Warren.
A surname from Old French.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Old French.
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
A placename: A location in Australia. A town in New South Wales.
A placename: A location in Australia. A local government area in central-northern New South Wales which includes the town; in full, Warren Shire.
A placename: A location in Australia. A geographic region in southern Western Australia.
A placename: A place in Canada: A community in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands, Manitoba; named for railroad executive A. E. Warren.
A placename: A place in Canada: A community in Markstay-Warren municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A community in the city of Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Bradley County, Arkansas.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A former settlement near Fellows, Kern County, California.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A former settlement near Mojave, Kern County, California.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut; named for Joseph Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois; named for Warren Burnett, the first white child born in the area.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Salamonie Township, Huntington County, Indiana.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and coal town in Knox County, Kentucky.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Knox County, Maine; named for Joseph Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts; named for Joseph Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Macomb County, Michigan; named for War of 1812 veteran Rev. Abel Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Marshall County, Minnesota; named for railroad executive Charles Howard Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marion County, Missouri; named for its township, itself for Joseph Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for Peter Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A township in Somerset County, New Jersey.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town and hamlet therein, in Herkimer County, New York; named for Joseph Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio; named for surveyor Moses Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Columbia County, Oregon; named for the town in Massachusetts.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Warren County, Pennsylvania; named for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Bristol County, Rhode Island; named for British naval officer Peter Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A former settlement in Texas, and the former county seat of Fannin County.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Tyler County, Texas.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Weber County, Utah; named for Utah politician and Mormon leader Lewis Warren Shurtliff.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Washington County, Vermont; named for Joseph Warren.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Warren Township.
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: A neighbourhood of Gawsworth, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8870).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Bere Regis parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY8591).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: A small settlement near Chapeltown, Ecclesfield parish, City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3597).
A placename: A place in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Stackpole and Castlemartin community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SR9397).
Where this word comes from
From the Anglo-Norman surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Medieval Latin Warinna, a hydronym of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *var-, *ver- (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the Latin river Avara. Phonetic Germanic influence is shown by the [v] > [w].
* see: The Warren.
Where this word comes from
From the Anglo-Norman surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Medieval Latin Warinna, a hydronym of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *var-, *ver- (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the Latin river Avara. Phonetic Germanic influence is shown by the [v] > [w].
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