Name «Charnat»

The name-nickname 'Charnat' is one of the medieval Slavic equivalents of the name 'Chornat,' originally meaning 'black, dark-skinned' (Bohdan 258). The earliest Ukrainian record of the name 'Chornat' comes from the city of Suceava, specifically from the year 1445: "veра... Kostyna Charnata" (SSUM II 530).