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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant of Holland 1.
  • Americanized form of Norwegian Hovland.
  • Howland was the name of three Quaker brothers, original settlers in Marshfield, MA. They were from Huntingdonshire, England. The eldest, John Howland (c.1593–1672) was a passenger on the Mayflower, servant to Gov. John Carver, who died in the first winter at Plymouth Colony.

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