Waring is an English surname with two derivation hypotheses: from the Frankish Warin, meaning 'guard,' via Norman French Guarin, or from the Anglo-Saxon Wæring, meaning 'confederate' or, more literally, 'oath companion.' 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.) 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 Morton Waring (1783–1863), South Carolina US Marshall, proprietor of the largest individual sale of enslaved people in U.S. history 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 Johnston Waring (1829–188), American physician James N. H. Waring (1861–1923), African-American educator, physician, and activist Joseph Frederick Waring (scholar) (1902–1972), American scholar Julius Waties Waring (1880–1968), United States District Judge, played important role in early legal battles of the American Civil Right Movement. Jim Waring (born 1967), American politician Laura Wheeler Waring (1887–1948), American artist Marilyn Waring (born 1952), New Zealand feminist Martha Gallaudet Waring (1873–1943), American educator, wife of Thomas Pinckney Waring 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 Thomas Pinckney Waring (1867–1943), American physician 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)
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