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单词 Warren
释义

Warren

See also: warren

English

Etymology

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].[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɒɹən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɔɹən/
  • Rhymes: -ɒɹən, -ɔɹən

Proper noun

Warren (countable and uncountable, plural Warrens)

  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  3. A placename:
    1. A location in Australia
      1. A town in New South Wales.
      2. A biogeographic region in southern Western Australia.
    2. A community in Manitoba, Canada; named for railroad executive A. E. Warren.
    3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A city, the county seat of Bradley County, Arkansas.
      2. A former settlement near Fellows, Kern County, California.
      3. A former settlement near Mojave, Kern County, California.
      4. A town in Connecticut; named for Joseph Warren.
      5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Idaho.
      6. A village in Illinois; named for Warren Burnett, the first white child born in the area.
      7. A town in Indiana.
      8. An unincorporatedcommunity in Kentucky.
      9. A town in Maine; named for Joseph Warren.
      10. A town in Massachusetts; named for Joseph Warren.
      11. A city in Michigan; named for War of 1812 veteran Rev. Abel Warren.
      12. A city, the county seat of Marshall County, Minnesota; named for railroad executive Charles Howard Warren.
      13. A city, the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio; named for surveyor Moses Warren.
      14. An unincorporatedcommunity in Missouri; named for its township, itself for Joseph Warren.
      15. An unincorporatedcommunity in Montana.
      16. A town in New Hampshire; named for Peter Warren.
      17. A town in Herkimer County, New York; named for Joseph Warren.
      18. A census-designated place in Oregon; named for the town in Massachusetts.
      19. A city, the county seat of Warren County, Pennsylvania; named for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren.
      20. A town in Rhode Island; named for British naval officer Peter Warren.
      21. A former settlement in Texas, and the former county seat of Fannin County.
      22. A census-designated place in Tyler County, Texas.
      23. An unincorporatedcommunity in Utah; named for Utah politician and Mormon leader Lewis Warren Shurtliff.
      24. A town in Vermont; named for Joseph Warren.
      25. An unincorporatedcommunity in Virginia.
      26. A village in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
      27. A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
      28. A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
      29. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Warren Township.

The Warren

  1. A village in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Usage notes

The given name used in medieval England and returned to use in the nineteenth century, often transferred from the surname. It has been more popular in the U.S.A. than in the U.K.

Quotations

  • 1894 George Bruce Malleson, Life of Warren Hastings, First Governor-General of India, Chapman&Hall 1894, page 4:
    Meanwhile, in 1730, the son, the younger Penyston Hastings, had married Hester Warren, daughter of the proprietor of Stubhill, a small estate near Twining, Gloucestershire. She died in the house at Churchill after having given birth to her second child who, in memory of her, was named Warren.
  • 1940, Paul Corey, The Road Returns, Bobbs-Merrill 1940, page 359:
    "I tell her she should name him Warren after the President,"Andrew was saying.
    "Never," said his wife. "Maybe I'll call him - " she looked around frantically - "Edward or Eric."

Derived terms

  • Warren County
  • Warren hoe
  • Warrensburg

References

  1. François de Beaurepaire, La Vintlana était-elle la Bresle ou la rivière de Cailly ?, Annales de Normandie, 1960, Vol. 10, Numbers 10-1, p. 63.

Anagrams

  • Warner, warner

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Warren.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: wa‧rren

Proper noun

Warren

  1. a male given name from English

German

Proper noun

Warren n (proper noun, strong, genitive Warrens)

  1. Varena, Trentino, Italy

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Warren.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: War‧ren
  • IPA(key): /ˈwaɾen/, [ˈwa.ɾen]

Proper noun

Warren

  1. a male given name from English
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