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Around the world, Howie (Howie , هوي , هوى ) is quite a rare principally boy's, but very infrequently feminine given name. The first name Howie is habitual in Jamaica, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Hong Kong, where it is a rare boy's name, and Albania. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, Canada, and Taiwan. More prevalently, Howie is the last name as well as the forename.
Howie is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Howie Hardy , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character, Name That Toon; Howie Albert , the operatic character in the opera Champion by Terence Blanchard; Emile's trainer; Howie Newsome , the theatrical character in the play "Our Town"; Howie Kemp , the fictional character and Howie Zuckerman , character in Lost.