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Charna
Gender	Feminine
Language	Yiddish
Origin
Language	Slavic languages
Meaning	Black, dark
Other names
Alternative spelling	Cherna, Cherne, Tscharna
Pet forms	Charnke, Chernke, Charnele, Chernele

Charna or Cherna (Yiddish: טשאַרנאַ, טשאַרנע, or טשערנע) is a Yiddish-language feminine given name, from a Slavic word meaning "black" or "dark".^[1]^[2]^[3] Notable people with the name include:

Charnele Brown (born c. 1959), American actress
Charna Furman (born 1941), Uruguayan architect
Charna Halpern (born 1952), American comedian
Tscharna Rayss (1890–1965), Russian-Israeli botanist

References

1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Charna". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.
1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Cherna". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.
↑ Kaganoff, B. C. (1996). A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. J. Aronson. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-4616-2720-3.

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[dfn1-1] 1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Charna". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.

[dfn2-2] 1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Cherna". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.

[3] Kaganoff, B. C. (1996). A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. J. Aronson. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-4616-2720-3.

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