Family name origins & meanings
- English and Scottish : probably a variant of Hanney.
- Scottish or Irish : reduced form of McHaney.
- Americanized spelling of Norwegian Hanøy, a habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named, from Old Norse haðna ‘young nanny-goat’ or hani ‘cock’ (probably indicating a crag or mountain resembling a cock’s comb in shape) + øy ‘island’.
- Jewish (American) : Americanized form of various like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish names.