Where does the last name Turney come from?

Answer 1

Hey Pam D,
The Turney name produces many hits on the internet. Check some of them out.

You should not put too much stock in the Family Crest site, they are just selling pictures and their writeups sound pretty much the same for most people. They always say ... came to england... normand conquest... . Provided for your entertainment.

Below that, are posted some other common Genealogy sites. Best of luck, hope this helps.

Answer 2

Definition of Turner: An English occupational name, meaning "one who works with a lathe." Originally from Old French.

Surname Origin: English

Alternate Surname Spellings: TOURNIER, TURNEY, DOERNER, DURNER, TARNER, TERNER, TOURNEAU

Answer 3

There's a French version, where the name originated.

There's an English version, brought by the Normans.

There's an Irish version, which was probably brought by the English invasion by Strongbow, but with anglicized Gaelic names, you never know.

From the French city of Tournay-sur-Dive in Normandy, from whence the family that went to England came.

Answer 4

It is based on a Norman place names which in turn were named after a pre Roman leader:

turney
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