The story
- Scottish Gaelic · derived frombraonach“misty, wet, damp”
- English todayBirney
Scottish habitational surname from a place in Morayshire, probably from Scottish Gaelic braonach (“misty, wet, damp”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Birney
Today it means: A design of smaller streetcar with a single four-wheel truck produced in North America between 1915 and 1930, and apparently named after Charles Birney. Full definition →
Scottish Gaelic braonach