The arney Surname
arney Name Meaning and History
- Americanized form of the Scandinavian and North German surname Arne or of some other name with arn ‘eagle’ as a first element.
- Perhaps an altered form of Norwegian Arnøy, a habitational name from any of a number of farmsteads named for the islands on which they stand; the original derivation of such names being either from the Old Norse personal name Arni, or from {o,}rn ‘eagle’ + øy ‘island’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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