Charna Explained

Charna
Gender:	Feminine
Meaning:	Black, dark
Language:	Yiddish
Language origin:	Slavic languages
Alternative Spelling:	Cherna, Cherne, Tscharna
Petname:	Charnke, Chernke, Charnele, Chernele^[1] ^[2]

Charna or Cherna (or) is a Yiddish-language feminine given name, from a Slavic word meaning "black" or "dark".^[3] Notable people with the name include:

• Charnele Brown (born), American actress
• Charna Furman (born 1941), Uruguayan architect
• Charna Halpern (born 1952), American comedian
• Tscharna Rayss (1890–1965), Russian-Israeli botanist

See also

• Czerny
• Charnas (surname)
• Chernoff

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Charna. Hanks . Patrick . Kate. Hardcastle. Hodges . Flavia . A Dictionary of First Names. 2nd . 2006 . 978-0-19-172667-5 .
2. Encyclopedia: Cherna. Hanks . Patrick . Kate. Hardcastle. Hodges . Flavia . A Dictionary of First Names. 2nd . 2006 . 978-0-19-172667-5 .
3. Book: Kaganoff, B. C. . A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History . J. Aronson. 1996 . 978-1-4616-2720-3 . 108.