The story
- Old English · derived fromhōh“spur of land”
- English todayHowarth
Habitational surname from a minor place near Rochdale, in Lancashire, from Old English hōh (“spur of land”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhōh all →
howHoughtonhowehooHuttonkewhoughHoltonhockMintoHoylandHullandheugh
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.