Given name & surname
Swan
“a swanlike woman”
Swan is a variant of Swann. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a swanlike woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Swan is a variant of Swann. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a swanlike woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Swan is a variant of Swann. An origin associated with Swann is Scandinavian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Swan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 202
- 124 boys · 78 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 481 as a first name in 2020; 22,182 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Swan’s family of names
In English usage, Swan as a surname has a nickname in SWANNY. Swan has a related form in Swann. In English usage, Swan as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Свон.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Swan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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