Endearingly dorky is a good description. I immediately thought of a bumbling but well-meaning father-in-law. (Not mine, mine is a
Roger.) Kind and a bit awkward, rambles quite a bit.
Cool way to include
Ward. Although I think
Howie is sweet as a nickname.
My favourites of your list:
Howard LaurenceHoward Jacob
Also decent:
Howard WilliamHoward Christian
Somewhat ridiculous:
Howard RexHoward Horatio:)
My personal favourites:
Howard AveryHoward EverettHoward Montgomery!!
Howard RomanHoward TennysonHoward SullivanHoward EmeryHoward MackenzieHoward JosiasHoward Bram
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
"My Inner Birthing Mother Paddles a Canoe" and other non-name musings
found on my blog:
http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/2014/07/paddle-power.html