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warner Name Meaning and History

  1. English (of Norman origin) and North German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements war(in) ‘guard’ + heri, hari ‘army’. The name was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Warnier.
  2. English (of Norman origin): reduced form of Warrener (see Warren 2).
  3. Irish (Cork): Anglicization of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane), found in medieval records as Iwarrynane, from a genitive or plural form of the name, in which m is lenited.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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warner Family Facts

Distribution of warner Families in the US in 1920
Number of warner families
 919-1835
 307-918		 1-306
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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