Last name CHERN: origin and meaning
Chern : 1: Chinese: variant of Chen 1 and 2.2: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 莊 possibly based on its Teochew pronunciation see Zhuang.3: American shortened form of whichever of mainly East Slavic and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) surnames beginning with Chern- or Čern- and directly or indirectly derived from a Slavic adjective meaning ‘black dark’ (see Cherny) e.g. Ukrainian Chernoshtan a nickname based on a Russian-influenced form of Ukrainian chornoshtan ‘one with black trousers’. Compare Cherne 2.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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Update: 2024-09-02