Chesney Family History
Chesney Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish (Antrim Down): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac (an) tSasanaigh see McChesney . English (of Norman origin): variant of Chaney a cognate of 3 below. French: topographic name for someone who lived by or in an oak wood from Old French chesnai ‘oak grove’ (from chesne ‘oak’). Compare Cheney
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022