Howe

Meanings

1. An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by a small hill.
2. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2799).
3. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3580).
4. A scattered settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3061).
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. An unincorporated community in Butte County, Idaho.
7. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in LaGrange County, Indiana.
8. A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
9. An unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Nebraska.
10. A town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
11. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
12. A town in Grayson County, Texas.

1. Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).

Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English hoʒe (“steep ridge”), a late variant of hōge, dative case of Old English hoh (“hock, heel”), with likely influence from Old Norse haugr (“hill”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Hugh, pronounced to rhyme with how. * As a Norwegian surname, Americanized from Hove, from the dative singular of Old Norse hof (“place of worship”). * As an Irish surname, variant of Haugh; also a variant of Hoey. * As a Chinese surname, variant romanization of 侯, see also Hou. * Also as a Chinese surname, possibly from Cantonese form of the names 豪 (háo), 浩, and 昊 (hào).