The swift Surname
swift Name Meaning and History
- English: nickname for a rapid runner, from Middle English swift ‘fleet’.
- Irish: Anglicization (part translation) of Gaelic Ó Fuada (see Foody).
- Americanized form of some like-sounding Jewish name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Elijah Kent Swift Descendants | Susan Price | 1 |
| George Alexander and Anthony Waddy Swift |
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| Help to find Tennesse Swifts | PHILLIP Swift | 86 |
| Romulus Sanders Swift |
muffinlady
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| Swift-from Doniphan,Mo | San-Dee Hudgens | 18 |
| George Washington SWIFT |
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| SWIFT Irene E nd Seth C |
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| Swift |
JIWelsch
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| SWIFT Lillie Margaret 1967-1967 |
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| Swifts of Washington, Iowa and Dayton, Oh.? |
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