Cerney Family History
Cerney Name Meaning
Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Černý ‘black dark’ (see Cerny ). Americanized form of Slovak and Slovenian Černej: nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion (see Cernak ). English: habitational name from North and South Cerney or Cerney Wick all in Gloucestershire which are named for the Churn river on which they stand + Old English ēa ‘stream’. The river name is of Celtic origin. This surname is very rare or perhaps even extinct in Britain.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022