Waring
# Waring

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
* 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
