Given name & surname

Thorney

“thorn-tree”

Thorney is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Thorney goes back to Old English þorn, meaning “thorn-tree.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Thorney comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English þorn (“thorn-tree”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Thorney, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

English · Nature

Thornley

“from the thorny meadow”

No U.S. birth series

78% boys · 22% girls

Old English · Nature

Horley

“meadow”

No U.S. birth series

—

English · Nature

Hockley

“from the high meadow”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Hernley

“from the heron's meadow”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Horsley

“from the horse meadow”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Clowney

“water, river”

No U.S. birth series

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English · Nature

Mannley

“from the hero's meadow; from the man's meadow”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

English · Nature

Rishley

“from the untamed meadow”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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