Warrén
surname · Latin script
Warrén is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne (compare Old French guarenne, garenne (“game-park”)), probably ultimately from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *war.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 2.1K
- CACanada≈1 in 2.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 571 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈550,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Warren in US United States, AU Australia, CA Canada and 2 more and וורן in ZA South Africa.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishwarenne(measured from records)
- Anglo-Normanand(measured from records)
- Frankish*warjan(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*warjaną“ward off“ward off, defend against”(measured from records)
- Gaulish*warrennā“enclosed area”(measured from records)
- Gaulish root*warros“stick“stick, post”(measured from records)
From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne (compare Old French guarenne, garenne (“game-park”)), probably ultimately from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”); compare also Old French warir, guarir, a borrowing from this Germanic root. Alternatively from Gaulish *warrennā (“enclosed area”), from *warros (“stick, post”), Proto-Celtic *warrā (“post, prop”).
Sources 7
- A concise dictionary of first names
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Warrén counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈550,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Warren | 40 |
| US United States | 87,424 | 1 in 3.8K | 152K | Warren | 571 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | 8 | Warren | 290 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | וורן | 135 |
| AU Australia | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 74 | Warren | 241 |
| CA Canada | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 12 | Warren | 245 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Warrén mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne (compare Old French guarenne, garenne (“game-park”)), probably ultimately from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *war… Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 5 other sources.
- In which country does Warrén have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 551 thousand people named Warrén in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled warren.
- How common is the name Warrén?
- In the United States, the national register counted 87,424 people named Warrén in 2020, about 1 in 3.8 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/warr%C3%A9nThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Warrén”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.