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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : nickname for a dark-haired or swarthy person (see Swets).
  • Americanized spelling of Slovenian Svet, a nickname from the adjective svet ‘holy’ (most likely), or possibly from the noun svet, which has various meanings, including ‘world’, ‘advice’.

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