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

Notes

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 257. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

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[1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 257. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

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