Swayze: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “from Swayze surname”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- SWAY-zee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Both (79% girls, 21% boys since 1880)
Swayze is an English surname of transferred use as a first name. The deeper surname etymology is not fully settled, so the given-name meaning is best treated as surname-based.
How popular is Swayze?
Babies named Swayze in 2024113
2024 rank#2,021 girls
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 18801,078
Swayze is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Swayze
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Swayze questions
What does the name Swayze mean?
Swayze means "from Swayze surname". It comes from English. Swayze is an English surname of transferred use as a first name. The deeper surname etymology is not fully settled, so the given-name meaning is best treated as surname-based.
Is Swayze a boy or girl name?
Swayze is used for both: about 79% of US babies named Swayze since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Swayze?
113 US babies were named Swayze in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Swayze?
Swayze is usually pronounced SWAY-zee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.