Given name & surname · also Slavic

Swoboda

Swoboda is a surname from Slavic, ultimately from Polish. It is used in English, German, and Polish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Swoboda comes from Slavic, and ultimately from Polish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Swoboda as a surname developed from SVOBODA.

Swoboda’s family of names

In English usage, Swoboda as a surname developed from the Slovenian form SVOBODA. In German usage, Swoboda as a surname has a related form in SVOBODA. In German usage, Swoboda as a surname was borrowed from the Czech form SVOBODA.

Walk Swoboda’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Around the world

Swoboda has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.

Proto-Slavic

1 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

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

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