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Position:Home>Genealogy> Is Works an Irish name and can it also be spelled Warks? and where in Ireland woQuestion:Wark Scottish and English (Northumberland): habitational name from Wark on the Tweed river, which is named from Old English (ge)weorc ‘(earth)works’, ‘fortification’. Warks We have no name meaning and origin for warks Work Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Work in the parish of St. Ola, Orkney. English: from Old English (ge)weorc ‘work’, ‘fortification’, hence probably a topographic name or an occupational name for someone who worked on fortifications or at a fort. Danish: habitational name from a place so called. Works English: variant of Work. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 I'll skip my joke about Olaf Olafson, Chinese Restaurant. I will note that English, Irish and Scots moved around. Even though they talk funny and drive on the wrong side of the road, they are allowed to leave their ancestral villages now and again. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f... has 48 people named WARK living in the USA in 1880, born in Ireland. there are 7 named WORK, 15 named WORKS. Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Wark Scottish and English (Northumberland): habitational name from Wark on the Tweed river, which is named from Old English (ge)weorc ‘(earth)works’, ‘fortification’. Warks We have no name meaning and origin for warks Work Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Work in the parish of St. Ola, Orkney. English: from Old English (ge)weorc ‘work’, ‘fortification’, hence probably a topographic name or an occupational name for someone who worked on fortifications or at a fort. Danish: habitational name from a place so called. Works English: variant of Work. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 I'll skip my joke about Olaf Olafson, Chinese Restaurant. I will note that English, Irish and Scots moved around. Even though they talk funny and drive on the wrong side of the road, they are allowed to leave their ancestral villages now and again. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f... has 48 people named WARK living in the USA in 1880, born in Ireland. there are 7 named WORK, 15 named WORKS. According to www.ancestry.com it says it's English. Works English: variant of Work. Hope this helps. im irish and never heard that name before its not of celtic decent anyway.good answer that guy 2 below me. Im Irish and have no clue what you are on about. Works??? No, I've never seen it in Ireland. I think it's most likely to be English. |