The name "Chernukh" is a Slavic personal name derived from the adjective root "chьrn-" (which means 'black') with the suffix "-ukh." The earliest records of this name date back to the 14th - 16th centuries. For instance, in 1337, serfs "Chernuch et Petervocorum" are mentioned in Eastern Slovakia (source: Nagy 1132). Another mention occurs in 1552, featuring Ivan Chernoukh, a boyar from Oster (source: Archive of the South-Western Region, Volume VII/1, page 597). An additional interesting reference appears in the patronymic from 1589, where Bohdan Chernushych, a western peasant, is noted (source: Archive of the South-Western Region, Volume VI/1, page 201).