Waring is an English surname with two derivation hypotheses: from the
FrankishWarin, meaning 'guard,' via
Norman FrenchGuarin,[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:
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
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Waring is an English surname with two derivation hypotheses: from the
FrankishWarin, meaning 'guard,' via
Norman FrenchGuarin,[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:
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
This page lists people with the
surnameWaring. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.