Harvard (name)

Given name/first name and surname/last name

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Harvard

Hereward the wake fighting Normans

Pronunciation| hɑː(ɹ)vard
Origin
Word/name| Anglo-Saxon
Meaning| army guard
Region of origin| England
Other names
Variant form(s)| Harvey

Harvard is an English surname/family name/last name and given name/first name, derived a Middle English variant of Hereward; here (“army”) + weard (“guard”).[1]

## People with the given name

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* Harvard Sitkoff (born 1945), American historian

## People with the surname

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* Allison Harvard (born 1988), American model and television personality
* John Harvard (clergyman) (1607–1638), English-American clergyman after whom Harvard University is named
* John Harvard (politician) (1938–2016), Canadian politician and journalist, former Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba
* Lionel de Jersey Harvard (1893–1918), English student; descendant of clergyman John Harvard
* Russell Harvard (born 1981), American actor

## References

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1. ^ Bonus Episode: Regarding English (Sound Education Conference Talk) (transcript) from the podcast History of English Podcast, 29/11/2018