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I've recently started to really like Warrick as a first name (please stifle all comments about CSI...), but I can't seem to find information on its etymology. At first, I thought it might have come from Warwick, but all the research I was turning up was saying that it meant either "strong leader/ruler" or "fortress". Now, I know the -rick part is probably where the "ruler" meaning comes from, but I'd really love to know the actual meaning and etymology of the whole name. Google results aren't telling me a thing, so any knowledge you guys have about this name's history would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Favourite names of the moment:
Boys: Cavanaugh, Lysander, Damien, Holden, Eberly, Warrick
Girls: Miela, Azucena, Kingsley, Parker, Thessaly, Jane
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Favourite names of the moment:
Boys: Cavanaugh, Lysander, Damien, Holden, Eberly, Warrick
Girls: Miela, Azucena, Kingsley, Parker, Thessaly, Jane
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According to A Dictionary of Surnames by Reaney & Wilson, Warrick and Warrack are English surnames:
"In building, the lashings for scaffolds were tightened by driving in wedges called warrocks. ....The surname is probably metonymic for a maker of warrocks or a builder of scaffolds. It has been assimilated to Warwick with which it has been confused."
"In building, the lashings for scaffolds were tightened by driving in wedges called warrocks. ....The surname is probably metonymic for a maker of warrocks or a builder of scaffolds. It has been assimilated to Warwick with which it has been confused."
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