Waring Explained

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

• Waering, a surname
• Wareing, a surname
• Wearing (surname)

Notes and References

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