Names

From the name of the bird, from Old English swealwe, a nickname for someone who resembled or acted like a swallow.

Means “freedom” in Czech. This was a medieval name for a freeman, someone who was not a serf.

Means “son of Sven”.

Variant of Svensson.

Means “son of Svend”.

Means “son of Svend”.

Means “Swedish” in Hungarian.

From Japanese 鈴 (suzu) meaning “bell” and 木 (ki) meaning “tree, wood”. This is the second most common surname in Japan.

From various English place names meaning “south town”.

Regional name for a person who came from the former county by this name in Scotland. It is derived from Old Norse suðr “south” and land “land”, because it was south of the Norse colony of Orkney.