where does the name coeur d'alene come from
Coeur d'Alene people French Canadian fur traders in the late 18th or early 19th century referred to these people as the Cœur d'Alène, meaning "heart of an awl." This referred to the people's shrewdness in trading skills. British traders and later colonists adopted the French term for the people.
Howard (surname) Howard is a common English language surname. Its origins are unclear. One theory is that it derived from the Norman-French personal name "Huard" or "Heward" adapting after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Another theory is that its origin may be pre 7th century Germanic from the personal name "Hughard" (prefix hug, meaning "heart"/"spirit"; suffix hard, meaning "hardy"/"brave"). Yet another theory is that the surname derived from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name "Haward" (prefix ha, meaning "high"; suffix varthr, meaning "guardian"). The first public record of the surname is dated 1221 in Cambridgeshire. There are several variant surname spellings.[1]