Warner Forename

50,064th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 13,460 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Warner Forename Definition:

A male name. Old German Warinhari, compound of the folk-name Varin and harja ‘folk’. It was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Garnier, and was fairly common in the 12th-14th C. The surname Warner, derived from it, is now often used as a christian name in the USA.

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Warner Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
6,5831:55,0723,000
Costa Rica
100%
2,4101:1,978359
Philippines
99%
 
7311:145,0207,152
Brazil
100%
6471:331,12212,463
Netherlands
100%
5621:30,0752,485
Canada
100%
3131:105,8575,264
Peru
100%
2741:116,0273,906
Indonesia-2291:1,126,47967,570
Dominican Republic-1851:56,3853,594
Venezuela
100%
1801:167,7886,499
Chile
61%
 
1611:109,3622,685
Colombia
100%
1571:304,3245,880
England
98%
 
1051:529,55211,037
DR Congo
100%
891:829,52425,650
New Zealand-771:58,9103,027
South Africa
100%
681:801,95132,925
Germany
100%
581:1,666,86010,489
El Salvador-571:111,2592,222
Nicaragua
100%
551:109,4243,658
Ecuador-401:443,1735,032
India
100%
401:30,371,949621,251
Australia-401:341,4416,496
Argentina
73%
 
361:1,188,1465,692
Uruguay
100%
361:95,2122,531
Italy
100%
351:1,744,63112,743
Liberia
100%
331:133,6995,306
Jamaica-281:102,9724,346
China-191:71,897,67363,377
Mexico
100%
191:6,533,91723,538
Scotland
100%
161:334,3984,869
Honduras
100%
151:587,8318,292
Malaysia
100%
151:2,029,99658,888
Israel
96%
 
141:600,20810,774
Guatemala
100%
131:1,239,1104,883
Papua New Guinea
89%
 
121:679,36049,627
Switzerland
100%
71:1,173,35712,989
United States Virgin Islands-61:18,2911,938
Thailand
87%
 
51:14,013,163173,193
France
100%
51:13,294,06836,843
Saint Lucia
100%
41:44,4543,465
Panama-41:976,63921,104
Singapore-41:1,571,76418,508
Norway
100%
41:1,283,08216,224
Hong Kong-41:1,938,1818,439
Guernsey-41:15,833609
Trinidad and Tobago-41:340,35515,394
Vietnam-41:23,155,7785,302
Russia
100%
31:48,077,90198,779
Taiwan
100%
31:7,923,22799,341
Pakistan
100%
31:64,785,893186,184
Belgium
100%
31:3,830,01425,398
Wales
100%
31:1,031,43610,092
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Bolivia-21:5,300,7026,605
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737
Afghanistan
100%
11:32,623,51666,536
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Paraguay
100%
11:7,236,80516,549
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040

The alternate forms: Wärner (15) are calculated separately.

Warner (159,862) may also be a surname.

Warner Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Old German Warinhari, compound of the folk-name Varin and harja ‘folk’. It was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Garnier, and was fairly common in the 12th-14th C. The surname Warner, derived from it, is now often used as a christian name in the USA.

Warnerus, Warnerius Domesday Book 1086, Pipe Roll 1159. Warner Hundred Rolls 1273. Wariner Hundred Rolls 1273. Gerner Feet of Fines 1283. Garner Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A male name. Old German Warinhari, compound of the folk-name Varin and harja ‘folk’. It was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Garnier, and was fairly common in the 12th-14th C. The surname Warner, derived from it, is now often used as a christian name in the USA.

Warnerus, Warnerius Domesday Book 1086, Pipe Roll 1159. Warner Hundred Rolls 1273. Wariner Hundred Rolls 1273. Gerner Feet of Fines 1283. Garner Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

In the Teutonic, it is ‘protecting warrior’: cf. Ger Warno and Werner. The -er is cognate with A. -S. here, an army, especially an invading army, and therefore of the same radical as (to) harry. It is now more general as a surname than as a font-name.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Old English name, meaning: One who admonishes. (Old French) To guard.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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