Warren

Where Warren comes from

From the Anglo-Norman surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Medieval Latin Warinna, a hydronym of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *var-, *ver- (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the Latin river Avara. Phonetic Germanic influence is shown by the [v] > [w].
— Wiktionary's entry for Warren
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1865
    Warren G. Harding born
    president of the United States from 1921 to 1923
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #89 among boys — 158 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1921
    Peak, #24
    7,798 babies named Warren — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1924
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #58.
  5. 1930
    Warren Buffett born
    American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Warren G. Harding · president of the United States from 1921 to 1923, 1865–1923
  • Warren Buffett · American investor, entrepreneur and businessman, born 1930
  • Warren Beatty · American actor and filmmaker, born 1937
  • Warren Christopher · U.S. Secretary of State, 1925–2011
  • Warren Hastings · Governor-General of Bengal, 1773–1785, 1732–1818

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.