Tawny (given name)
Tawny or Tawney is an English given name often given in reference to the color tawny, a pale orange-brown, or yellow-brown color. It is also sometimes a transferred use of the surname Tawney, which is derived from two Norman place names, Saint-Aubin-du-Thenney and Saint-Jean-du-Thenney.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
- Tawny Cypress (born 1976), American actress
- Tawny Little (born 1956), American television newsreader
- Tawny Kitaen (1961–2021), American actress
- Tawny Moyer (born 1957), American actress
- Tawny Newsome (born 1983), American actress
- Tawny Peaks (born 1970), big-bust model, stripper and housewife
- Tawny Taylor, American romance author
See also[edit]
- Tawney, surname
Notes[edit]
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 257. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.