Ware Family History

English:: topographic name for someone who lived by or looked after a dam or weir on a river (from Old English wær wer Middle English war(e) warre wer(e) werre ‘weir’) or a habitational name from a place called with this word such as Weare (Somerset), Weare Giffard (Devon), or Ware (Hertfordshire).

Topographic name for someone who lived by a horse pond or fish pond from Anglo-Norman French Middle English wayour which became early modern English ware wear.

Nickname for a cautious person from Middle English war(e) ‘wary, prudent’ also ‘wise, skilful, cunning’ (Old English (ge)wær).

(Of Norman origin): variant of Warr.

(Of Flemish origin): nickname from Flemish De Weer from Middle Dutch we(d)er ‘wether, ram’.