Given name & surname
Sween
“land cleared by burning”
Sween is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a Norwegian surname, it goes back to a word meaning “land cleared by burning.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
As a Norwegian surname, it comes from Old Norse svíð.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sween’s family of names
In English usage, Sween as a surname has a related form in SVEEN.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Sween, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Skeen
“hawthorn”
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Sweeney
“little hero; a brave young boy”
48% boys · 52% girls
Mcsween
“son of Suibhne”
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McEwen
“the son of Ewen”
60% boys · 40% girls
Eileen
“a birdlike woman” · “a birdlike man”
>99% girls
Isleen
“a dream or vision; an inspiration”
>99% girls
Osheen
Osheen is an English rendering of Oisín, a Gaelic name with a deer-related root.
59% boys · 41% girls
Glenn
“from the valley between the hills” · “from the secluded narrow valley”
>99% boys