Boy name origins & meanings Irish : Wins Boy name variations Karney How Popular Is The Name Carney Family name origins & meanings Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catharnaigh ‘descendant of Catharnach’, a byname meaning ‘warlike’.Irish : reduced form of McCarney.Irish : variant of Cairney.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cearnaigh ‘descendant of Cearnach’. Compare Kearney.