Birney

• Birnie

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Morayshire, probably from Scottish Gaelic braonach (“misty, wet, damp”).

Birney (countable and uncountable, plural Birneys)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A census-designated place in Rosebud County, Montana, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Birney is the 18751^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1463 individuals. Birney is most common among White (93.1%) individuals.

Birney (plural Birneys)

1. (rail transport) 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Birney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 164.

• Briney, briney, byrnie