Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Turney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1961. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,130 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Turney’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Turney, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Gurney
Gurney is a surname from Norman.
>99% boys
Purdy
“for”
>99% boys
Ottaway
Ottaway is a surname from Norman.
>99% boys
Agnew
“descendant of Gníomh”
>99% boys
Ware
“horse pond”
>99% boys
Gustav
“of the staff of the gods”
>99% boys
Vasco
“resembling a crow”
>99% boys
Weir
“of the war”
>99% boys