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. Notable people with the surname include:
- Antonio J. Waring, Jr., American amateur archaeologist
- Amanda Waring, British actress, singer and campaigner, daughter of Derek
- Charles Waring, British politician and Liberal MP
- Charles E. Waring, American chemist and educator
- Derek Waring, British actor, father of Amanda
- Dorothy Grace Waring, English fascist campaigner and novelist
- Edward Waring, British mathematician and eponym of Waring's Problem
- Eddie Waring, British sports commentator
- Edmund Waring, British member of Parliament
- Elijah Waring, Quaker and Anglo-Welsh writer
- Everett J. Waring, first African-American admitted to the Maryland State Bar Association and to try a case before the American Supreme Court
- Fred Waring, American bandleader who popularized the Waring blender
- George E. Waring, Jr., American civic reformer
- Jack Waring (footballer), English footballer
- Jane Rose Waring, maiden name of Jane Roberts, First Lady of Liberia
- James N. H. Waring, African-American educator, physician, and activist
- Julius Waties Waring, United States District Judge, played important role in early legal battles of the American Civil Right Movement.
- Jim Waring, American politician
- Laura Wheeler Waring, American artist
- Marilyn Waring, New Zealand feminist
- Myfanwy Waring, Welsh actress
- Richard Waring, British actor
- Richard Waring (writer), British comedy writer
- Robert O. Waring, American diplomat assassinated by terrorists in Beirut in 1976
- Stephanie Waring, English actress
- Tom Waring, British footballer
- William Herbert Waring, Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions in World War I
- Will Waring, Canadian camera operator and television director