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:

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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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