In Russia, there are many different surnames, each of which is unique. They were given to people for various reasons. Some, for example, took themselves surnames convenient in a particular region. In general, surnames are a unique symbol denoting a person. There are not many names, they are all repeated many times. And thanks to the surname, you can distinguish a specific person from others. In this article we will consider the origin and meaning of the surname Chernykh or Cherney.
Color version
This surname could be carried by people who were particularly dark in eyes or skin. It was popular in the 15th century, mainly in Russia. Distribution has received, in many ways, among the Cossacks. This fact confirms not only the skin color of the Cossacks. Yes, they were dark-skinned, but also black-haired, and brown-eyed for most of their history. The Cossacks began to “whiten” only in the 19th century. Moreover, when the Cossacks fled from their masters to the Don, Zaporozhye or another place, they took a new surname for themselves to make it harder to calculate. Some even took surnames in honor of objects. Therefore, the version about skin color is relevant.
Origin of the name Cherney from the reputation and color of clothes
Often surnames began to be fixed from nicknames. In Russia there were people who wore black clothes, which could fix such a nickname for them. The habit of putting on such an interesting color could directly play a role in human life.
This surname could cling to a person engaged in "black deeds." Various thieves, swindlers and other criminal elements of society could easily get such a nickname from their more law-abiding relatives. It follows from this that reputation also greatly influenced a person.
Where was distributed
If you look a little at history, then it’s easy to guess the origin of the surname Cherney or Chernykh. In the 15th century, Siberia was actively colonized by Russians. Later they advanced south. The local population, wishing to assimilate more closely, changed their surnames. Their roots grow from the regions of the Urals and Siberia, as well as from the Black and Azov Seas, the Kuban and Zaporizhzhya Sich. The ending of the surname on the "s" only confirms the version of origin from the Center and the South of Russia, because there such endings were quite common.
