Swynnerton

English

Alternative forms

• Swinnerton, Swinerton

Etymology

From either:

1. Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Swinford, the swine ford'.
2. Old English swille (“a sloppy or liquid mess”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Swilford, the dirty ford'.
3. Old English swan or swān (“herdsman”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Swanford, the herdsmen's or swan's ford'.
4. Old English somer (“summer”) + ford + tūn, 'the settlement at Somerford, the summer ford'.

Proper noun

Swynnerton (countable and uncountable, plural Swynnertons)

1. A village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8535).
2. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Swynnerton is the 84230^th most common surname in England, belonging to 25 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Swynnerton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.