Tawney Family History
Tawney Name Meaning
English (mainly Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire; of Norman origin): habitational name from either of two places Saint-Aubin-du-Thennay or Saint-Jean-du-Thennay in Eure Normandy both so named from an uncertain first element (possibly a Gallo-Roman personal name or the Gaulish word tann ‘oak’ ‘holly’) + the locative suffix -acum.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022