Surname · Armenian
Չերնյան
“black”
Չերնյան (Čʻernyan) is a surname. It is used in Armenian.
ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Çʿernyan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Չերնյան possibly goes back to a word meaning “black.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Built from Russian черный (“black”) + Armenian -յան.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Չերնյան’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Չերնյան as a surname has a transliteration in CH’ernyan. In Armenian usage, Չերնյան as a surname has a transliteration in Çʿernyan. In Armenian usage, Չերնյան as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Čʻernyan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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