Waring

Waring is an English surname with two derivation hypotheses: from the Frankish Warin, meaning 'guard,' via Norman French Guarin,[1] or from the Anglo-Saxon Wæring, meaning 'confederate' or, more literally, 'oath companion.'[2] Both hypotheses suggest that Wareing is a variant of this name. (Ware, as in the modern English aware and beware, is derived from the Anglo-Saxon waer.[3]) Notable people with the surname include:

  • Antonio J. Waring, Jr. (1915–1964), American amateur archaeologist
  • Amanda Waring, British actress, singer and campaigner, daughter of Derek
  • Charles Waring (1827–1887), British politician and Liberal MP
  • Charles E. Waring (1909–1981), American chemist and educator
  • Derek Waring (1927–2007), British actor, father of Amanda
  • Dorothy Grace Waring (1891–1977), English fascist campaigner and novelist
  • Edward Waring (c. 1736–1798), British mathematician and eponym of Waring's Problem
  • Eddie Waring (1910–1986), British sports commentator
  • Edmund Waring (c. 1638–1687), British member of Parliament
  • Elijah Waring (c. 1788–1857), Quaker and Anglo-Welsh writer
  • Everett J. Waring (1859–ca. 1914), first African-American admitted to the Maryland State Bar Association and to try a case before the American Supreme Court
  • Fred Waring (1900–1984), American bandleader who popularized the Waring blender
  • George E. Waring, Jr. (1833–1898), American civic reformer
  • Jack Waring (footballer) (1909–1991), English footballer
  • Jane Rose Waring (c. 1819–1914), maiden name of Jane Roberts, First Lady of Liberia
  • James N. H. Waring (1861–1923), African-American educator, physician, and activist
  • Jim Waring (born 1967), American politician
  • Laura Wheeler Waring (1887-1948), American artist
  • Marilyn Waring (born 1952), New Zealand feminist
  • Myfanwy Waring (born 1977), Welsh actress
  • Richard Waring (1910–1983), British actor
  • Richard Waring (writer) (1925–1994), British comedy writer
  • Robert O. Waring (1919–1976), American diplomat assassinated by terrorists in Beirut in 1976
  • Stephanie Waring (born 1978), English actress
  • Tom Waring (1906–1980), British footballer
  • William Herbert Waring (1885–1918), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions in World War I
  • Will Waring, Canadian camera operator and television director

See also

References

  1. ^ Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell (1901). A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. H. Frowde. ISBN 978-0-8063-0022-1.
  2. ^ "A List of Anglo-Saxon Names Still in Use as Surnames". Transactions of the Philological Society. 26 (1): 82. 1907. doi:10.1111/j.1467-968X.1907.tb00509.x. ISSN 1467-968X.
  3. ^ "Aware word origin". Etymologeek. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
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