Given name & surname

Swaby

“Swabian”·“farm, settlement”

Swaby is a surname from Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Swaby is built from elements meaning “Swabian” and “farm, settlement”.

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Where it comes from

Swaby comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Swaby’s family of names

In English usage, Swaby as a surname has a related form in Swabey.

Walk Swaby’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Swaby, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

Swartby

“black town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Saxby

“farm; settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse · Nature

Asby

“ash tree”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Warby

“warden, watcher”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Blaby

“dark” · “farmstead”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Appleby

“apple”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Sowerby

“mud, dirt, sour ground”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Swainston

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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