Harvard is an English

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family name In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

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/ first name, derived a Middle English variant of Hereward; ''here'' (“army”) + ''weard'' (“guard”).Bonus Episode: Regarding English (Sound Education Conference Talk)transcript
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People with the given name

* Harvard Sitkoff (born 1945), American historian

People with the surname

* 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 Lionel de Jersey Harvard (3 June 1893 – 30 March 1918) was a young Englishman who, discovered to be collaterally descended from Harvard College founder John Harvard, was consequently offered the opportunity to attend that university, from wh ...

(1893–1918), English student; descendant of clergyman John Harvard * Russell Harvard (born 1981), American actor

References

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