Gurney Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin):: habitational name from Gournay-en-Brai in Seine-Maritime in France. perhaps occasionally also a habitational name from Great Gornhay in Tiverton (Devon); see Garnsey .
Garnsey Name Meaning
English:: of Norman origin probably a habitational name from Great Gornhay in Tiverton (Devon). The placename denotes the enclosed land (Old English (ge)hæg) of a man named with the Old English personal name Gārmund (see Garman ). perhaps also a habitational name from Guernsey (Channel Islands) but evidence is needed to substantiate this. See also Guernsey .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Turney, Burney, Furney, Curley, Turner, Garney, Corney, Durley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts