Berney

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A surname of English origin, also borne by a village in Norfolk, England, such as Berney Arms
2. An English family name and the name of a Norfolk locality, often linked with the nearby Berney Arms area
3. A proper noun used as a surname, and as the name of a place in Norfolk, eastern England

Etymology: "Berney" is a word of obscure and uncertain origin, and the most plausible explanation is a place name. The proposed source is Bernay, a town in the Eure department of Normandy in northern France. Whether the word really traces back to that town, or merely resembles it, cannot be established from the evidence available, so the link remains a suggestion rather than a settled fact.