Given name & surname
Swayne
Swayne is a variant of Swain. One English interpretation is “a country boy; one who herds swine; a knight's attendant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Swayne is a variant of Swain. One English interpretation is “a country boy; one who herds swine; a knight's attendant.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Swayne is a variant of Swain. An origin associated with Swain is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Swayne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 6 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 boys is 5 in 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1942. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 109 as a first name in 2020; 1,723 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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