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[edit]
- Waering, a surname
- Wareing, a surname
- Wearing (surname)
References[edit]
- ^ Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell (1901). A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. H. Frowde. ISBN 978-0-8063-0022-1.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Aware word origin". Etymologeek. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
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