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Waring, also spelled Wareing and Waering, is a Saxon surname present in England and (as Waering) Germany. In England the name is most prevalent in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside, while in Germany Waering is most prevalent in Lower Saxony. It comes from the Saxon word wæring, meaning a dam, wall or bank, derived from the verb to defend, and is related to the Nordic surname Væring, sometimes spelled Wæring.