Howie

Howie

Family name
name = Howie


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meaning ="hollow"
region =Scotland
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related names =Howey
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Howie is a Scottish locational surname derived from a medieval estate in Scotland's southwest county of Ayrshire. While its ancient name is known as "The lands of How", its exact location is lost to time. The word "How", predating written history, appears to originate from the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde as a locational description of a "hollow" (deep valley). The alternate spelling of Howie is "Howey". The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1526 in the town of Brechin. [cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Howie |title=Surname: Howie |publisher=surnamedb.com |accessdate=2008-02-13] People with the surname or its variant include:

* Archibald Howie
* Forbes Howie
* George Howie
* Gillian Howie
* Hugh Howie
* James Howie
* John Howie
* John Howie (businessman)
* Robert Howie
* Robert Howie (businessman)
* Thomas D. Howie
* Thomas W. Howie
* William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon

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* Benjamin Franklin Howey
* Kate Howey
* Lee Howey
* Peter Howey
* Steve Howey (actor)
* Steve Howey (footballer)

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