The ware Surname
ware Name Meaning and History
- topographic name for someone who lived by a dam or weir on a river (Old English wær, wer), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Ware in Hertfordshire.
- nickname for a cautious person, from Middle English war(e) ‘wary’, ‘prudent’ (Old English (ge)wær).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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