Warnock

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginScottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhearnóg →
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Meanings

proper nounWarnock (countable and uncountable, plural Warnocks)

plural Warnocks

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.

Origin

  1. Scottish GaelicMac Giolla Mhearnóg“son of the servant of (Saint) Mearnóg”
  2. EnglishWarnock

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhearnóg (“son of the servant of (Saint) Mearnóg”), the patron saint of Kilmarnock.

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APA

Warnock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Warnock

MLA

“Warnock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Warnock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Warnock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Warnock.

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