The swan Surname
swan Name Meaning and History
- Scottish and English: from Middle English swan ‘swan’, hence a nickname for a person noted for purity or excellence (which were taken to be attributes of the swan), or resembling a swan in some other way. This was also an Old Norse and Old English personal name, from which the surname may be derived. In some cases it may be a habitational name for someone who lived at a house with the sign of a swan.
- variant of English Swain.
- Americanized form of German Schwan.
- Americanized form of Norwegian Sveen or Swedish Swahn.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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