Cheney (surname)
Cheney, originally de Cheney, is a toponymic surname of Old Norman origin, introduced into England by the Normans.
The derivation is from the Old French chesne, chesnai (modern French: chêne), "oak tree", "oak grove", from the medieval Latin casnetum. The surname may be either locational or topographical in origin. As a locational name, Cheyne may derive from any of the places named with the Old French "chesnai", such as Quesnay in Calvados and La Manche, Le Quesnay in Seine-Inferieure, or Quesnay-Guesnon in Calvados. As a topographical name, Cheyne denoted residence near a conspicuous oak tree, or in an oak forest. In some few cases, the surname may have originated as a nickname for a man with a "heart of oak". The surname is now found widespread in Scotland, where the first known bearer of the name is William de Chesne, who witnessed a charter in 1200. The development of the name includes the following examples and may refer to:
- Alfred Cheney Johnston (1885-1971), American photographer known for his portraits of Ziegfeld Follies showgirls
- Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944), first American female composer of large-scale art music
- Arthur Cheney Train (1875-1945), American lawyer and writer of legal thrillers
- Ben Cheney (1905-1971), lumber businessman
- Benjamin Pierce Cheney (1815-1895), American businessman
- Brainard Cheney (1900-1990), Georgia novelist, playwright and essayist
- C. R. Cheney (1906-1987), medieval historian
- Charles E. Cheney (1836-1916), Reformed Episcopal Church bishop from New York
- Chris Cheney (born 1975), guitarist and lead singer of Australian rock band The Living End
- Colin Cheney (born 1978), American poet
- David D. Cheney (1822-1904), Wisconsin State Assembly member
- David W. Cheney (1859-1913), Wisconsin State Assembly member
- Dick Cheney (born 1941), 46th Vice President of the United States and former United States Representative
- Dorothy Cheney (1916-2014), tennis player
- Dorothy Cheney (scientist) (1950-2018), American scientist who studied the wild primates in their natural habitat
- Edith C. Cheney (1888–1953), New York assemblywoman 1940–1944
- Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney (1824-1904), Boston writer, reformer and philanthropist
- Edwin Cheney (1869-1942), commissioned the Frank Lloyd Wright Cheney House
- Elizabeth Cheney (gentry) (1422–1473), English aristocrat
- Ellen Cheney Johnson (1829-1899), American prison reformer
- Elliott Ward Cheney Jr. (1929-2016), University of Texas mathematician and professor
- Emily Cheney Neville (1919-1997), author and Newbury Medal winner
- Eric Cheney (1924-2001), English motorcycle racer, designer and independent constructor
- Flora Cheney (1872-1929), Illinois state Representative
- George Edward Cheney, American educator and internationally recognized leader in the area of organizational communication
- George Nelson Cheney (1836-1861), American chess composer, died in battle during the American Civil War
- Grahame Cheney (born 1969), Australian boxer
- Guy W. Cheney (1886–1939), New York politician
- Hampton J. Cheney (1836-1927), American politician
- Harry Morrison Cheney (1860-1937), Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
- Harriet Vaughan Cheney (1796-1889), American-Canadian novelist
- Horace B. Cheney (1868-1938), American administrator
- Howard Lovewell Cheney (1889-1969), American architect and engineer, who designed Washington National Airport
- Howell Cheney (1870-1957), American silk manufacturer
- Ian Cheney, American film producer
- Janice Wright-Cheney, Canadian textile artist
- John Cheney (disambiguation), several people
- Kimberly B. Cheney (born 1935), Vermont attorney general
- Kyle Cheney (athlete) (born 1989), Australian rules football player
- Kyle Cheney (journalist), journalist for Politico
- Larry Cheney (1886-1969), American baseball player
- Lauren Cheney (born 1987), American soccer player
- Liz Cheney (born 1966), United States Representative, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney
- Louis R. Cheney (1859-1944), Connecticut businessman and politician
- Lynne Cheney (born 1941), wife of United States Vice President Dick Cheney
- Margaret Cheney (born 1955), American mathematician
- Margaret Cheney, author of Tesla: Man Out of Time
- Martha Cheney (born 1953), American author
- Mary Cheney (born 1969), daughter of United States Vice President Dick Cheney
- Mary Moulton Cheney (1871–1957), artist and visual arts educator in Minneapolis
- Mary Young Cheney Greeley (1811/1814–1872), wife of Horace Greeley
- May L. Cheney (1862-1942), California educator and Appointment Secretary at University of California, Berkeley
- Moses Cheney (1793-1875), abolitionist, printer and legislator from New Hampshire
- Nelson W. Cheney (1875–1944), New York politician
- Oren Burbank Cheney (1816-1903), abolitionist, founder of Bates College and Maine state Representative
- Person Colby Cheney (1828-1901), United States Senator, Governor of New Hampshire
- Peter Cheney, Canadian newspaper writer
- Ray Cheney, rugby union player and sportsman from Wales
- Richard Cheyney (1513-1579), bishop of Gloucester from 1562, oppositor of the Calvinism
- Richard Cheney (New Mexico politician), state Representative (2003-2007)
- Richard Eugene Cheney (1908-1967), American chess composer, FIDE International Judge for chess composition
- Rufus Cheney, Jr., Wisconsin State Assembly member
- Russell Cheney (1881-1945), American painter
- Ruth Cheney Streeter (1895-1990), the first director of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve (USMCWR)
- Seth Wells Cheney (1810-1856), American artist and pioneer of crayon work
- Sheldon Warren Cheney (1886-1980), American author and critic
- Stephen A. Cheney, U. S. Marine Corps brigadier general
- Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945), poet, novelist and journalist from Sierra Leone
- Thomas Cheney (c. 1485-1558), Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
- Thomas C. Cheney (1868–1957), Vermont politician
- Tom Cheney (disambiguation), several people
- Ward Cheney (1813-1876), American pioneer manufacturer of silk fabrics
- Yarrow Cheney, American production designer, visual effects artist, director and animator
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