Ware Family History
Ware Name Meaning
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 cunnning’ (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’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022