Warin (name)

Warin (after the ancient Roman god Quirinus ) is a male given name.

variants

• Gerin and Guarin .

Name bearer

• Warin of Poitou († 679), saint
• Warin (Thurgau) († 774), organizer of the Franconian Alemannia after the Cannstatt Blood Court
• Warin of Mâcon († 853)
• a Gaugrafen Warin of the Franconian Maingau, see Maingaugrafen
• Warin of Cologne († 985), Archbishop of Cologne
• several abbots of Corvey monastery, see list of Abbots of Corvey
  • Warin I. (Corvey) (* around 800; † 856), abbot of Corvey Monastery from 831
  • Warin II. (Also Werner; † 1079), from 1071 to 1079 Abbot of Corvey
• Guarinus von Sitten (around 1065–1150), saint

family name

• Pierre Warin (* 1948), Belgian clergyman, Bishop of Namur

See also

• City of Warin in the district of Northwest Mecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania