# Charna

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

- [Charnele Brown](/source/Charnele_Brown) (born c. 1959), American actress
- [Charna Furman](/source/Charna_Furman) (born 1941), Uruguayan architect
- [Charna Halpern](/source/Charna_Halpern) (born 1952), American comedian
- [Tscharna Rayss](/source/Tscharna_Rayss) (1890–1965), Russian-Israeli botanist

## See also

- [Czerny](/source/Czerny)
- [Charnas (surname)](/source/Charnas_(surname))
- [Chernoff](/source/Chernoff)

## References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). ["Charna"](https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198610601.001.0001/acref-9780198610601-e-608). *A Dictionary of First Names*. 2nd ed. ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). ["Cherna"](https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198610601.001.0001/acref-9780198610601-e-625). *A Dictionary of First Names*. 2nd ed. ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.

1. Kaganoff, B. C. (1996). [*A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=2IxzRvU_nwcC&pg=PA108). J. Aronson. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-4616-2720-3.

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