At a Glance: Name: Swift – Meaning: Quick-moving, fast; originally a nickname for an agile person (the swift bird takes its name from this same adjective). – Origin: Old English – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: SWIFT
Swift is an Old English boy's name meaning “Quick-moving, fast; originally a nickname for an agile person (the swift bird takes its name from this same adjective).”. It appears in 8 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Swift
Meaning: Quick-moving, fast; originally a nickname for an agile person (the swift bird takes its name from this same adjective)..
Origin: Old English.
A common claim: Frequently glossed simply as 'the swift bird.' Actually: The bird was named after the adjective 'swift' (quick), so the name's core meaning is 'fast-moving' — the bird sense is derivative, not the other way around.
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Swift
Phonetic: SWIFT IPA: /swɪft/
Popularity of Swift
Swift doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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