADOPTION OF 0.7%) and has become much lower since (ADOPTION 0.01%, DOWN 98.3%), with the form Howard becoming somewhat outmoded.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Howie, Howard in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Howie and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Howie is pronounced similarly to Hai, Hew, Hewe, Hewie, Hi, Hough, How, Howe, Hughie and Huw. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bodie, Bogie, Bowie, Cobie, Codie, Corie, Cowrie, Dewie, Hawke, Hecie, Hobie, Hodge, Honi, Howel, Howlen, Hoyce, Hubie, Hymie, Jodie, Jorie, Kobie, Kodie, Louie, Mosie, Tobie, Tomie and Tonie. These names tend to be more commonly used than Howie.

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