The story
- Old Norse · derived fromsveinn“boy servant”
- English todayMcSween
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from Mac Suibhne (“son of Suibhne”); see McQueen and McSweeney. * As a Scottish surname, from MacSuain, from Old Norse sveinn (“boy servant”). This also appears as the variants McSwain and Whan.
Words from the same roots
Old Norsesveinn all →
McQueenswainMcSwainSweyn
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.