The schwandt Surname
schwandt Name Meaning and History
South German: topographic name for someone who lived in a forest
clearing, from Middle High German swant (from swenden
‘to thin out’, ‘make disappear’, causative from swinden ‘to
disappear’ ), or a habitational name
from any of the various places called Schwand or Schwanden, named with
this element, all in southern Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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