The turney Surname
turney Name Meaning and History
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from places in
northern France called Tournai (Orne), Tournay (Calvados), or Tourny
(Eure), all named with the pre-Roman personal name Turnus
(probably meaning ‘height’, ‘eminence’) + the locative suffix
-acum.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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