Warnock Family History
Warnock Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and northern Irish: shortened form of Mac Warnock an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhearnóg ‘son of the devotee of Saint Mearnóg’ a hypocoristic form of Earnóg. Saint Mearnóg ‘My Earnóg’ is the patron saint of Kilmarnock in Scotland and can be identified with Earnán or Tearnóg ‘Thy Earnóg’ of Kilnasaggart in south Armagh. As a sept of the Grahams in Scotland the surname might also be replaced by Graham . Compare Warnick .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022