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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Northumberland and Durham) : possibly a habitational name from Swinnie in Borders region, Swinney Beck in North Yorkshire, or Swinny Knoll in West Yorkshire, or some other similarly named place.
  • English (Northumberland and Durham) : alternatively, perhaps an Americanized form of Irish Sweeney.

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