Charney Family History
Charney Name Meaning
Americanized form of Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Czarny ‘black’. Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Černý ‘black dark’ (see Cerny ) and of its dialect variant Čarný. French: topographic name from a derivative of charne a dialect variant of Old French charme ‘hornbeam witch elm’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022