The cerney Surname
cerney Name Meaning and History
- Americanized form of Slovenian Cerne (see Cerne), Czech Cerný (see Cerny), or Slovak (Cernej).
- Americanized form of Cserney, a Hungarian habitational name for someone from a place called Cserne, formerly in Trencsény county, now in Slovakia, or Csernye in Veszprém county.
- Possibly also English, a 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 ea ‘stream’. The river name is of Celtic origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Josephine Cerney b. 1872 Chicago d. 1960 Park Ridge |
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| CERNEY Walter F and Marilla D |
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| CERNEY Thomas Patrick 1930-1986 |
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| Farewell Ashforth |
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| Frank and Anton Cerney |
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| Eleanora Cerney | Laurie Hazen | 1 |
| Vincent & Fay Cerny |
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| Eleanora Cerney | Laurie Hazen | 0 |
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