Sway
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Sway by the numbers
Sway was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Sway
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sway. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shayhawk-like or gift; a form of Séaghdha73 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Sway
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